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Venezuela’s Dictator Maduro is Shameless

(Miami Herald, 16.Jun.2023) — It’s official: The Venezuelan regime will pick a new electoral tribunal to oversee the 2024 presidential elections, and — guess what! — […]

Exiled Venezuela Lawmakers Chosen to Lead Anti-Maduro Fight

(AP, 5.Jan.2023) — Venezuela’s opposition has selected an all-female team of mostly unknown exiled former lawmakers to replace the beleaguered Juan Guaidó as the face […]

Are Talks Over Detained Americans Slowing the Fight for Democracy in Venezuela?

(CNN, 16.Aug.2022) — A growing number of US citizens are being detained in Venezuela — and though exactly how many is unknown, the detentions could give authoritarian […]

US Officials Return to Venezuela Amid Gas Price Hike

(AP, 27.Jun.2022) — Senior U.S. government officials have quietly traveled to Caracas in the latest bid to bring home detained Americans and rebuild relations with […]

NRGBriefs: Marathon’s Equatorial Guinea Output; Murphy on Brazil and Mexico

(Energy Analytics Institute, 4.May.2022) — Energy and political briefs including Marathon Oil reporting 1Q:22 production from Equatorial Guinea of 64 net Mboe/d; the US providing […]

NRGBriefs: Colombia Commences Two Green Hydrogen Pilots [PDF Download]

(Energy Analytics Institute, 18.Mar.2022) — Energy briefs including Colombia commencing operations at the first of two green hydrogen pilots in Cartagena; Ecopetrol announcing plans to […]

US sanctions on Venezuela and what they don’t tell you: Luis Vicente León

CARACAS, VENEZUELA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 18.Mar.2022, Words: 341) — Datanalisis president Luis Vicente León commented on social media about the rumors around […]

Defaulted Venezuela Bonds Are Luring Buyers Betting on US Deal

(Bloomberg, 18.Mar.2022) — A bond that trades at 10 cents on the dollar is about as distressed as distressed gets. And yet in Venezuela, which […]

NRGBriefs: Juan Guaidó Reiterates Call For “Free and Fair” Elections in Venezuela

(Energy Analytics Institute, 17.Mar.2022) — Energy briefs including Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaidó saying the solution to the Venezuelan tragedy is “free and fair” elections; […]

Engaging Venezuela Is Worth the Gamble

(Bloomberg, 15.Mar.2022) — A more realistic policy toward the Maduro regime would free up oil supplies and weaken Russian influence. In a bid to ease […]

US Extends Citgo Protection

(AFP, 21.Jan.2022) — The US Treasury on Thursday extended by one year a rule that shields Citgo, a US-based unit of Venezuela’s state-owned oil company PDVSA, […]

State Win for Venezuela’s Opposition Masks Deeper Problems

(Al Jazeera, 11.Jan.2022) — Despite a symbolic victory in Hugo Chavez’s home state, analysts say the opposition has few options left. Venezuela’s opposition has won an […]

NRGBriefs: Buenos Aires Power Outages

(Energy Analytics Institute, 3.Jan.2022) — Energy briefs including power outages in Buenos Aires, Argentina; Brazilian fuel distributors supplying 1.3bn liters of biofuels in the 1Q:22; […]

Venezuela Asset Debacle Splits Guaidó Camp

(Argus, 2.Nov.2021) — Two major Venezuelan opposition parties today voted against a decree issued by US-backed shadow parliamentary leader Juan Guaidó, an unprecedented rupture that foreshadows […]

Venezuela Talks Suspended In Mexico City

(AP, 24.Sep.2021) — The latest round of negotiations between Venezuela’s government and the country’s opposition were suspended Friday when the government’s delegates failed to appear […]

Venezuela Negotiations By Eric Farnsworth

(AS/COA, 12.Aug.2021) — A new round of negotiations is set to start on Friday, August 13, in Mexico between representatives of the de facto regime of Nicolás Maduro and the interim administration […]

LatAm Briefs: Argentine Output, Colombian Renewables

(Energy Analytics Institute, 22.Jul.2021) — Energy briefs from the Latin America and Caribbean region including: daily production details from Argentina’s Neuquén region to 13 renewable […]

Trump Hits Venezuela With Sanctions

(AP, 19.Jan.2021) — The Trump administration issued a parting shot at Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Tuesday, announcing a sweeping round of stiff financial sanctions […]

Venezuela Orders Arrest Of New Citgo Board Member

(Reuters, 18.Jan.2021) — Venezuelan authorities issued an arrest warrant for a new member of the board of directors of U.S.-based refining firm Citgo Petroleum Corp […]

Judge Approves Citgo Parent Share Sale

(Argus, 14.Jan.2021) — Venezuela inched closer to losing control of its US refining subsidiary Citgo today after a federal judge began crafting a sale process […]

EU’s Declaration On Backing Venezuela’s Juan Guaido

(EU Council, 6.Jan.2021) — The Venezuelan elections of 6 December 2020 for the National Assembly regrettably went ahead without a national agreement on electoral conditions. […]

EU, Lima Group Sour On Juan Guaido

(Argus, 6.Jan.2021) — The EU and the Lima Group of Latin American countries and Canada have implicitly dropped support for Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido […]

Venezuela’s New National Assembly Steps In

(Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Jan.2021) — Venezuela’s new National Assembly, elected in parliamentary elections on 6 December 2020, assumed power today in Caracas. Jorge Rodriguez will […]

Carlos Vecchio Says Guaidó Govt Saved Citgo

(Energy Analytics Institute, 29.Dec.2020) — Houston-based refiner Citgo Petroleum, owned by Venezuela’s state oil and gas company Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), continues to benefit from […]

