Recovering the gold deposited in England and reshuffling the deck for the selection of Supreme Court justices are announcements that, if they materialize, would give the first dialogue process since January 3 an early victory. José Gregorio Yépez The resumption of negotiations between the Executive Branch and one sector of the opposition once again brings […]
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The Daily Journal.- Acting President Delcy Rodríguez on Wednesday welcomed the first agreement reached in the dialogue process between her administration and the National Assembly elected in 2015. “I welcome and celebrate this first step in the dialogue process with the opposition sector represented in the National Assembly elected in 2015,” Rodríguez said in a […]
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The Daily Journal. — The administration of Delcy Rodríguez and the National Assembly elected in 2015 agreed to focus their efforts on recovering Venezuela’s international reserve assets held at the Bank of England, as part of the agreements reached during the first round of talks between the two sides. The commitment forms part of the […]
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The Daily Journal. — The Venezuelan government and the National Assembly elected in 2015 agreed to launch a new process to transform the justice system. The plan calls for reforms to the Organic Law of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ), the renewal of the Judicial Nominations Committee, and a new call for candidates to […]
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By José Gregorio Yépez A new round of talks between the opposition and the government is about to begin. What can we expect? Judging by what Dinorah Figuera said over the weekend, this new dialogue seemed to begin with a phone call. Yet Jorge Rodríguez’s August 1 statement made one thing unmistakably clear: the talks […]
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The Daily Journal.— Following the suspension of talks on Aug. 1, 2015, National Assembly President Dinorah Figuera arrived in Venezuela through General José Antonio Anzoátegui International Airport in Barcelona to resume dialogue with Jorge Rodríguez. Accompanied by a parliamentary delegation, Figuera said she takes on the process with “great expectations” and reaffirmed her commitment to […]
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The Daily Journal.— At least 1,579 people remain missing following the June 24 earthquakes, a disaster that has claimed 6,125 lives, according to La Guaira Governor José Alejandro Terán, who spoke Tuesday with Colombia’s Caracol Radio. The governor said the figures come from a census currently underway in the disaster zone. “Based on the information […]
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The Daily Journal.— The U.S. Department of State endorsed the start of talks between the Venezuelan government and the opposition delegation led by Dinorah Figuera, placing the process within the strategy that President Donald Trump’s administration has outlined for Venezuela. In a press statement released Monday, spokesperson Thomas Pigott confirmed U.S. support for the initiatives […]
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By Dr. Juan Barreto The long-awaited meeting between the 2015 National Assembly and the 2025 National Assembly ultimately fell far short of the expectations that had built up around it. The much-anticipated first encounter produced one strategic agreement with significant impact: they will create a WhatsApp group—or, as journalist Vladimir Villegas put it, they held […]
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The pro-government delegation brings together the Chavista movement’s chief political strategist, a former foreign minister, two lawmakers, a key party organizer, and a representative of the coexistence program promoted by Delcy Rodríguez. The Daily Journal – Delcy Rodríguez’s administration has assembled its team for the dialogue table with the National Assembly elected in 2015. Jorge […]
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