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🗒️🗣️ ANALYSIS | Juan Contreras: ‘The Venezuelan People Are Armed with Consciousness’ 23 de Enero community leader Juan Contreras discusses the situation in Venezuela following the January 3 US attack and denounces what he describes as US tutelage over the country. In the interview, Contreras warns of a possible offensive targeting grassroots organizations in the historic Caracas neighborhood of 23 de Enero, arguing that social movements are being portrayed as “armed groups” in order to justify aggression against them. He maintains that communes, communal councils, and popular organizations are expressions of organized popular power and not armed actors. Contreras also calls for greater coordination among popular and revolutionary movements across Latin America, arguing that regional solidarity is necessary in the face of US interventionism. Read the full interview here 👉🏽 https://shorturl.at/LkfzC #Barrio23deEnero #Communes #USVenezuelaRelations

📰 NEWS | Venezuelan Gov’t Signs Deals with General Electric and IMPSA to Boost Electricity Supply Venezuela has signed agreements with GE Vernova and IMPSA as part of efforts to strengthen the country’s National Electric System. According to Acting President Delcy Rodríguez, the GE Vernova agreement aims to add 1,000 MW to the grid within 24 months and 5,000 MW over four years. A separate accord with Argentina-based IMPSA seeks to rehabilitate the Tocoma and Macagua hydroelectric projects, with plans to inject up to 2,640 MW into the system. The deals come as the Rodríguez administration works to address electricity shortages and expands private sector participation in the power sector. Read more here 👉🏽 https://shorturl.at/nX2Ge #ElectricalGrid #USVenezuelaRelations

📰 NEWS | US Conducts Extrajudicial Execution in Venezuela, Thanks Rodríguez for ‘Support’ The United States launched a military strike inside Venezuelan territory that reportedly killed Héctor “Niño” Guerrero Flores, an alleged leader of criminal group Tren de Aragua. US officials said the operation was carried out in collaboration with Venezuelan security forces. Acting President Delcy Rodríguez’s government confirmed a “joint operation” in Bolívar state and stated that Guerrero was “neutralized” during clashes with criminal structures. The reported killing is the first recorded joint US-Venezuela military operation on Venezuelan soil. The operation comes as Caracas and Washington have moved toward closer relations following the January 2025 US attack on Venezuela and subsequent diplomatic engagement. Read the full VA report here 👉🏽 https://shorturl.at/Fz67H #JusticeSystem #TrendeAragua #USVenezuelaRelations

📰 NEWS | Venezuelan Armed Forces Launch Operation to Dislodge Illegal Miners from Gold-Rich Southeast Venezuela’s Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) have launched a large-scale operation in Bolívar state, a mineral-rich region where armed groups have long controlled illegal mining activities and gold extraction zones. Local reports described helicopter overflights, explosions, and the displacement of hundreds of people from mining areas. The operation comes as Venezuela moves to expand private investment in mining through a new legal framework. Companies including Gold Reserve, Augusta Capital, Roland Mineral Enterprises, and Trafigura are advancing plans or procedures to enter the country’s gold and strategic minerals sector, though security concerns remain a challenge. Read the full report here 👉🏽 https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/venezuelan-armed-forces-launch-operation-to-dislodge-illegal-miners-from-gold-rich-southeast #Mining #Gold #ArmedForces

📰 NEWS | Trump Administration Extracts Renewed Venezuela Oil Concessions as Rodríguez Touts New Deals Trump officials have confirmed ongoing contact with Delcy Rodríguez’s team to discuss Venezuela’s legal framework for foreign energy and mining corporations. National Energy Dominance Council Director Jarrod Agen said the administration is working to turn memoranda of understanding into binding contracts and announced a new delegation will travel to Caracas in the coming days. Meanwhile, Venezuelan authorities continue promoting foreign investment in the energy sector. PDVSA signed a memorandum of understanding with SLB, while Rodríguez highlighted recent agreements with Chevron, Shell, BP, and Repsol. The developments come as Venezuela’s oil production and exports continue to trend upward. Read our full report here 👉🏽 https://shorturl.at/mHMzk #PDVSA #Sanctions #USVenezuelaRelations

