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A general view of the El Helicoide building, headquarters of the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (SEBIN) in Caracas, taken on July 28, 2023.

Venezuelan interim president announces mass amnesty push

Yesterday 09:03 Delcy Rodríguez says said she will propose a "general amnesty law covering the entire period of political violence from 1999 to the present."

Analysing Argentina

Between a Rocca and a hard place

Yesterday 06:34 Screaming that a company should go bankrupt because its quotation was 40% higher than an Indian firm’s is wonky politics for a president.

by Marcelo J. García

Vehicles wait in line to refuel at a petrol station in Havana on January 30, 2026.

FOREIGN POLICY

Argentina advises against travel to Cuba due to ‘deteriorating conditions’

30-01-2026 18:03 “In view of the deterioration in living conditions in Cuba, Argentine citizens are advised to avoid or postpone tourist travel to the island,” says Foreign Ministry.

Milei the rockstar – Argentina's President onstage with Fátima Florez.

THE WEEK IN REVIEW

Stories that caught our eye: January 23 to 30

30-01-2026 17:00 A selection of the stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodríguez holds a copy of the Reform of the Organic Law on Hydrocarbons outside the Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas on January 29, 2026.

VENEZUELA OIL INDUSTRY

US eases Venezuela sanctions after oil sector reforms

30-01-2026 09:11 Venezuela adopts reform package that will open up its nationalised oil sector to private investment; Delcy Rodríguez moves to appease the United States and Donald Trump following the toppling of leader Nicolas Maduro.

BANKING & FINANCE

Nubank gets first green light for US bank, to launch in 2027

30-01-2026 09:00 Brazilian digital banking giant Nubank receives initial approval to operate as a bank in the US

Ushuaia, the capital of Tierra del Fuego Province.

TROUBLE DOWN SOUTH

Governor cries foul as Milei puts Ushuaia port under trusteeship

28-01-2026 23:05 Tierra del Fuego Governor Gustavo Melella links move to “geopolitical factors”; Operating licence suspended and port placed under trusteeship for year as federal agency cites mismanagement at country’s southernmost port.

Pedestrians walk through Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

BONDS & MARKETS

Argentina’s global debt hopes get boost from Ecuador’s bond success

28-01-2026 22:44 Ecuador’s return to global credit markets is being seen as a good portent among investors who are eagerly awaiting Argentina’s comeback.

Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

GEOPOLITICS & DIPLOMACY

‘Davos of Latin America’ tests Lula’s regional clout

28-01-2026 21:30 First gathering of regional heads of state since the United States captured Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro, sparking outrage from Lula but praise from other leaders.

Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and France's President Emmanuel Macron pose for a picture during a bilateral agreement signing ceremony at the Planalto Palace in Brasília on March 28, 2024.

GEOPOLITICS & DIPLOMACY

Lula, Macron push for stronger UN to face Trump 'Board of Peace'

28-01-2026 10:07 Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and France's Emmanuel Macron call for "strengthening of the United Nations" in the wake of US President Donald Trump's creation of a "Board of Peace."

Carabineri stand guard with a background view of St Peter's Basilica of The Vatican where the late Pope lies in state, in Rome on April 24, 2025. The Vatican on April 24 said some 61,000 people had already paid their respects to Pope Francis, whose body is lying in state in St Peter's Basilica ahead of his funeral.

FAITH AND RELIGION

The eclipse of traditional faith? The religious shift redefining Argentina and Latin America

27-01-2026 19:35 Catholic believers in the region are falling as those with no religious affiliation grow; Argentina has recorded one of the most significant falls in the last decade.

Argentine lawyer Germán Giuliani seen in a video recorded from his prison cell.

Jailed Argentine in Venezuela

‘I fear for my life’ – Video released of Argentine lawyer detained in Venezuela

26-01-2026 08:08 Argentine lawyer Germán Giuliani seen in a video recorded from his prison cell; 49-year-old denies allegations against him and appeals for intervention from Milei government and international human rights bodies.

