The Daily Journal. — Venezuelan authorities reported on Sunday that international support for search-and-rescue operations continues to grow following the June 24 earthquakes. A total of 2,624 foreign rescue workers have joined the effort, bringing dozens of specialized teams and tons of medical supplies to assist emergency operations. Jorge Rodríguez, a leader of the United […]
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The Daily Journal.— National Assembly President Jorge Rodríguez updated the official assessment of the damage caused by the powerful earthquakes that struck Venezuela on June 24. He reported 920 confirmed deaths, 3,360 people injured or otherwise affected, and more than 4,000 people displaced. La Guaira state has suffered the most extensive material damage. Authorities have […]
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The Daily Journal. — The death toll from the two earthquakes that struck on Wednesday afternoon has climbed to 188, according to National Assembly President Jorge Rodríguez. In an official statement released through his social media accounts, Rodríguez reported that “1,520 injured people have arrived at hospitals and are receiving medical care at this time.” […]
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EFE — Venezuela’s oil sector development following the opening to foreign investment promoted by the United States will depend largely on political stability in the South American country, several economic experts told EFE on Monday after participating in a forum at the Andrés Bello Catholic University (UCAB). Economist Luis Zambrano Sequín argued that no one […]
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The Daily Journal. — In a development that reshapes Venezuela’s political landscape, opposition leader Dinorah Figuera returned to the country on Thursday after years in exile. Acting as the representative of the lawmakers elected in 2015, she reached an agreement with Jorge Rodríguez to establish a “parity-based technical and political working group” to support a […]
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The Daily Journal.- Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, announced on Friday that at least 500 prisoner releases would be carried out “in the next few hours” in the country. The statement was made during a meeting presenting the progress report on the implementation of the Law on Amnesty for Democratic Coexistence, attended by National Assembly […]
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Américo Briceño Dos Santos, political scientist and university professor In a social context that continues to resign vast sectors of Venezuelan society to a relative deprivation of their material conditions, and with political violence shaping the social order—becoming somatized in bodies and undermining the collective mood—the civic spirit shifts its horizon of expectations from the […]
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