The Daily Journal.- U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Juan Pablo Segura said Friday that restoring access to numerous online websites in Venezuela signals progress in the country since January 3. “The Trump Administration’s three-phase plan continues delivering results. Yesterday, access to many online portals went back online in Venezuela after years […]
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The Daily Journal.- The National Assembly elected in 2015 announced Friday that the Official Gazette published an amendment to Article 65 of the Organic Law of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ), which, according to the legislature, “formally begins the process to appoint all the justices” of the country’s highest court. The National Assembly announced […]
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The agreement would give Delcy Rodríguez’s government legal control over some 31 metric tons of Central Bank gold, although it could not immediately sell the bullion. The proposal would allow the government to use the reserves as collateral for loans, including financing for reconstruction following the June earthquakes. The Daily Journal.- The interim administration of […]
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The Daily Journal.- The opposition delegation from Venezuela’s 2015 National Assembly, led by Dinorah Figuera, returned to Caracas from Madrid to begin a second round of negotiations with the Delcy Rodríguez administration as part of a U.S.-backed dialogue process aimed at establishing a roadmap toward a democratic transition in Venezuela. Upon her arrival, Figuera said […]
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The Daily Journal.- Juan Miguel Matheus, a member of the opposition delegation in talks with the Delcy Rodríguez administration, believes that transforming the judiciary must constitute one of the first steps toward an eventual democratic reconstruction of Venezuela. In an article published Friday in the Spanish newspaper El Mundo, Matheus warns that an electoral system […]
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The Daily Journal.- Political leader Enrique Márquez returned to the public spotlight on Thursday to defend the “stabilization, recovery and transition” roadmap that the United States has promoted for Venezuela. The former political prisoner acknowledged that Washington is overseeing the process and rejected criticism from those who consider the timetable “too slow.” During the presentation […]
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The Daily Journal.- The process to select new justices for Venezuela’s Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) will start over under a mechanism that will expand civil society participation, according to Ramón López, a representative of the 2015 National Assembly delegation at the dialogue talks. In an interview with Caraota Digital, López said authorities will select […]
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The Daily Journal.— Interior Minister and PSUV Secretary General Diosdado Cabello sharply criticized sectors of the Venezuelan opposition that do not participate in the negotiating table with the government. According to Cabello, these groups seek to “implode” the dialogue process, which aims to advance a democratic transition and support the country’s recovery following the June […]
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The Daily Journal.— The release of Venezuela’s international reserve assets in gold held at the Bank of England will depend on the implementation of international audits and the transfer of the proceeds to a U.S. Department of the Treasury account, Ramón López, a delegate from the 2015 National Assembly, said in an interview with a […]
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The Daily Journal – The Program for Peace and Democratic Coexistence, promoted by Acting President Delcy Rodríguez, announced Friday that courts had granted alternative measures to imprisonment to 131 people who had remained in custody over their alleged involvement in crimes against the country’s democratic order and peace. The country’s courts decided at the request […]
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