Giorgia Meloni and Friedrich Merz in Rome on January 23, 2026.

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

Merz says EU-Mercosur trade deal should take effect provisionally

24-01-2026 09:28 “Democratic legitimacy” of the EU’s Mercosur deal with Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay is beyond doubt, German chancellor declares as he calls for its implementation.

OPINION & ANALYSIS

The Davos rapture and Milei’s Nobel pitch

24-01-2026 07:38 The contours of a new world order are beginning to express themselves...

by Agustino Fontevecchia

As I see it

Europe hit by a butterfly’s wings

24-01-2026 07:09 Trump’s pathetic desire to win a prize that is awarded by people who despise him is reshaping geopolitics.

by James Neilson

Venezuelan political scientist Benigno Alarcón Deza.

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Benigno Alarcón Deza: ‘Over 80% of Venezuelans are clamouring for political change’

24-01-2026 07:08 Venezuelan political scientist, resident in Caracas, on the drift towards authoritarian government under Hugo Chávez, the impact of oil and the 2024 election, the strength of its opposition leaders and a potential return to democracy.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

The waxing crescent moon is seen above buildings in Buenos Aires on January 21, 2026.

THE WEEK IN REVIEW

Stories that caught our eye: January 16 to 23

23-01-2026 17:09 A selection of the stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

Argentina's President Javier Milei (left) and Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan hold a signed founding charter as US President Donald Trump reacts at the "Board of Peace" meeting during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 22, 2026.

GEOPOLITICS & DIPLOMACY

Only Trump superfans come onboard for ‘Board of Peace’ signing in Davos

22-01-2026 16:08 The list of invitations for Donald Trump's 'Board of Peace' inauguration ceremony was long but the more notable list was the excuses made to avoid the event altogether.

Fishing boats near the Chancay Port in Peru, which was built with the aim of slashing shipping times between South America and China.

GEOPOLITICS

Latin America rides out Trump’s trade storm with help from China

22-01-2026 00:31 At a time when regions like Europe are grappling with Trump’s renewed tariff threats, Latin America is heading into 2026 even better positioned to withstand any trade shocks from Washington.

José Antonio Kast speaks while deaparting the Casa Rosada after meeting with Javier Milei, not pictured, in Buenos Aires on December 16, 2025.

Politics in Chile

Chile president picks Pinochet lawyers as ministers of human rights, defence

21-01-2026 11:24 Chile's right-wing president-elect names two ex-lawyers of former dictator Augusto Pinochet to lead the ministries of defence and human rights.

Members of the European Parliament take part in a voting session during a plenary session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, on January 21, 2026.

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

EU Parliament refers Mercosur trade deal to bloc's top court

21-01-2026 11:16 The European Union's parliament votes in favour of asking top court to determine whether the deal is compatible with the bloc's rules.

Delcy Rodríguez looks on after being sworn in as Acting President of Venezuela at Palacio Federal Legislativo in Caracas on January 5, 2026.

CHANGE IN VENEZUELA?

Venezuela looks to woo US oil majors with new US-educated investment czar

20-01-2026 18:34 Interim leader Delcy Rodríguez names US-educated banker Calixto Ortega Sánchez as new head of Venezuela's main investment agency, an apparent overture to US investors.

MILEI @ DAVOS

Milei's Davos agenda: Meetings with bank CEOs, WEF speech, interviews

20-01-2026 10:19 President travels to Zurich with delegation in tow, due to speak at the World Economic Forum on Thursday, where he is expected to back Trump, defend free-market reforms and remark on Venezuela.

(From L to R and top to bottom): US President Donald Trump, US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, US businessman Jared Kushner, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Geopolitics

Trump to charge US$1-billion for permanent 'board of peace' membership

19-01-2026 12:33 Member countries – represented on the board by their head of state – would be allowed to join for three years, or longer if they paid more than US$1 billion within the first year, Trump's charter says.