📰 NEWS | Venezuela: Monthly Inflation Hits 18-Month Low, Exchange Rate Gap Persists Venezuela recorded its lowest month-to-month inflation figure since October 2024, with consumer prices rising 6.3% in May, according to the Venezuelan Central Bank (BCV). Inflation has declined for four consecutive months after reaching 32.6% in January. However, currency instability continues. Despite the Central Bank devaluing the official USD-bolívar exchange rate by more than 30% since March and directing over US$5.5 billion in foreign currency through bank-run exchange tables since January, a 30-40% gap between official and parallel market rates remains. Since January, the Trump administration has mandated that Venezuelan export revenues be deposited in US Treasury accounts, while the Rodríguez administration has accelerated pro-business reforms aimed at attracting foreign investment. Western business executives have also traveled to Caracas in recent weeks to explore opportunities in key sectors. Read the full report here 👉🏽 https://shorturl.at/U9DDD #Currency #Economy #Inflation

📰 NEWS | Venezuela: Rodríguez Eyes Investment, Trade Opportunities in India Trip Venezuelan Acting President Delcy Rodríguez concluded a four-day visit to India after meetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, cabinet members, and leading business conglomerates. The visit focused on strengthening long-term energy cooperation and expanding trade and investment opportunities. Discussions covered oil, healthcare, transportation, infrastructure, agriculture, technology, electricity, and pharmaceutical cooperation. Rodríguez also met with representatives from major Indian energy firms and corporations including Reliance Industries, Tata Group, Amul, and Essar. While no formal agreements were announced, Rodríguez said the trip helped consolidate friendship and cooperation between the two countries. Read the full article here 👉 https://shorturl.at/iKQxw #India #PDVSA #RelianceIndustries

🖊🗞COLUMN | The Life Cycle Festivities in Venezuela Life, memory, music, and celebration. In the latest VA column, Fabiola José and Fidel Barbarito explore Venezuela’s cycle-of-life festivities, tracing the connections between the Cruz de Mayo, the Dancing Devils of Corpus Christi, San Juan, San Antonio, and San Pedro traditions. The authors examine how music, dance, poetry, food, costumes, and communal rituals have endured across generations, highlighting their place in Venezuela’s cultural re-existence and collective memory. “The candles remain lit in the collective memory altar and the music continues to sound.” Read the full VA column here 👉 https://shorturl.at/a2H0n #AfroVenezuelans #CatholicChurch #CulturalReexistence

🖊OPINION | The Lesson of President Maduro’s Kidnapping What can the January 3 kidnapping of Nicolás Maduro tell Latin America's left? In this opinion piece, Cuban political scientist Roberto Regalado argues that leftist and progressive movements must confront their own weaknesses and errors, not only external attacks, in order to understand recent defeats and setbacks. “The moral of the story is that yes, we must denounce and unmask the enemy. But no, we cannot focus attention on denouncing the enemy at the expense of recognizing and eradicating our own weaknesses and mistakes.” Read the full article here 👉🏽 https://venezuelanalysis.com/opinion/the-lesson-of-president-maduros-kidnapping/ #LatinAmerica #NicolasMaduro #USVenezuelaRelations

📰 NEWS | Venezuela: National Assembly Pushes Reform to Open Electricity to Private Sector Venezuela’s National Assembly has given preliminary approval to a reform of the country’s electricity law that would allow private corporations and mixed ventures to participate in electricity generation, transmission, distribution, and commercialization. The bill also establishes concessions of up to 25 years and proposes a new tariff scheme based on “real costs” and investor returns. The legislation now moves to further discussion and amendments before a final vote. Read the full article here 👉🏽 shorturl.at/NeqPU #ElectricalGrid #PrivateSector #Sanctions

