The visit of the U.S. president to Beijing highlights the deep interdependence between China and the United States, but also the structural tensions shaping their relationship. While both powers seek to avoid an open rupture, disputes over technological leadership, the future of Taiwan, and the impact of the crisis in the Middle East continue to fuel the risk of a new global escalation.
Jorge Rodríguez announced during a session of the National Assembly on Tuesday the formation of the Parliamentary Friendship Group between the United States and Venezuela, which will be composed of deputies Antonio Ecarri, Oliver Ponce, Pablo Pérez, Francisco Torrealba, Orlando Camacho, Aurora Paredes, Félix Freites, Rodolfo Sanz, and Ilenia Medina.
The acting president of Venezuela led in The Hague the technical and legal delegation that presented the country’s final arguments before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), reiterating that Caracas does not recognize the Court’s jurisdiction and defending the Geneva Agreement as the only valid mechanism to resolve the territorial dispute.
Feliciano Reyna is a Venezuelan architect and renowned human rights defender, founder and president of the organization Acción Solidaria. His career is deeply marked by his activism in the public health arena, particularly in the response to HIV/AIDS in Venezuela, where he has promoted an approach focused on education, prevention, and access to treatments.
The territorial dispute over the Esequibo has returned to the center of the international agenda with the start of hearings at the International Court of Justice. While Guyana defends the validity of the 1899 arbitral award, Venezuela insists on a negotiated solution based on the 1966 Geneva Agreement and rejects the jurisdiction of the court.
The administration of Delcy Rodríguez launched this Wednesday the Special Commission for the Evaluation and Classification of Public Assets, a body tasked with reviewing the full range of state-owned assets with the aim of reorganizing them under criteria of efficiency, productivity, and economic utilization.
The succession of António Guterres as Secretary-General of the United Nations has formally begun with public hearings of the candidates before the General Assembly. In an ongoing process heavily conditioned by the Security Council, four figures with very different trajectories —Michelle Bachelet, Rafael Grossi, Rebeca Grynspan, and Macky Sall— present their visions for the future of multilateralism in a context of growing geopolitical fragmentation and regional tensions, including the new political situation in Venezuela following the events of January 3.
Within the framework of the program “Weaving pathways for dialogue in Venezuela,” different actors—coming from deeply diverse political, academic, and personal backgrounds—sat at the same table to talk about coexistence and peace. This is no small matter. In a country marked by distrust, polarization, and accumulated wounds, the simple act of listening to one another without silencing the other is already a political gesture of enormous significance.
The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank are resuming relations with Venezuela after a period of ideological confrontation since 2006 and the non-recognition of these organizations by the government since 2019.
Laura Dogu, Chargé d’Affaires ad interim of the United States in Venezuela, is leaving her post after less than three months in Caracas. She will be replaced by career diplomat John Barrett, who arrives from Guatemala.
