Neirlay Andrade.— The historic oil agreement signed by Acting President Delcy Rodríguez’s administration and the White House has left a trail of doubts and questions in its wake. It could hardly be otherwise: the document committing the fate of one-fifth of Venezuela’s proven crude oil reserves remains secret. This detail has cooled the optimism that […]
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First, Leticia helped her partner, Gabriel, find the body of his teenage daughter. But the two decided to continue living in a tent beside the ruins to help others. Vanessa Davies Leticia Alfonso left everything behind. Literally: she walked away from her job and her life to move into a tent beside the devastation that […]
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Volunteers and contributions from businesses and individuals are helping sustain efforts to recover bodies and even protect properties affected by the June 24 earthquakes. Vanessa Davies Norbelis Martínez’s hands were slicing peppers with infinite patience this Wednesday, September 2. With a smile, she endured the sweltering 11:00 a.m. heat in Maiquetía. For Norbelis, the end—filling […]
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Héctor Sánchez, Sociologist. — It seems that most Venezuelans are waiting for the arrival of a Messiah or some providential savior who will come and, with the stroke of a pen, resolve the profound crisis afflicting us. This attitude carries serious sociological and political implications. First, because Venezuela’s history is riddled with messianic strongmen whose […]
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María Alejandra Díaz Marín. – The bilateral understanding recently circulated on social media, which reportedly proposes majority U.S. control over more than 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil reserves in exchange for $100 billion, demands rigorous legal, constitutional and financial scrutiny. If its terms prove accurate, we would face a transaction with enormous consequences for […]
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Dr. Juan Barreto, Director of The Daily Journal for Venezuela and Latin America.— The week begins with plenty of movement on the oil front. On the one hand, this Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump announced on his social media platform that he had signed an oil agreement with Venezuela’s acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, calling it […]
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Juan Barreto, Director of The Daily Journal for Venezuela and Latin America In recent days, there has been much talk about dollarization. Congressman Antonio Ecarri put forward this proposal, prompting a strong reaction from National Assembly President Jorge Rodríguez. Dollarization is a policy that very few countries have adopted. As you know, there are 192 […]
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Dr. Juan Barreto, Director of The Daily Journal for Venezuela and Latin America This weekend, workers from across the country gathered in Caracas. Curiously, neither influencers nor journalists paid by the rival opposition factions said a word about it. They look the other way and clear their throats uncomfortably. Representatives from the main branches of […]
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Food production, power generation, and access to water could suffer if this phenomenon becomes extreme. Models indicate that it will. Vanessa Davies El Niño is no game. It never is under normal conditions, and much less so during this period, which promises to be fiercer than usual. Colloquially dubbed a Super El Niño, but defined […]
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Juan Barreto – Director of The Daily Journal for Venezuela and Latin America Today is a wonderful and strange day from both an astronomical and astrological point of view. Today, we have the Perseids, a shower of shooting stars crossing the sky, while Europe will witness a solar eclipse, along with a planetary alignment. Let […]
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