El Niño shuts down the Atlantic’s engines: historic calm echoes the 2015 cyclone drought

The Daily Journal.- The North Atlantic basin is experiencing an unprecedented period of meteorological calm in the modern era. Despite entering the traditionally most active months of the year, a dominant climate factor has dramatically slowed the formation of major storms. Climate experts examining global weather records point to a direct explanation: the Atlantic has […]

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The Daily Journal takes part in environmental cleanup at Los Totumos Beach

More than 1,400 volunteers participated in activities along Miranda’s coastline as part of World Beach Day. The Daily Journal.— Under the Barlovento sun and with a shared commitment to protecting Venezuela’s coastline, young people, residents, and visitors gathered on Saturday, September 19, to collect waste polluting the beaches during a nationwide cleanup campaign marking World […]

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The mutilated city: the billboard business, local anarchy, and Caracas’ lost shade

The Daily Journal. Caracas is losing its shade. Across the valley, the deafening roar of chainsaws has replaced the song of urban birds, exposing a severe crisis of environmental governance, institutional opacity and commercial interests. What local authorities and waste collection companies describe with euphemisms such as “sanitation,” “maintenance,” or “Cut and Prune,” activists and […]

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Civil Society Organizations demand environmental safeguards in new oil agreements with the U.S.

The Daily Journal.- Venezuelan organizations Clima21 and the Venezuelan Program for Education-Action in Human Rights (Provea) called on the government to establish environmental and human rights safeguards as it implements new oil agreements and licenses granted to U.S. companies. In a joint statement, the organizations expressed concern over the lack of public information about the […]

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Venezuela reports new hydrocarbon spill originating from Trinidad and Tobago

The Daily Journal — The Venezuelan government issued an official statement, released by Foreign Minister Yván Gil, reporting the detection of a new large-scale hydrocarbon spill originating from Trinidad and Tobago. According to Venezuelan authorities, the incident exceeds previous spills in magnitude, and contaminated material has already begun moving toward Venezuelan maritime territory. In its […]

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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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