📰 NEWS | Venezuelan Gov’t Orders Airlines, Shipping Companies to Deposit Fuel Payments in US Treasury Account A leaked PDVSA letter instructed aviation and maritime customers to direct foreign currency payments for JET A1, MGO, and IFO 380 fuel purchases to a US Treasury-controlled “Venezuela custody account.” The document is the first publicly available evidence of a Venezuelan state institution directing foreign currency payments to a US Treasury account rather than to the Venezuelan Central Bank or another state-run mechanism. The move comes as Washington maintains control over Venezuelan export revenues and as international airlines and shipping activity increase in the country. Read the full report here 👉🏽 https://shorturl.at/0IPRZ #PDVSA #Sanctions #USVenezuelaRelations #Venezuela

📸 IN IMAGES | Venezuelan Gov’t Backs Communes to Boost Coffee Production, Increase Exports Venezuela has launched the First National Meeting of the 2026 Communal Coffee Plan, aimed at deepening popular control in the coffee sector and increasing production for export. The initiative includes the transfer of the El Cafetal coffee-processing plant in Portuguesa state to collective communal management. Officials say the facility will serve nearly 80 coffee-producing communes across four states. Authorities highlighted growth in coffee production and stressed the goal of expanding exports while maintaining domestic supply. Producers and communal leaders welcomed the transfer as a step toward strengthening national links between coffee-producing communes. Click here to explore the full gallery 👉🏽 https://shorturl.at/srDyE #Coffee #Communes

🗒️🗣️ INTERVIEW | Elías Jaua: ‘Venezuela Must Not Normalize US Neocolonial Tutelage’ Former Venezuelan vice president Elías Jaua discusses Venezuela’s post-January 3 political situation, the struggle to reestablish sovereignty, and the role of Chavismo in the current conjuncture. Jaua argues that Venezuela should publicly denounce what he describes as external coercion, seek support through international institutions, and build international solidarity. He also calls for national unity around the goal of recovering sovereignty and political self-determination. “The priority is to regain independence,” Jaua says, while maintaining that any future electoral process should emerge from a national agreement among Venezuelan political forces. Read the full interview here 👉🏽 https://shorturl.at/fidCd #EliasJaua #Sovereignty #Chavismo #HugoChavez #USVenezuelaRelations

📰 NEWS | Venezuelan Gov’t Delegation Meets IMF amid Debt Restructuring Plans A Venezuelan delegation led by Economy Vice President Calixto Ortega and Central Bank President Luis Pérez held talks with IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva in Washington, DC. Both sides described the meeting as productive, with discussions focused on technical cooperation, economic recovery, and macroeconomic stability. The talks come as the acting Delcy Rodríguez administration advances plans for a “comprehensive and orderly” restructuring of Venezuela’s foreign debt, estimated to be as high as US$170 billion. Authorities have stated that they are not seeking IMF loans but are prioritizing access to approximately US$5 billion in Special Drawing Rights (SDR) for infrastructure and public services. Read the full report here 👉🏽 https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/venezuelan-govt-delegation-meets-imf-amid-debt-restructuring-plans/ #IMF #ForeignDebt #Economy

📰 NEWS | Russia Urges Venezuela to Reject NATO ‘Schemes’ for Arming Ukraine Russia has urged Venezuela to reject any US- or NATO-backed efforts to transfer military equipment to Ukraine. During a meeting in Moscow, Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu called on Venezuelan authorities to refuse “arms supply schemes” linked to the war in Ukraine, while reaffirming Moscow’s support for Caracas amid growing US influence in the country. The meeting also came as Washington and Caracas deepen cooperation following the January 3 attacks and the installation of Acting President Delcy Rodríguez. Read more here 👉🏽 https://shorturl.at/21fUg #ArmedForces #RussiaVenezuelaRelations #Ukraine #USVenezuelaRelations

