Following the ousting of Nicolas Maduro, Chevron has been much more amenable towards investment in Venezuela, though recently they have been advocating for more legal reforms to ensure profits. The current Venezuelan government is focused on mining legislation, and therefore hasn’t yet considered additional oil legislation, which has subsequently given some companies like Chevron cold feet. The large American oil… Read more »
Article: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/guyanas-oil-growth-potential-rises-venezuela-tensions-set-ease-2026-02-17/ One of the fastest-growing countries in the world right now, Guyana, has set forth to become one of the top oil exporters in South America and currently plans to vastly improve its current infrastructure, but also to boost its oil production with the involvement of foreign companies and the state’s own oil-sponsored programs. Most evidently, they have projected… Read more »
Link To Article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czxgl2zjgzzo This article discusses Venezuela’s government’s claims that the CIA plotted to assassinate President Nicolas Maduro as well as some other top officials. These allegations were made after the arrest of several people, including US, Spanish, and Czech nationals who were accused of planning to destabilize Venezuela. The Interior Minister of Venezuela, Diosdado Cabello, directly stated that… Read more »
https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-brazil-diplomacy-f8661fdab3c154b839bc9d48954cbd72 Tensions in South America have been rising since the highly disputed Venezuelan election in July. Despite pre-election polls that showed opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia had more supporters by a landslide, President Nicolas Maduro still claimed that he won the election. Protests against Maduro’s regime have resulted in countless arrests and even murders of those who oppose Maduro. Argentina,… Read more »
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/venezuela-says-colombian-drone-violates-its-airspace-us-admiral-visits-2021-09-21/ Venezuelan defense minister Vladimir Padrino stated that a Colombian air force drone flew over the state of zulia. The claim comes at a time when a U.S. military official is visiting the adjacent country. Padrino called this act a “blatant threat”. Padrino says since Admiral Craig Faller was in Columbia at the time it could by no means be… Read more »
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/nov/19/cages-are-more-dignified-colombia-holds-cold-comfort-for-venezuelan-migrants-bogota The feet of Estilita López, 78 years old, are bloodied and bruised from the arduous journey from Yaracuy, in northern Venezuela, to Bogotá, the Colombian capital. Together with 460 fellow compatriots, she now lives in a new, city-funded migrant camp that has just sprung up on a football pitch near the airport. “I had to leave Venezuela, but this… Read more »
Amidst the political and economic turmoil that plagues Venezuela, migrants in the hundreds of thousands have flocked to neighboring Columbia for shelter. Although the facilities have been compared to cages, have pervasively spread disease, and lacks in food and water, many refugees prefer it over the conditions of Venezuela. During the prevalent rainy season, the health of the refugees within… Read more »
Hundreds of Venezuelan migrants have crossed back over the border with Brazil in the last few days after a violent incident in Boa Vista, the capital of Roraima state. Most said they were leaving because they feared for their lives after a young man was lynched, accused of killing a local man during a robbery.
Just this past week, the National Election Council of Venezuela decreed it would suspend the opposition’s petition for a recall vote on President Nicolas Maduro, essentially meaning that Maduro will remain in power until 2018, when the next presidential election will be held. With his horrendous mishandling of the nation’s economic crisis, there might not be a Venezuela left come… Read more »
BLOOMBERG: Federal prosecutors are preparing to charge several individuals and confiscate their property over the alleged looting of Venezuela’s state oil company in what may amount to one of the biggest asset seizures in U.S. history. Three people familiar with the case say the government has been investigating at least a dozen Venezuelans and is expected to file charges in Houston… Read more »