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Caracas, October 19, 2026 (venezuelanalysis.com) – Switzerland’s Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) has lifted “precautionary asset freezes” against Marleny Contreras, wife of Venezuelan Interior, Justice, and Peace Minister Diosdado Cabello, and United Socialist Party (PSUV) lawmaker Jorge Arreaza. The…
Since sudden and sweeping change did not arrive, we should learn to navigate the costs and uncertainties of a process we have no choice but to influence
Alexander Lovera is a founding member and spokesperson of the El Sur Existe Commune in Valencia, Carabobo State. A former student leader and participant of the MBR-200 revolutionary movement, he now focuses on urban planning and social property enterprises. In this interview, Lovera discusses the El Sur Existe…
1. In the preparatory notes for his Book of Passages, Walter Benjamin referred to the overcoming of the concepts of decadence and progress as two sides of the same coin. As for the latter, his critique was directed specifically at the “bourgeois way of thinking.” Under its influence, the concept of progress “lost many…
Our beloved capybara can tell us a lot about how we use humor to process constant change
Mérida, October 16, 2026 (venezuelanalysis.com) – Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores have rejected a new indictment amid an ongoing prosecution by the US government. I reject this document in its entirety,” Maduro told New York Judge Alvin Hellerstein in a hearing on Thursday. Similarly…
The “biggest oil deal in history” was announced almost simultaneously by acting Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez and U.S. President Donald Trump on Aug. 28. However, many Venezuelans didn’t find out until the next day because massive blackouts — up to 16 hours a day and partly caused by increased oil production —…
The long wait for Venezuelan voters could expose the calculations of different actors
Mérida, October 14, 2026 (venezuelanalysis.com) – The US Justice Department has charged Colombian businessman Álvaro Pulido Vargas with money laundering after Venezuelan authorities handed him over to US agencies. US Attorney General Todd Blanche announced on Sunday that Pulido had been taken into custody. He was…
The State deprived a former governor of medical care despite clear warning signs
Caracas, October 13, 2026 (venezuelanalysis.com) – Hundreds of Venezuelan workers took to the streets on Tuesday to demand that the acting Delcy Rodríguez government address a series of labor grievances. The mobilization in Caracas was called by healthcare trade unions to deliver a petition at Miraflores Palace…
This is ultimately a game of incentives. Players must create the right ones to sustain the institutional rebuild
Caracas, October 12, 2026 (venezuelanalysis.com) – US Secretary of State Marco Rubio hosted Venezuelan opposition lead negotiator Dinorah Figuera on Friday at the State Department in Washington, DC, to express support for ongoing dialogue with the Venezuelan government. “This is the best opportunity Venezuela has had…
The current Constitution grants the highest court so much power that its renewal must now be the top priority
Spain's democratization yielded a stable party system and longstanding agreements, but didn’t address the past. Should we follow its steps?
Distancing from old allies made the regime look lonelier than ever in the Human Rights Council