Wildfires in Latin America

Chile declares emergency after wildfires force 20,000 to evacuate

18-01-2026 10:00 Chile's government has not said whether the fires killed anyone or how many homes had been impacted.

Paraguay's President Santiago Peña (left) greets Argentina's President Javier Milei (centre) as Uruguay's President Yamandú Orsi looks on at the end of the signing ceremony of the free-trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur, at the Gran Teatro Jose Asuncion Flores of Paraguay's Central Bank in Asuncion on January 17, 2026.

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

Milei welcomes EU trade deal but puts Mercosur on notice

17-01-2026 16:44 President Javier Milei hails trade pact at ceremony in Asunción; Argentina’s leader welcomes EU agreement but warned he will continue seeking trade deals with other countries that “support freedom.”

European Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security Maros Sefcovic (kleft) and Paraguay's Foreign Minister Rubén Ramírez Lezcano pose for pictures after signing documents as several regional leaders watch on during the signing ceremony of the trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur, at the Gran Teatro José Asunción Flores of Paraguay's Central Bank in Asuncion on January 17, 2026.

GLOBAL TRADE

EU, Mercosur bloc ink major trade deal, reject 'tariffs' and 'isolation'

17-01-2026 15:06 South American bloc and European Union finally signs major trade deal are quarter-century of torturous negotiations.

South American bloc Mercosur and the European Union signed a deal on January 17, 25 years in the making, to create one of the world's biggest free trade areas at a time of growing protectionism and volatility.

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

EU inks South America trade deal after 25 years of negotiations

17-01-2026 14:46 Two blocs sign one of the world’s largest free-trade agreements, clinching a deal that has been in the works for more than two decades.

Workers set up the stage for the signing ceremony of the agreement between the European Union and Mercosur at the Gran Teatro José Asunción Flores of Paraguay's Central Bank in Asunción on January 16, 2026.

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

Mercosur to ink long-awaited trade deal with European Union

17-01-2026 09:34 South American bloc Mercosur and the European Union will sign a deal later today that has been 25 years in the making; It will create one of the world's biggest free-trade areas at a time of growing protectionism and volatility.

Analysing Argentina

LatAm on the run (from Trump)

17-01-2026 07:04 Latin American leaders are scrambling to adapt to the new reality in which the United States can impose its will on the hemisphere.

by Marcelo J. García

US President Donald Trump, photographed against the US flag.

GEOPOLITICS – ANALYSIS

Trump, the creator of chaos, takes the driver’s seat

17-01-2026 06:31 The might of the US military strength unleashed in Caracas serves as a powerful threat to Washington’s other geopolitical adversaries.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

As I see it

After Maduro, Trump takes on the ayatollahs

17-01-2026 05:32 Having pledged himself publicly to “protect” protesting Iranians, Trump has left himself with precious little room in which to manoeuvre.

by James Neilson

BEYOND THE HEADLINES

Is Vaca Muerta now a dead cow – and EU-Mercosur deal a cherubic baby?

17-01-2026 00:12 Today will go down as a historic day with the world’s biggest free-trade area numbering over 700 million consumers signed into being in the Paraguayan capital of Asunción.

by Michael Soltys

A helicopter sprays water to extinguish a bushfire in Mount Pirque at El Hoyo, in the Patagonian region of Chubut province, Argentina on January 10, 2026

THE WEEK IN REVIEW

Stories that caught our eye: January 9 to 16

16-01-2026 18:10 A selection of the stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva hug during a press conference after a meeting within the framework of the signing agreement between the European Union and Mercosur at Itamaraty Palace in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on January 16, 2026.

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

Lula, Von der Leyen hail EU-Mercosur deal as key for prosperity, multilateralism

16-01-2026 17:42 Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and EU chief Ursula von der Leyen hail EU-Mercosur trade deal as key for prosperity and multilateralism.

US President Donald Trump meets with Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado in the Oval Office, on January 15, 2026 in Washington, D.C.

