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Biden Pardoned Maduro's Fixer. He Just Pleaded Guilty to New Charges and Agreed To Forfeit $195 Million.

Alex Saab admitted to profiting from food and medicine contracts and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors.

Reason

From socialist student to Trump proxy: the 25-year rise of Venezuela’s Delcy Rodríguez

Those who have encountered the interim president paint her in starkly different ways, but all agree she is likely to remain in power

The Guardian - UK

Venezuela's Opposition Set to Lose Control of Citgo as Delcy Rodríguez Government Takes Over

Following Maduro's capture and U.S. recognition of Delcy Rodríguez, Venezuela's opposition prepares to relinquish oversight of refiner Citgo.

Latin Times

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Trump Is Taking a Stake in Venezuela's Oil Industry and This Crony Is Cashing In

Alejandro Betancourt has become the key go-between for the Trump administration, Venezuela’s new regime, and American oil companies.

Reason

Venezuelans’ pride is bruised by deal to give US one-fifth of their oil reserves

Many Venezuelans see the deal giving the United States control of roughly one-fifth of their country's oil reserves as a surrender

The Independent UK

The US and Venezuela: a century-old relationship drenched in oil

A visual look at how Washington’s relationship with Caracas has gone from cordial to ‘predatory’

The Guardian - UK

US officials defend Venezuela oil deal amid questions over rebuilding plan

Government talks up pact but Venezuelan opposition alarmed that democracy yet to return after Maduro exit

The Guardian - US

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Socialist Hugo Chávez Destroyed Venezuela's Power Grid. Now the Regime Hopes Private Capital Will Rebuild It.

The regime is paying lip service to undoing a policy that caused incalculable human suffering but is hesitant to relinquish control.

Reason

What Mamdani Can Learn From Hugo Chávez's Government-Run Grocery Store Debacle

Venezuela’s government-run grocery stores led to endless lines, empty shelves, quotas, and corruption.

Reason

‘The moles of Poblado Uno’: villagers’ mission to recover body of Venezuela quake victim

The Guedez García family spent 18 days searching for their missing daughter in La Guaira, Venezuela, after devastating earthquakes last month. When her body was finally found, the family and volunteers from their village of Poblado Uno travelled back home to lay her to rest

The Guardian - UK

Venezuela earthquakes create opening for military’s return to public life

Three weeks after Venezuela was struck by twin earthquakes on June 24, the scale of the devastation is still growing. The death toll is approaching 5,000 people, with 18,000 homeless and 21,000 more in shelters.

The Conversation

CIA declassifies evidence of alleged Venezuelan election fraud in 2012

CIA documents declassified by Donald Trump confirm that the Venezuelan regime had, from 2012, a system capable of altering up to 1.5 million votes, though they do not prove fraud in every election mentioned.

Euronews

Daddy Yankee Demands at Least $10 Million in Defamation Lawsuit, Says Businessman Falsely Linked Him to Hugo Chávez Money Laundering Scheme

Daddy Yankee has launched a new legal battle, filing a $10 million federal defamation lawsuit against Puerto Rican businessman Luis "Cuqui" Maldonado, alleging that a series of public statements falsely linked the reggaeton icon to criminal conduct and damaged his reputation.

Latin Times

‘God is punishing the politicians’: anger at earthquake response grows in Venezuela

Threat of social unrest rises as public indignation at lack of disaster aid comes on top of fallout from US military intervention

The Guardian - UK

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A revolution in ruins: fury amid the rubble of a housing project in quake-hit Venezuela

Discontent with Trump-backed government mounts as Chávez heirs struggle to respond to disaster for which they seem ill-prepared

The Independent UK

Yacht owners and public housing residents once shared Venezuela's coast. Now they share its ruin

In Venezuela, a devastating earthquake on June 24 has left about 17,000 people homeless

The Guardian - UK

Shot by a robber, I was bleeding out on the way to hospital – and terrified the doctors would leave me to die

Jesús Piñero grew up with the sound of gunfire, but thought he would be safe on the bus taking him to his home in Caracas. Then a mugger came for his phone …

Bangkok Post

'I'm going with him': families fear for bodies of Venezuela's quake dead

CARABALLEDA (VENEZUELA) - For Victor Colivert, only one thing matters now.

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The Independent UK

‘We did not wait’: Venezuela leader defends earthquake response amid mounting criticism

Interim leader praises Donald Trump and Marco Rubio for support

Reason

My Family Fled Socialism. Then I Voted for Bernie Sanders.

An immigrant's journey to the radical left and back

Latin Times

America's Most Wanted Venezuelan Official? Florida Republicans Want Trump to Capture Diosdado Cabello After Clash With U.S. Rescuers

Florida lawmakers are urging the White House to move against Diosdado Cabello, one of the most powerful men in Venezuela and one of the most wanted Venezuelan officials in the United States, after an angry exchange with American rescue workers deployed to help after twin earthquakes devastated the country's northwestern…

The Conversation

Venezuela earthquakes add tragic new layer to the country’s humanitarian crisis

Venezuela has a well-documented vulnerability to earthquakes. The country sits on the boundary between the Caribbean and South American tectonic plates, resulting in routine tremors and causing historical earthquake disasters. But the experience of a “doublet”, a pair of 7.2 and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes 40 seconds apart, on June 24 was…

Euronews

Venezuela plans biggest debt restructuring in history after Maduro's fall

Delcy Rodríguez’s interim government plans to acknowledge a $240 billion debt, far above market estimates, in a bid to return Venezuela to global markets.

Latin Times

Maduro Breaks Silence From New York Detention, Praising Chávez, Bolívar and His Own Father

Nicolás Maduro has broken his public silence nearly six months after being removed from Venezuela and taken to New York by U.S. authorities, using Father's Day to publish a lengthy message describing what he called the "five dimensions" of being a father.

The Independent UK

Venezuela’s ruling party unity cracks as Delcy Rodríguez shifts Chávez-era policies

Venezuela's ruling party is facing internal divisions after 27 years of unity

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