By Julio A. López, Editor-in-Chief Listen to the editorial audio here: https://clyp.it/rxqltryn Caracas, June 14, 2026 – Against all odds, and despite the doubts—and even the refusal—of some of the largest U.S. oil companies to invest $100 billion in Venezuela’s oil industry following President Donald Trump’s call, investment funds have moved to the front of the […]
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By Jimmy Seba, Founder and CEO, Global Key Inc. Audio: https://clyp.it/5yici2ca The Daily Journal – I have maintained direct relationships in Venezuela and across the US-LATAM corridor throughout the period when most of the world looked away. What I see today is not a new story. It is the result of twenty years of conditions converging […]
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Dr. Juan Barreto.— I must warn the dear reader that I am not given to dispensing easy praise. Rather, I always seek to put myself in an uncomfortable position, but this time I want to share a pleasant impression from a kind surprise life has just given me. Around midday, I arrived at a modest […]
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Héctor Sánchez, Sociologist — Venezuela’s crisis has reached a point of exhaustion that goes far beyond a simple struggle for power. Following the consolidation of an imposed system that distorted the nation’s fundamental principles, the country’s reality reveals a systemic failure brought about by all its elites. This arrangement laid the groundwork for the institutional […]
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Américo Briceño, Political Scientist and University Professor — June 2026 begins. Five months have passed since foreign troops entered Venezuelan territory and abducted Nicolás Maduro Moros. Meanwhile, the long-awaited changes have materialized only partially. In the political sphere, developments can be summarized as follows: the release of political prisoners and “politicians in prison” (although some […]
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Why Latin American Voters Are Choosing Conservatives Again. The political realignment now unfolding across Latin America demonstrates that voters ultimately judge governments by outcomes rather than intentions. By Roger Stone. Audio (Part 1): https://clyp.it/nqbo5r5v Audio (Part 2): https://clyp.it/315aawiq For much of the twentieth century, Latin America served as one of the principal battlegrounds in the global struggle […]
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By Julio A. López, Editor-in-Chief. Listen to the editorial audio here: https://clyp.it/snhxobjg Caracas, June 5, 2026 — One of the questions I hear most often on the streets, in business meetings, and in conversations with friends sounds simple, yet carries enormous importance: When will Venezuelans begin to see job creation and economic recovery? The honest answer […]
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By Julio A. López. Audio: https://clyp.it/5g0yiw4b Caracas, June 3, 2026 — For more than a century, Venezuela built its energy identity around oil. However, as Europe desperately searches for new energy sources and major international companies accelerate their gas expansion plans, a new reality is emerging in the country: the time for the Gas Business in […]
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Héctor Sánchez. Sociologist. — Venezuela today resembles an enormous recording studio more than a sovereign republic. Much like fictional Seahaven, we live beneath a glass dome where reality has given way to a meticulously orchestrated simulacrum: a hyperreality in which the political script comes first and shapes the facts. A 1998 film, viewed in retrospect, […]
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By Julio A. López, Editor-in-Chief. Listen to the editorial audio here: https://clyp.it/zf55rh50 Washington, June 2, 2026 — Donald J. Trump’s opponents have always underestimated him. They did so in 2016, when they insisted he would never reach the White House. They did so during his first term, when many analysts considered it impossible for him to […]
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