US-VENEZUELA RELATIONS

Machado vows to be Venezuela president 'when the right time comes'

16-01-2026 13:41 "I believe I will be elected when the right time comes as president of Venezuela, the first woman president," opposition leader tells right-wing news show.

Foreign policy & diplomacy

Trump visa crackdown hits leftist-run Latin American nations

16-01-2026 00:14 Trump's US immigrant visa crackdown has ensnared friends and foes alike in Latin America

Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, left, and Javier Milei, Argentina's president, during a news conference at the Mercosur Leaders Summit in Montevideo, Uruguay, on Friday, December 6, 2024.

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

Historic EU-Mercosur deal signing fails to unite Lula, Milei

15-01-2026 21:19 Long-awaited EU-Mercosur trade pact set to be signed in Asunción Saturday; Milei, Peña and Orsi all expected to attend ceremony, though Lula won’t travel.

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado is surrounded by press as she departs the US Capitol after meeting with US senators on January 15, 2026 in Washington, DC.

US-VENEZUELA RELATIONS

Trump hosts Machado at White House but praises Venezuela’s ‘terrific’ interim leader

15-01-2026 20:27 Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado says she "presented" her Nobel Peace Prize medal to Donald Trump; US president showers praise on interim leader Delcy Rodríguez after removal of Nicolás Maduro.

A Chinese company has been blocked from bidding on a project to deepen the Paraná River waterway near Rosario, Argentina.

ANALYSIS

In Argentina, Trump tests whether money, not force, can win over Latin America

15-01-2026 11:09 Argentina holds clues about how successful US President Donald Trump's so-called “Donroe Doctrine” may ultimately be.

US-VENEZUELA RELATIONS

Trump praises 'terrific' new Venezuela leader Rodríguez after call

15-01-2026 10:26 US President Donald Trump says he had held a "long call" with Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodríguez, describing her as "terrific."

A man harvests coffee during the end of the annual crop season at Lira farm in Santa Clara district, Porciúncula municipality, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil on July 21, 2025.

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

EU-Mercosur deal: How Europe and Brazil differ on pesticides

15-01-2026 09:48 Sweeping free-trade agreement, set to be signed on Saturday, reignites debate over pesticides banned for European farmers but widely used in Latin America.

A combine harvester harvests a soy field in Lobos, some 100 km west of Buenos Aires, on April 29, 2022.

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

Long-awaited EU-Mercosur trade pact set for signing

15-01-2026 00:38 Mercosur and the European Union will on Saturday sign an agreement to create one of the world’s largest free‑trade zones, a deal that has sparked tensions with Europe’s agricultural sector and aims to offer a "third way" amid the rivalry between the United States and China.

Panama's President José Raúl Mulino, Argentina's President Javier Milei, Paraguay's President Santiago Peña, Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Uruguay's President Yamandú Orsi and Bolivia's Foreign Minister Fernando Aramayo pose for a family photo during the Mercosur Heads of State Summit at the Iguazu Falls in Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná State, Brazil, on December 20, 2025.

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

Milei to travel to Paraguay for signing of EU-Mercosur trade deal

13-01-2026 22:08 Mercosur-European Union treaty to be signed in Asunción on Saturday; Argentina’s leader will travel, but Lula’s attendance in doubt.; Expectations in libertarian ranks.

People buy groceries at a supermarket in Buenos Aires, on February 18, 2025.

ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

World Bank trims Argentina’s 2026 GDP forecast to 4%

13-01-2026 21:09 Multilateral lender attributes slower growth prediction to domestic political uncertainty during the electoral period.