Biden Presidency To Reset US Sanctions Focus

(Argus, 14.Dec.2020) — Washington’s failure in the past two years to force regime change in Caracas by means of severe sanctions gives the incoming US […]

Venezuelan Opposition Fills PdV Chair On Election Eve

(Argus, 7.Dec.2020) — Venezuela’s opposition-controlled National Assembly named another oil industry veteran to chair a shadow board of Venezuela’s national oil company PdV. The key […]

Venezuela’s New Assembly To Battle Sanctions

(Argus, 7.Dec.2020) — Venezuela’s National Assembly elections yesterday thrust the Opec country’s last democratic institution under the thumb of President Nicolas Maduro, who has defied […]

Venezuelans Vote In Legislative Election

(Al Jazeera, 6.Dec.2020) — Venezuelans voted on Sunday in legislative elections set to tighten President Nicolas Maduro’s grip on power and weaken his US-backed rival, […]

Venezuela’s Parliamentary Election: Change Expected

(Energy Analytics Institute, 6.Dec.2020) — Venezuela’s National Assembly leader and Interim President Juan Guaido could be coming to the end of his short two-year reign […]

Dems Statement Ahead Of Elections In Venezuela

(US Senate, 4.Dec.2020) — US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) issued the following statement […]

Latin America Peers Warily Into US Election Mirror

(Argus, 30.Oct.2020) — The region’s recovery from Covid-19 will depend heavily on who is dictating US policy, writes Patricia Garip. Waves of political chaos that […]

Citgo-backed Bonds Boosted By US Court Ruling

(Reuters, 19.Oct.2020) — Bond market brokers marked up prices on some of Venezuela’s battered debt more than four-fold on Monday after a U.S. judge dealt […]

Attack On Venezuela Refineries A Playbook US Regime Change Scenario

(Sputnik, 14.Sep.2020) — In the last two years, Venezuela has thwarted a coup attempt organised by opposition leader Juan Guaido, one attempt to kidnap President […]

PdV Ad Hoc Chairman Joins Opposition Flight

(Argus, 9.Sep.2020) — The chairman of the Venezuelan opposition’s “ad hoc” board of national oil company PdV has joined a flight of exiled technocrats from […]

Venezuelan Opposition Politician Backs Elections

(Wall Street Journal, 2.Sep.2020) — A prominent Venezuelan opposition figure on Wednesday said he is supporting congressional elections in December that Juan Guaidó, the opposition […]

Venezuela Faces Possibility Oil Output Drops To Zero

(Oilprice.com, 1.Sep.2020) — Venezuela once considered one of Latin America’s prosperous countries has plunged into the abyss. Years of economic mismanagement, cronyism and corruption have […]

Maduro Pardons Political Prisoners Ahead Of Vote

(Bloomberg, 31.Aug.2020) — Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro issued a surprise decree pardoning more than 100 of his opponents as a concession ahead of upcoming congressional […]

Russia Is Winning The Battle For Venezuela’s Oil

(Oilprice.com, 24.Aug.2020) — In just over a year Venezuela, and the push to oust socialist leader President Nicolas Maduro, has gone from being one of […]

Trump Seeks To Slap More Sanctions On Venezuela

(Oilprice.com, 19.Aug.2020) — The U.S. federal government is considering more sanctions to add to a list aimed at severing the lifeline between the Venezuelan government […]

Trump Govt Weighs Tighter Sanctions On Venezuelan Oil

(Bloomberg, 18.Aug.2020) — The Trump administration is considering additional sanctions on Venezuela aimed at halting the remaining fuel transactions permitted with the South American nation, […]

Joint Support Declaration For Change In Venezuela

(US State Department, 14.Aug.2020) — The text of the following declaration was released by several members of the Lima Group, the International Contact Group, the […]

New Players Emerge In Venezuela Amid Sanctions

(AP, 13.Jul.2020) — As U.S. sanctions scare away the world’s largest shippers from Venezuela’s oil industry, new players are willing to brave the heightened risks […]

Politics Entangling Exile PdV Board

(Argus, 1.Jul.2020) — An “ad hoc” board of state-owned PdV that is a key part of US-backed opposition leader Juan Guaido’s parallel administration is running […]

Russia Backs Venezuela In Fight Against US

(Newsweek, 24.Jun.2020) — Russia vowed to support Venezuela in its campaign to counter U.S.-backed regime change after the Pentagon sailed warships nearby in the Caribbean […]

Guaido Team Favoring COP In Citgo Fight

(Argus, 19.Jun.2020) — Another senior Venezuelan opposition figure has resigned following the government’s leak of a strategy to favor ConocoPhillips in an escalating battle for […]

Opposition Asks Court To Recognize Citgo Changes

(Argus, 18.Jun.2020) — Venezuelan ownership of the country’s most valuable overseas asset may rest on opposition leadership convincing a US court that it restored refiner […]

Guaido Team Promises Fuel Surge In Venezuela

(Argus, 8.Jun.2020) — Venezuela’s US-backed political opposition is promising to restore stable fuel supply in two weeks if it takes power, kicking off with crude-for-products […]

Iran’s Message To US With Venezuela Oil Shipments

(Financial Times, 4.Jun.2020) — For the Islamic republic, it was a mission fraught with risk: send five Iranian-flagged fuel tankers through some of the world’s […]

Q&A: PdV Exile Board Has ‘Levers’ To Keep Citgo

(Argus, 28.May.2020) — Luis Pacheco is chairman of a parallel board trying to exert control over the future of Venezuela’s state-owned PdV. Appointed by the […]

PdV’s Board Of Exiles Loses Two Technocrats

(Argus, 21.May.2020) — Two members of the parallel board of Venezuela’s national oil company PdV have resigned, a development that exposes brewing frustration in the […]