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Taking stock of the Venezuelan economy is a notoriously difficult and painful task. Yet we take a deep dive in this infographic to understand what the indicators show and what future prospects, under US semi-colonial control, may hold. Follow the thread 🧵
The Venezuelanalysis team got together to do a podcast episode and make sense of Caracas' domestic and foreign policy shifts as well as the official narratives struggling to keep up.
Watch below 👇 (it's in Spanish w/ English subs)
youtu.be/MEnG7YWquIU
Dozens of families who lost their homes in the June 24 double earthquake were moved to the temporary houses built in Ciudad Caribia by the Venezuelan government.
orinocotribune.com/venezuela…
"Rather Tehran than Caracas." This is a highly recommended: an article [in Spanish] by Frank Solar in Cuban alternative outlet @latizzadecuba on the issue of anti-imperialist resistance
medium.com/la-tiza/antes-teh…
CIA now seeking regime-change interns via Twitter
UNEARTE students are protesting deteriorating facilities, closed cafeterias, registration problems and inadequate transport. University and government officials have promised improvements and new working groups with student representatives. Full report: venezuelanalysis.com/news/ve…
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Meanwhile, the acting RodrÃguez gov't has secured a place in Trump's good graces to retake control of CITGO and will appoint a new board. It hopes that the Trump admin will step in and halt the forced sale, but there's no suggestion that it's on the cards
argusmedia.com/en/news-and-i…
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And it was rigged. It was the blatant theft of Venezuela's most prized foreign asset in broad daylight, a product of US sanctions and the collusion of the US-backed opposition. Our infographic has a short history of the CITGO plunder
venezuelanalysis.com/infogra…
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Corporate plunder to be consummated? An appeals court is holding a hearing on a challenge to the forced sale of Venezuela's US-based refiner CITGO. Other corporations and the company's lawyers are protesting that the process was rigged
reuters.com/legal/government…
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And speaking of Figuera, she recently forecast presidential elections to place in late 2027 or early 2028, contradicting gov't delegation leader Jorge RodrÃguez who claimed there would be no deviation from the constitutionally mandated schedule
elestimulo.com/venezuela/202…
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Speaking of the Supreme Court, the National Assembly approved and swore in the committee that will evaluate the candidates for Supreme Court justice posts
elnacional.com/2026/10/asamb…
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The two delegations just finished a third round of talks in which they have advanced in the renewal of the Supreme Court (though that should be the exclusive responsibility of the Nat'l Assembly) and announced plans to reform several laws
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Meet and greet. Venezuelan Acting President Delcy RodrÃguez hosted Dinorah Figuera today at Miraflores Palace. Figuera represents the defunct opposition-majority 2015 parliament taking part in US-backed talks with the Venezuelan gov't on political, judicial, and electoral reforms
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Venezuela is reportedly eyeing a loan from Qatar to clear an existing debt to the Inter-American Development Bank in order to access new credit. Qatar is holding ever bigger stakes in Venezuela
reuters.com/world/americas/v…
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This is very interesting from @theguacamayave: Iran as a precedent for the US-Venezuela oil deal. Plenty of relevant parallels, from colonial plundering via a private company (Anglo-Persian) to military intervention against nascent nationalism
guacamayave.com/en/iran-a-pr…
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Tax Superintendent Roman Maniglia has driven efforts to modernize and automate tax collection, including a digital integration with the banking system to gather information in real time. One goal is to begin collecting taxes from informal retailers
finanzasdigital.com/intercon…
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The Venezuelan gov't announced fiscal measures as it seeks to expand the tax-collecting base. Acting President RodrÃguez had previously announced fiscal reforms by the end of the year
eldiario.com/2026/10/21/susp…
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Who pays for Venezuela’s rapprochement with Washington? Koerner and Vaz argue that working-class Venezuelans face the costs of economic submission, while domestic business elites stand to profit from the dismantling of the Bolivarian Revolution’s gains. venezuelanalysis.com/opinion…
Corporate plunder to be consummated? An appeals court is holding a hearing on a challenge to the forced sale of Venezuela's US-based refiner CITGO. Other corporations and the company's lawyers are protesting that the process was rigged
reuters.com/legal/government…
And it was rigged. It was the blatant theft of Venezuela's most prized foreign asset in broad daylight, a product of US sanctions and the collusion of the US-backed opposition. Our infographic has a short history of the CITGO plunder
venezuelanalysis.com/infogra…
Meanwhile, the acting RodrÃguez gov't has secured a place in Trump's good graces to retake control of CITGO and will appoint a new board. It hopes that the Trump admin will step in and halt the forced sale, but there's no suggestion that it's on the cards
argusmedia.com/en/news-and-i…