New Wave of Protests in Venezuela Over Blackouts, Wages, and Elections
Citizen demands reflect a multidisciplinary crisis throughout the country.
Political news and analysis.
Citizen demands reflect a multidisciplinary crisis throughout the country.
The narrative points to a series of institutional and legal reforms designed to guarantee social justice, economic stability, and electoral transparency.
Venezuela’s acting president is wrapping up a busy schedule of bilateral meetings—with the UN, IMF, IDB and World Bank—before meeting with Donald Trump this Tuesday, while Russia maintains parallel contacts with the Venezuelan delegation and Brazil calls for elections in the country.
Acting President Delcy Rodríguez is leading the Venezuelan delegation at the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly, with bilateral meetings with the IDB and the United Kingdom, and an agenda focused on energy, debt and mining in discussions with the United States.
Santiago Peña traveled to Venezuela ahead of the United Nations General Assembly, marking Paraguay’s first formal engagement with the Miraflores Palace since Delcy Rodríguez took power following the capture of Nicolás Maduro. The trip closes — at least for now — a twenty-month cycle of diplomatic rupture and reopens a bilateral file that combines political recognition, an oil debt dispute being litigated in Paris, and nearly a decade of swings depending on who is in power in each capital.
The latest appointments at the Foreign Ministry and the Ministry of Hydrocarbons coincide with Venezuela’s first participation in a ministerial forum of the G20.
Iran’s 20th-century history leaves two precedents for today’s Venezuela.
Venezuela signed on as a founding member of the AI organization spearheaded by China.
The report highlights a widespread negative perception, with corruption and the economic crisis appearing as citizens’ greatest concerns. | Image:…
Chevron announced, during the visit of Secretary of Energy Chris Wright, an investment of over $7 billion to more than double its production in the country.