Julio A. López.- While Guyana continues to attract the attention of the global energy industry through giant discoveries led by ExxonMobil, Suriname is moving quickly to establish itself as the next major player in the Guyana-Suriname Basin, one of the most promising petroleum regions on the planet. Industry attention now focuses on Block 52, a […]
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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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The Daily Journal .- U.S. airline JetBlue formally announced its intention to establish a direct connection between the United States and Venezuela through a new route linking Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and Simón Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetía. The announcement marks a milestone for the company, representing its first operational entry into the Venezuelan market, […]
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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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The Daily Journal.- The American newspaper The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported that French banker Matthieu Pigasse will lead the restructuring process of Venezuela’s external debt, estimated at around $150 billion . According to the newspaper, the Venezuelan government hired the U.S. firm Centerview Partners , where Pigasse is one of the leading figures, to […]
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The Daily Journal.- The interim president of the Central Bank of Venezuela ( BCV), Luis Pérez, described the launch of the renegotiation of the country’s external obligations as a fundamental step that brings the nation “out of the shadows” in international markets. In an exclusive interview with the Reuters news agency, Pérez explained that the […]
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The Daily Journal.- A group of representatives from the World Bank will visit Caracas to meet with Venezuelan authorities, marking the first in-person meeting of this kind since formal relations were restored last month, according to a Bloomberg report. Venezuela has been a member of the financial institution since 1946, although the last loan granted […]
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The Daily Journal.- This Wednesday, during the presentation of the Industrial Economic Survey (ECI-I26), the Venezuelan Confederation of Industrialists (Conindustria) revealed that private manufacturing has managed to increase its operational capacity and improve employee compensation. However, the business association warned that the lack of widespread bank credit and deficiencies in the national electricity supply act […]
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The Daily Journal.- Venezuela’s private manufacturing industry recorded a year-over-year growth of 9.9% in production volume during the first quarter of 2026, according to the results of the latest Industrial Economic Survey (ECI-I26) released by the Venezuelan Confederation of Industrialists (Conindustria). Conindustria president Tito López highlighted that this progress is the result of the sector’s […]
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The Daily Journal. – International financial markets registered a rebound in the valuation of Venezuelan assets this Wednesday after the government of interim president Delcy Rodríguez officially announced its intention to begin a process of renegotiating the country’s external debt. According to a Bloomberg report, sovereign bonds, which have remained in default territory since 2017, experienced […]
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