🎥 VIDEO | US Holds Military Drills Over Caracas, Popular Movements Protest The US carried out a military exercise in Venezuela on May 23, flying MV-22B Osprey aircraft over Caracas before landing at the US embassy compound. The operation was overseen by US Southern Command head General Francis Donovan, who reportedly met with Venezuelan leaders. The drills sparked criticism and protests across the country. Organizations linked to Alba Movimientos and several leftist collectives denounced the operation as a violation of Venezuelan sovereignty, while demonstrations in Caracas condemned US threats and foreign intervention. Watch the video to learn more 👉🏾 https://youtu.be/lOqTCJWL0tY #USVenezuelaRelations #AntiImperialism #USSOUTHCOM

🖊🗞COLUMN | Racism in Venezuela? A Question No One Wants to Answer VA columnist Rosanna Álvarez examines the historical roots of racism in Venezuela, arguing that colonial hierarchies linking power and “whiteness” continue to shape political and social life despite the national myth of racial harmony through mestizaje. Using the racist chants directed at Acting President Delcy Rodríguez in Madrid as a contemporary example, Álvarez argues that political crises often expose deeply-entrenched prejudices that many prefer to deny. “It is the voice of the eighteenth century trying to silence the twenty-first.” Read the full VA column here 👉🏽 https://shorturl.at/kJS5N #AfroVenezuelans #Racism #InsurgentHistory

🖊OPINION | Delcy’s ‘Gatekeeper’: Sources Say ex-Trump Official Claver-Carone Holds Keys to Caracas Who is shaping Washington’s relationship with Caracas behind the scenes? This opinion piece from The Grayzone examines the growing influence of former Trump official Mauricio Claver-Carone over Venezuela’s economy and debt restructuring process, despite holding no formal government role. The article also looks at reported tensions surrounding sanctions policy, oil deals, and access to the Venezuelan government. “‘Mauricio’s calling the shots on private sector economic positions, and if anyone wants in, they have to go to him,’” one former US official told The Grayzone. Read the full opinion piece here: https://venezuelanalysis.com/opinion/delcys-gatekeeper-sources-say-ex-trump-official-claver-carone-holds-keys-to-caracas/ #USVenezuelaRelations #Sanctions #DonaldTrump #MauricioClaverCarone

📰 NEWS | Venezuelan Authorities Launch Prison Riot Investigation, Gov’t Pushes Judicial Reforms Venezuelan Attorney General Larry Devoe announced a criminal investigation into recent unrest at the Barinas Judicial Detention Center (INJUBA), where inmates denounced alleged abuse, violence, and degrading treatment by prison authorities. The protest led to prisoner transfers and the dismissal of the prison director. The developments came as the Venezuelan government announced further prisoner releases and broader judicial reforms. Acting President Delcy Rodríguez acknowledged prison overcrowding and the “criminalization of poverty” as major issues affecting the penal system, while launching a national consultation process on penal justice reform. Read our full report here 👉🏽 https://shorturl.at/TZ8NF #HumanRights #JusticeSystem #Prisons #JudicialReform

📰 NEWS | Venezuela: Popular Movements Protest US Military Drills in Caracas Venezuelan grassroots and leftist organizations rallied in Caracas on Saturday to protest US “rapid response” military drills carried out in the capital. Activists from ALBA Movimientos, the Communist Party (PCV), Corriente Comunes, the Socialist Workers’ League (LTS), and other groups denounced the exercises as a violation of Venezuelan sovereignty. Demonstrators also condemned the Trump administration’s policies toward Venezuela, Cuba, and Iran. US SOUTHCOM commander Francis Donovan oversaw the drills and reportedly met with senior Venezuelan officials at the US embassy. The Venezuelan government did not publicly comment on the exercises. Read our full report here 👉🏽 https://shorturl.at/EvTC3 #PopularPower #USSOUTHCOM #AntiImperialism #USVenezuelaRelations