Jorge Barragán: “This is the only country where politicians’ failures are rewarded”
Jorge Barragán is a young activist from the Alianza del Lápiz, emerging from student leadership at the Central University of Venezuela (UCV).
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Ricardo Cusanno: “Isolating Venezuela is a huge mistake”
Ricardo Cusanno is a businessman in the hotel and tourism sector. He has served as president of Fedecámaras and of the Venezuelan Red Cross.
Eric Ondarroa, candidate for Miranda: “They are graduating children, but without knowing how to read or multiply”
We interview Eric Ondarroa, candidate for governor of Miranda for the Alianza del Lápiz party, during his tour of Petare.
Chúo Torrealba: “We are in a regressive political transition”
Jesús Torrealba, better known by his nickname Chúo Torrealba, is a Caracas activist who became known through his radio program El Radar de los Barrios.
Stalin González: “I believe that Venezuela is undergoing a process of change”
We speak with Stalin González, a leader of the opposition party Un Nuevo Tiempo (UNT). He has just arrived from a campaign event in Catia, in western Caracas, for the elections on May 25.
Luis Florido: “To vote is to honor July 28th and a challenge to power”
Interview: Luis Florido was a founding member of the party Voluntad Popular, which he left in 2018 after disagreeing with the decision to abstain from that year’s presidential elections.
Qatar as an Actor in Global Diplomacy and Venezuela’s Gateway to the West
Faced with the tightening of sanctions and international isolation, the Venezuelan government finds in Qatar a discreet opportunity for potential negotiations, seeking financing, and reinserting itself into the diplomatic map.
Delcy Rodríguez in China: oil, technology, space exploration and geopolitics in times of sanctions
The visit occurs in a global context dominated by geopolitical competition between the United States and China. While Washington reimposes oil sanctions aimed at isolating the government of Nicolás Maduro, Beijing maintains its strategic support, evidencing a bet to strengthen its influence in Latin America and the Caribbean, consolidate its access to energy resources at preferential prices and erode American hegemony in the hemisphere.
“US sanctions are creating migrants”: Antonio Ecarri challenges Jorge Rodríguez and Capriles to a national debate during the National Assembly campaign
Antonio Ecarri is the leader of the Alianza del Lápiz, an independent opposition party. He was a presidential candidate in the July 28 elections, running outside the platform that supported Edmundo González. Amid the controversy over the results, Ecarri filed a legal challenge questioning the actions of the National Electoral Council (CNE).
Russia’s Energy Strategy for 2050 and the Reshaping of the Global Order
In a context of geoeconomic tensions and accelerating rhetoric around the energy transition, Russia has solidified its strategic roadmap for the energy sector through 2050. Approved in April 2024, this document not only redefines domestic priorities but also articulates a forceful narrative about the future of global power. Through the case of Rosneft, the state-owned oil giant, a structural challenge to the Western-led energy and financial model emerges, posing both a conceptual and practical test for the international order.