Business, politics & losses

The fall of the Bolivarian régime and its ruinous fallout for Argentina

13-01-2026 15:18 Argentina’s economic relationship with the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela left a negative balance difficult to hide. From Hugo Chávez’s financial loans to Néstor Kirchner to failed trade agreements, expropriations and non-payments, the link translated into lost dollars, lost markets and troubled national companies. Bonds with usurious interest rates, unpaid exports, truncated energy projects and forced nationalisations marked almost three decades of a political alliance which, in economic terms, proved to be costly and ruinous for the country.

by Carlos Burgueño

A moto taxi driver wearing a Venezuelan flag jacket drives a passenger in the surroundings of El Rodeo I prison in Guatire, Miranda State, some 30 kilometers east of Caracas on January 12, 2026. Venezuela said that 116 political prisoners have been released since the government announced last week it would begin freeing those jailed under president Nicolas Maduro, who was seized by US forces in a raid on Caracas.

VENEZUELA INTERVENTION

Trump says working well with Venezuela's new leaders, open to meeting

12-01-2026 11:26 Venezuela says that 116 political prisoners have been released since the government announced last week it would begin freeing those jailed under Maduro.

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

EU confirms Mercosur trade deal will be signed January 17 in Paraguay

12-01-2026 10:04 EU gave a long-delayed go-ahead last Friday to the huge trade pact with the South American Mercosur, overriding opposition led by key power France.

DIPLOMATIC ROW

Brazil to stop running Argentina's Embassy in Caracas as ties sink

12-01-2026 08:55 Brazil plans to relinquish custody of Argentina’s Embassy and diplomatic interests in Caracas as ties between Lula and Milei governments deteriorate.

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Ursula von der Leyen during a news conference in Brasília in 2023.

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

EU trade deal with Mercosur defies Trump’s protectionism

12-01-2026 08:44 EU deal with Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay will create a massive free-trade area, showing that broad multilateral deals remain possible in a global order upended by Donald Trump.

US FOREIGN POLICY

Trump tells Cuba to 'make a deal, before it is too late'

11-01-2026 10:56 US president warns Communist leaders in Cuba that flow of Venezuelan oil and cash will stop; "I strongly suggest they make a deal, before it is too late," declares Trump on social media.

Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency and a leading contender to be the next United Nations secretary general.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

Rafael Grossi: ‘The UN is moving into irrelevance, but it need not be so’

10-01-2026 06:59 Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is one of the leading candidates to succeed United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. In an exclusive interview, the Argentine diplomat discusses the UN’s top job, his vision for it and career to date.

by James Grainger

Analysing Argentina

Venezuela: Is Milei on the right or the wrong side of history?

10-01-2026 06:51 A Venezuelan comeback, especially if it entails large investments in rebuilding infrastructure, would be a direct regional competitor for Vaca Muerta, a development that has improved its production efficiency but still needs to streamline costs.

by Marcelo J. García

AS I SEE IT

Donald Trump is on a roll

10-01-2026 06:51 Though Trump and his aides insist that they have drawn up a plan to make Venezuela great again, they do not seem to be aware of the magnitude of the task they have undertaken.

by James Neilson

BEYOND THE HEADLINES

Fracas in Caracas

10-01-2026 06:43 Whisking Maduro from a heavily guarded Caracas military base to a New York courtroom was also an almost magical feat but has yet to prove a game-changer in Venezuelan history. If Bolivarian 21st-century socialism could outlive Hugo Chávez, it could also survive Maduro.

by Michael Soltys

Maduro the dictator, Trump the imperialist and the contours of a new world order

GEOPOLITICS

The dictator, the imperialist and the new world order

10-01-2026 06:39 Seeing a strongman take the keys to the region’s socio-political-economic inclinations is ominously reminiscent of the darkest days of the recent past. It feels even more terrifying when the man with his finger on the button is Trump.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

EDITORIAL

The Donroe Doctrine

10-01-2026 06:20 Trump has been explicit in placing democracy on the backburner in Venezuela.

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

EU-Mercosur trade deal will be signed January 17, confirms foreign minister

09-01-2026 17:48 "The good news continues" – Argentina’s government celebrates EU greenlight for Mercosur trade agreement; Milei, Minister Caputo and Quirno join in the celebrations.

