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Metro station in Buenos Aires
The 1997 “Apertura Petrolera” (Oil Opening) fundamentally shifted Venezuela from exclusive state control toward a hybrid model that invited foreign capital and technology into the Orinoco heavy‑oil be...
Traffickers moving Andean cocaine routinely use Venezuela as a transshipment hub; reporting and analysis point to northwestern Venezuelan ports (Zulia, Falcón, La Guaira) sending loads to nearby ABC i...
Available reporting and analyses show Venezuela is primarily described as a transit corridor—not the main origin—of U.S.-bound cocaine, with identified departure points concentrated on Venezuela’s nor...
Documented hardship in Venezuela has led to people buying animal-formulated food for human consumption and to isolated, graphic local reports and videos suggesting some individuals have eaten pets or ...
Orinoco extra‑heavy crude poses distinct technical hurdles at every stage of the oil value chain: reservoirs that demand thermal and enhanced‑recovery techniques to mobilize viscous hydrocarbons, tran...
Venezuela is cited by U.S. officials as hosting ports, airstrips and military facilities that can be — and in some reporting are — used as nodes for narcotics moving into the Caribbean and beyond; U.S...