Vicente Brito: Asset damage caused by expropriations reaches $100 Billion

The president of the Network for the Defense of Work, Property, and the Constitution argues that the State never paid for more than 90% of the expropriated assets. He proposes compensation payments to enable businesses to resume operations once their original owners regain control. Vanessa Davies The word compensation frequently appears in the discourse of […]

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Opinion: Oil Production

Roger J. Rivero, Industrial Engineer. Audio: https://clyp.it/klcwekmn Let’s talk about the phases and processes of Oil Production, which we will break down below. Now, let’s describe the stages, which are as follows:1. Upstream (Exploration-Production)2. Midstream (Transportation-Storage)3. Downstream (Refining-Marketing) 1) Upstream (Field Exploration/Production)The most human, the most criticized, and the most dangerous stage. In past decades, the […]

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Economist Hermes Pérez: Venezuela Must Reform the State Apparatus to Control Debt and Inflation

For economist Hermes Pérez, Venezuela must urgently reform its state apparatus to “control future debt payments” and “reduce inflation.” We recently spoke with the researcher, who used clear and accessible language to explain Venezuela’s complex economic situation. Yahvé Álvarez – Journalist and Historian Hermes Pérez is a distinguished researcher and university professor. During his 31-year […]

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Trans People Will Reenact the Daily Ordeal They Face on a Caracas Street

Vanessa Davies Short whispers. Hostile stares. Shoves. Sexual assaults. Denial of identity. Murders. Trans people face a true ordeal every day. On June 13, they will bring that reality to life in Caracas. According to Amnesty International, transgender people have a gender identity that differs from conventional expectations associated with their sex assigned at birth. […]

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Venezuela’s Economic Challenge Depends on Stabilizing the Dollar

José Gregorio Yépez Economists who follow Venezuela closely agree that the U.S. dollar exchange rate plays a central role in shaping the country’s current economic reality. Price behavior in Venezuela remains closely tied to fluctuations in the value of the U.S. currency in the local market. As a result, maintaining exchange-rate stability has become a […]

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What Did Venezuela Lose with the Hydrocarbons Law Reform?

The Daily Journal — The recent reform of Venezuela’s Organic Hydrocarbons Law has sparked an intense debate about the future of the country’s primary source of income. While the government argues that the changes aim to attract investment and increase oil production, energy economists warn that the new framework significantly reduces the state’s share of […]

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Not Even the Threat of a “Super El Niño” Makes Droughts Sexy Disasters

Everything points to unusually warm Pacific waters during the 2026–2027 period, which for Venezuela means less water and more heat. International organizations urge countries to prepare. Vanessa Davies No photographs capture the delivery of household goods to replace what people lost. Politicians cannot kiss grandmothers for the cameras. No rivers drag away vehicles, and no […]

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Public Sector GDP in the First Quarter of 2026: Between Doubts and Negative Performance

The  BCV  figures  are  beginning  to  be  released,  but  their  prolonged  absence  has  generated  “suspicions” among some economists. By José Gregorio Yépez Data  from  the  Central  Bank  of  Venezuela  (BCV)  indicate  that  the  Gross  Domestic  Product  (GDP)  of  Venezuela’s  public  sector  showed  a  negative  performance  in  the  first  quarter  of  2026, registering  -0.68% . This  […]

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Universities Generate Knowledge and Also Want  to Produce “Money” Through a Special Economic Zone

Professor  Dilio  Hernández,  director  of  the  UCV  Center  for  Research  and  Prospective  Analysis,  proposes  incorporating  both  public  and  private  universities.  The  project  is  advancing under the framework of the Organic Law on Special Economic Zones. By Vanessa Davies  The  “house  that  conquers  the  shadows”  seeks  to  overcome  not  only  the  specters  of  every  kind  looming  […]

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Denied Knowledge

Octavio Rossell Tabet From the Paleolithic to the Atomic Age Human  knowledge  has  been  communicated  from  generation  to  generation  and  has  been  recorded  primarily  through  writing.  The  line  of  progress  in  that  knowledge  has  been  slowly  drawn,  defining  several  “eras,”  which  take  their  names  from  the  natural  materials  used  to  make tools: stone, copper, bronze, […]

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