Transforming Wasted Energy into the Strategic Infrastructure of the 21st Century Some ideas transcend generations without losing their relevance. “Sow the oil,” Arturo Uslar Pietri’s famous call to action in 1936 Venezuela, remains one of them. For decades, the Venezuelans…
En Venezuela se discute la transición como si se tratara únicamente de un acuerdo político, una elección competitiva, el levantamiento de sanciones, una negociación de deuda o el retorno de la inversión petrolera. Por supuesto todo lo anterior es la…
Trump has once again provoked controversy with the idea of turning Venezuela into the 51st state of the United States. Although it may be read as a provocation, a distraction, or an irresponsible act of media manipulation, it demands a…
The 2026 legislative elections could become a turning point for U.S. policy toward Venezuela. Not because Venezuela is a central issue capable of defining the electoral outcome, but because several internal factors in American politics could converge over Caracas: Donald…
In Venezuela, whenever transition and institutional rebuilding are discussed, the conversation almost automatically turns to the electoral authority, the judiciary, or the public prosecutor’s office. This is understandable: without a credible electoral council, independent judges, and autonomous prosecutors, democracy is…
The debate over the official dollarization of Venezuela’s economy has returned to the center of economic and political discussion. This is no coincidence. After years of hyperinflation, institutional collapse, and the near-total loss of confidence in the bolívar, a growing…
This debate is no longer theoretical. It will become increasingly relevant as the United States eases financial restrictions on Venezuela through new OFAC licenses allowing transactions with the central bank and state-owned banks, reopening channels to the international financial system.…
Venezuela faces a transition conditioned—or even shaped—by the United States government with the ruling establishment. I have long opposed economic sanctions—whether broad-based or sectoral, such as those imposed by the United States in the Venezuelan case—despite being a firm opponent…
En Venezuela, hay quienes hablan de transición como si fuera, ante todo, un problema electoral. Otros la conciben como una sucesión de fases cuidadosamente calculadas antes siquiera de comenzarla, también bajo una lógica electoral. Como si bastara con fijar una…
Antes de modificar el texto constitucional, Venezuela debe restituir la vigencia de sus instituciones y reequilibrar su arquitectura territorial; solo entonces podrá abordarse una reforma que, entre otros elementos, recupere el Senado como pieza clave de la transición democrática. El…