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

European Union approves free-trade agreement with Mercosur

09-01-2026 13:36 Greenlight clears the way for Ursula von der Leyen to travel to Asunción, Paraguay, to sign the sweeping trade pact.

Farmers during a demonstration against the EU-Mercosur trade pact in Warsaw, on January 9.

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

EU nations back Mercosur trade deal over French opposition

09-01-2026 09:41 Majority of European Union countries back trade deal with regional Mercosur bloc, paving the way for trade deal's signing in Paraguay next week.

A demonstrator drives a tractor with a placard reading 'Stop the EU-MERCOSUR Agreement' as they take part in an action aiming at slowing down the traffic with their tractors on Paris' ring road to push France's government to block the Mercosur trade deal in Paris on January 9, 2026.

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

EU-Mercosur deal wins approval after overcoming French opposition

09-01-2026 09:37 Majority of the European Union's 27 nations backed the pact at an ambassadors' meeting in Brussels.

Donald Trump watches the operation that ousted Nicolás Maduro.

UNITED STATES INTERVENTION

‘My only morality’ is my only check on my power, says Trump

08-01-2026 22:08 After shocking the world with his stunning intervention in Caracas and removal of Nicolás Maduro from power and threatening to invade Greenland, US President Donald Trump says he “doesn’t need international law.”

Venezuelans living in Argentina celebrate in front of the Obelisk illuminated with the colours of the Venezuelan flag in Buenos Aires on January 3, 2026, after US forces captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.

THE WEEK IN REVIEW

Stories that caught our eye: January 1 to 8

08-01-2026 22:03 A selection of the stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

Workers carry crates of Manduria cherry tomatoes during a harvest at the Spina Sapori di Puglia farm in the town of Manduria, Taranto, Italy.

ANALYSIS: EU-MERCOSUR DEAL

EU concessions: What Europe gave farmers for Mercosur deal backing

08-01-2026 18:26 Farmers' main concerns are tariffs and fertilisers – the EU hasn't won over agricultural producers, but it has promised to soften the blow.

This image shows El Helicoide -a facility and prison owned by the Venezuelan government and used for both regular and political prisoners of the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (SEBIN)- in Caracas on January 8, 2026.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Venezuela releasing 'large number' of political prisoners

08-01-2026 16:36 National Assembly speaker announces release of political prisoners as a “gesture for peace; Analysts see move as concession to Washington after ouster of Maduro.

View of an oil refining plant of state-owned Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) in Puerto La Cruz, Anzoategui state, Venezuela, on November 4, 2021.

VENEZUELAN OIL INDUSTRY

Trump says United States could run Venezuela and its oil for years

08-01-2026 14:52 Trump says in New York Times interview that the US would be running Venezuela and extracting its oil for years. “We will rebuild it in a very profitable way,” he told the newspaper.

An aircraft carrying US businessman Donald Trump Jr. arrives in Nuuk, Greenland on January 7, 2025.

GEOPOLITICS IN AMERICAS

Trump plots offer to buy Greenland as NATO ally Denmark seethes

08-01-2026 14:17 French President Emmanuel Macron accuses United States of "breaking free from international rules" and "gradually turning away" from its allies.

Trump ousts Maduro

Argentina backs Trump’s plan to ‘run’ Venezuela, downplays call for elections

07-01-2026 17:31 Casa Rosada accepts that elements of Maduro regime will remain in place in Venezuela and do not view calls for free elections as viable; Milei, who has cooled on Machado’s potential leadership of nation, will back Trump’s intervention in upcoming Davos speech.

MADURO OUSTER

Machado says US told Venezuela leader to move to transition

07-01-2026 17:13 Donald Trump has dismissed the idea of opposition leader María Corina Machado leading country but has told interim leader Delcy Rodríguez to lead a transition of power.

OIL & GAS

United States says it will control Venezuela oil exports indefinitely

07-01-2026 17:06 Trump administration plans to control future sales of Venezuelan oil and hold the proceeds in US accounts.