VENEZUELAN NATIONAL WAS ARRESTED NEAR THE WHITE HOUSE THURSDAY NIGHT AFTER OFFICERS FOUND HIM IN A STOLEN VEHICLE WITH THREE FIREARMS AND HEAPS OF AMMUNITION.
Venezuelan lawmakers took the first step toward reforming a controversial law long used to jail dissidents as the interim government further unwinds some of the tools of repression imposed under ousted leader Nicolás Maduro
VENEZUELA’S OIL OUTPUT REMAINS AROUND 1.2 MLN BPD, FAR BELOW ITS PEAK OF ABOUT 3 MLN, WITH ACTING PRESIDENT DELCY RODRIGUEZ EXPECTING NEARLY $76 BLN IN OIL AND GAS INVESTMENT OVER FIVE YEARS, THOUGH EXECUTIVES SAY MEANINGFUL PRODUCTION GAINS MAY TAKE UNTIL 2028
VENEZUELA’S OIL-SECTOR REVIVAL IS DRIVING A SURGE IN BUSINESS ACTIVITY IN EL TIGRE, A GATEWAY TO THE ORINOCO BELT, AS WEATHERFORD, GEOPARK AND ALVORADA OIL & GAS EXPAND OPERATIONS AFTER OIL-LAW CHANGES EASED TAXES AND ROYALTIES, THOUGH MUCH OF THE ACTIVITY REMAINS PREPARATORY
Venezuela is in negotiations for a second shipment of aluminum to the US in a symbolic resumption of trade after years of economic and diplomatic disruptions.