Maxime Marquette
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DECODING: Post-Maduro Venezuela Faces an Earthquake That Forgives Nothing
Some coincidences are ones history does not forgive. Six months after the ouster of Nicolas Maduro by the United States, just as Venezuela was…
REPORT: from 6.7 to 37 billion dollars, the dizzying inflation of Venezuela's disaster bill
On June 26, 2026, two days after the twin earthquakes that struck north-central Venezuela, the United Nations Development Programme announced an initial estimate of…
ANALYSIS: the Israeli delegation in Venezuela, a controversial but strategic presence
Since late June 2026, an Israeli delegation of roughly thirty members has been operating in Venezuela, under a joint mission run by the foreign…
FACT-CHECK: can the Gran Misión Venezuela Renace really rebuild the country
On July 4, 2026, interim president Delcy Rodríguez announced the creation of the Gran Misión Venezuela Renace, a national reconstruction program meant to respond…
REPORT: US military takes hold of Simón Bolívar Airport's control tower
Since July 1, 2026, American troops have been physically stationed inside the control tower of Simón Bolívar International Airport, in Maiquetía, working alongside civilian…
REPORT: Caracas asks London to release gold frozen since 2019 at the Bank of England
On July 8, 2026, Venezuela's interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, announced on state television that she had written directly to King Charles III asking him…
ANALYSIS: 50,000 missing, the number haunting post-earthquake Venezuela
Nearly three weeks after the twin earthquakes of June 24, 2026, one number continues to dominate coverage of the Venezuelan catastrophe: roughly 50,000 people…
ANALYSIS: La Guaira leveled, epicenter of a catastrophe that swallowed a country
The port city of La Guaira, Venezuela's historic maritime gateway since colonial times, found itself on June 24, 2026 at the epicenter of two…
DECODING: Delcy Rodríguez, an interim president already rejected by 63%
Delcy Rodríguez has held the interim presidency of Venezuela since the ousting of Nicolás Maduro in an American operation roughly six months before the…