Between Pragmatism and Diplomacy: Similarities and Fractures in Russia’s Discourse on Venezuela
Moscow navigates between ideological loyalty and strategic realism, treating the Venezuelan situation with caution to preserve its interests and avoid…
El Analitico
In this section, we invite experts, as well as political and economic actors, in politics of all colours, to contribute to debate and objective analysis in Venezuela.
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Farewell to State Control? Venezuela’s Oil Map Redrawn with New Bill
Its definitive sanction, which depends on approval in a second discussion, could redefine the role of the State and the…
Opinion | Confluence: A New Chapter for Venezuela’s Productive Sector
For years, Venezuela navigated a perfect storm: suffocating international sanctions, a decimated productive apparatus, and a narrative that pitted the State and private enterprise as irreconcilable enemies.
Venezuelan oil: who’s actually down?
On January 9, U.S. President Donald Trump invited seventeen energy executives to the White House, as he invited them to invest “$100 billion” in Venezuela, a country with some of the largest reserves of oil and gas in the world. But are they heeding the call?
Opinion | Divide et Impera
Divide et Impera (“Divide and Conquer”) refers to a strategy of military origin, but one that can be extrapolated to politics, psychology, and other social sciences.
The End of Class Struggle: A Christmas Chronicle from Venezuela’s Industrial Heartland
In Venezuela’s recent history, the state of Carabobo became its industrial heart. Following the economic collapse of the last decade,…
Colette Capriles: “Rebuilding a democratic space in Venezuela entails rebuilding economic capacities”
Colette Capriles is a prominent Venezuelan intellectual, recognized for her trajectory in political analysis, philosophy, and the sociology of power in Venezuela and Latin America.
Caracas Residents in the Face of the US Military Deployment: Hope, Indifference and Resignation
In the country’s capital, the population’s desire to maintain social stability in the midst of uncertainty generated by the threats…
Guillaume Long: “I believe Trump’s political intuition is to not intervene militarily”
Guillaume Long is a senior researcher at the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) and a professor at Sciences Po. He also serves as a diplomatic advisor to The Hague Group.
The problem in Venezuela is not that people don’t have enough money, but that their money doesn’t have enough value
We Venezuelans underwent a monetary reform starting in 1939 with the creation of the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV), which from its foundation until 1974 (when it was fully nationalized) was a semi-private institution, constituted with private shareholders in addition to the State.