Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Visits Caracas Five Months After the Operation That Led to Maduro’s Capture

The Daily Journal — Five months after a U.S. military operation ended with the capture of then-President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, Washington’s top military leadership returned to Caracas in a visit aimed at demonstrating strategic continuity in the new phase of relations between the two countries. Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs […]

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Venezuelan Prison Observatory: One Inmate Died Every Two Days During 2025

The Daily Journal — Venezuela’s prison system recorded an average of one inmate death every two days during 2025, reaching a total of 181 deaths in prisons and police detention facilities, according to the annual report presented by the Venezuelan Prison Observatory (OVP). The report, titled In Venezuela, Death Is Preferable to Living the Horror […]

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De la Espriella Wins Landslide in Venezuela During Colombia’s Presidential First Round

The Daily Journal — Colombian right-wing candidate Abelardo De la Espriella secured a decisive victory among Colombian citizens living in Venezuela during the first round of Colombia’s presidential election held on Sunday, May 31, 2026. Official overseas voting data showed a clear advantage for De la Espriella. In Venezuela, he outpaced his left-wing rival Iván […]

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Public Prosecutor’s Office Confirms Forensic Findings on the Death of Political Prisoner Víctor Quero

The Daily Journal — Venezuela’s Public Prosecutor’s Office reported on Tuesday that forensic and genetic investigations show natural causes and no signs of violence in the death of Víctor Hugo Quero Navas, a political prisoner whose disappearance relatives and human rights groups had denounced. The Prosecutor’s Office said investigators exhumed the body and conducted multiple […]

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Venezuela Notifies Airlines That Fuel Purchases Must Be Paid to the United States

EFE — The Venezuelan government notified foreign airlines operating in the country that payments for Venezuelan fuel must go directly to accounts linked to the U.S. State Department, according to a document obtained by EFE on Tuesday. The Ministry of Hydrocarbons sent a letter dated May 28 to at least one Latin American airline and […]

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Álvaro Pérez Miranda, The First Venezuelan to Have Two Michelin-Starred Restaurants in the U.S.

The  Daily  Journal.-  The  Michelin  Guide  Florida  2026  has  confirmed  for  the  third  consecutive  year  Ogawa,  in  Miami,  as  an  undisputed  reference  of  high-end  Japanese  cuisine  in  the  United  States,  retaining  its  star,  while  Emelina,  its  new  restaurant  in  Palm  Beach,  earns  its first Michelin star.  With  this  official  announcement,  Álvaro  Pérez  Miranda  became  the  […]

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Granko Arteaga Appears Alongside Delcy Rodríguez in Official Event

 Audio:  https://clyp.it/mm5tts2l  By Julio A. López  After  several  days  of  rumors  circulating  on  social  media,  messaging  apps,  and  some  digital  outlets  claiming  that  Alexander  Enrique  Granko  Arteaga  had  been  detained,  disappeared,  or even  extradited  to  the  United  States,  the  controversial  Venezuelan  official  reappeared  publicly  during an official event led by Delcy Rodríguez in Anzoátegui state. […]

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AP: Trump Orders Halt to Investigations Against Delcy Rodríguez

The  Daily  Journal.-  According  to  an  exclusive  report  by  The  Associated  Press  (AP) ,  the  administration  of  President  Donald  Trump  “quietly  instructed  federal  prosecutors  in  Miami  to  avoid  opening  or  advancing  criminal  investigations  against  Venezuela’s  acting  president, Delcy Rodríguez.” According  to  the  U.S.  news  agency,  the  current  Venezuelan  leader  “has  for  years  been  a person  of  […]

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Argentina Charges Former Caracas Mayor Antonio Ledezma’s Son-in-Law With Money Laundering

The  Daily  Journal.-  Argentine  courts  have  formally  charged  Buenos  Aires  financier  Luis  Alejandro  Vuteff ,  son-in-law  of  former  Caracas  mayor  Antonio  Ledezma .  The  measure  is  part  of  a  complex  international  investigation  into  the  laundering  of  funds  allegedly  derived  from  bribery  involving  the  state  oil  company  Petróleos  de  Venezuela  S.A.  (PDVSA) ,  according to a […]

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OFAC Removes Vessels Linked to Venezuela’s “Ghost Fleet” from Sanctions List

The  Daily  Journal.- As  part  of  its  new  strategy  to  modernize  the  financial  control  system,  the  Office  of  Foreign  Assets  Control  (OFAC)  of  the  U.S.  Department  of  the  Treasury  formally  removed  from  its  Specially  Designated  Nationals  and  Blocked  Persons  (SDN)  List  a  group  of  oil  tankers  that  had  been  sanctioned  for  being  part  of  the  […]

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