The Daily Journal – Environmental organization SOS Orinoco warned on Thursday about a new illegal mining operation inside Canaima National Park, which UNESCO recognizes as a World Heritage Site. According to the report, the mining site covers 5.8 hectares at the confluence of the Carrao and Caroní rivers, across from Playa Linda in Bolívar state. […]
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The Daily Journal. — The Venezuelan government and the National Assembly elected in 2015 agreed to launch a new process to transform the justice system. The plan calls for reforms to the Organic Law of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ), the renewal of the Judicial Nominations Committee, and a new call for candidates to […]
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Juan Barreto – Director of The Daily Journal for Venezuela and Latin America Today is a wonderful and strange day from both an astronomical and astrological point of view. Today, we have the Perseids, a shower of shooting stars crossing the sky, while Europe will witness a solar eclipse, along with a planetary alignment. Let […]
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Dr. Juan Barreto, Director of The Daily Journal for Venezuela and Latin America. Curly in his labyrinth. Could hell be starting to open beneath Marco Rubio’s feet? Where do I get this from? Well, the midterm elections are approaching, and all the polls seem to indicate that Democrats will prevail over Republicans. Some polls even […]
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The Daily Journal.- CNP Caracas documented 134 attacks against the press between January and July 2026. A report from the monitoring unit of the organization’s Caracas chapter shows a sustained increase in censorship, arbitrary detentions and persecution targeting media workers in Venezuela. The National Association of Journalists (CNP), Capital District-Caracas chapter, warned about the systematic […]
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The Daily Journal.- Following the June 24 seismic event, concerns over housing safety, the future of construction projects, and protections for tenants and property owners have moved to the center of the legislative debate. Amid speculation about potential land seizures in high-risk areas or expedited evictions, lawmaker Alejandra Rodríguez, second vice president of the Special […]
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The Daily Journal.- Rebuilding Venezuela’s energy infrastructure, which has suffered severe damage from corrosion and years of accumulated deterioration, will require multibillion-dollar investments that industry estimates place between US$100 billion and US$220 billion. Economist Francisco Monaldi, director of the Latin America Energy Program at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, estimates that the minimum […]
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The Daily Journal – When we stop and look at the state of the world, we scan the horizon from one side to the other and find ourselves overwhelmed, uneasy, even confused. Uncertainty fills us with anxiety because we cannot see the light at the end of the tunnel, and amid it all the same […]
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By José Gregorio Yépez A new round of talks between the opposition and the government is about to begin. What can we expect? Judging by what Dinorah Figuera said over the weekend, this new dialogue seemed to begin with a phone call. Yet Jorge Rodríguez’s August 1 statement made one thing unmistakably clear: the talks […]
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By Dr. Juan Barreto, Director of The Daily Journal for Venezuela and Latin America Many are talking—or choosing not to talk—about Venezuela’s external debt. International agencies such as Reuters, Bloomberg, and several British financial publications place the country’s debt at an astronomical $240 billion, while other voices in the economic community, such as Miguel Rodríguez, […]
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