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Self-employment is extinguished: Venezuela registers the largest contraction of entrepreneurship in Latin America in 2025

Sanctions, inflation and fiscal asphyxiation: the structural causes behind the desertion of 1.3 million entrepreneurs in Venezuela.

Apr 7, 2026

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4 min read

A look at the foreign investors coming to Venezuela and what they are after.

Investor attention is increasingly expanding to sectors such as mining, infrastructure, tourism, financial services, and real estate.

Apr 7, 2026

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3 min read

Margarita Island: The Entry Point for Investment in Venezuela

With its combination of natural beauty, relatively low living costs, and existing tourism infrastructure, the island continues to draw attention as a place where economic activity could recover more quickly if the broader national economic environment improves.

Mar 22, 2026

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5 min read

New Report Provides Comprehensive Look at Venezuela’s Real Estate

An overview of the opportunities in Venezuela Real Estate

Mar 18, 2026

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3 min read

Making Venezuela’s Oil Industry Investable Again

Policy steps that could restore global investment and revive one of the world’s largest petroleum sectors

Mar 18, 2026

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6 min read

Events

Caracas Investment Week

April 23–24, 2026 in Caracas. Investors, policymakers, and business leaders to assess investment prospects and the country’s evolving economic outlook.

Apr 7, 2026

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2 min read

The Startup Venezuela Summit (SVS) Miami April 20-21 2026.

An international gathering designed to connect Venezuelan entrepreneurs, investors, venture capital firms, and corporate leaders who are building companies both within Venezuela and worldwide.

Mar 21, 2026

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2 min read

Venezuela Real Estate Guide

Venezuela Real Estate Guide

$750.00

A comprehensive overview of the Real Estate market in Venezuela for investors, developers and property owners. A needed guide to be successful in Venezuela Real Estate.

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U.S. Issues Licenses to Allow Critical Minerals Transactions in Venezuela

Apr 8, 2026

U.S. Issues Licenses to Allow Critical Minerals Transactions in Venezuela

The US authorizations allow specific activities in a sector that Washington considers strategic. This decision complements the licenses previously granted for the hydrocarbons and gold areas. Reported in TalCual March 27, 2026

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Caracas Investment Week

Apr 7, 2026

Caracas Investment Week

April 23–24, 2026 in Caracas. Investors, policymakers, and business leaders to assess investment prospects and the country’s evolving economic outlook.

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Margarita Island:  The Entry Point for Investment in Venezuela

Mar 22, 2026

Margarita Island: The Entry Point for Investment in Venezuela

With its combination of natural beauty, relatively low living costs, and existing tourism infrastructure, the island continues to draw attention as a place where economic activity could recover more quickly if the broader national economic environment improves.

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The Beginning of Machado's political fame and opposition credibility

Mar 21, 2026

The Beginning of Machado's political fame and opposition credibility

Direct confrontation with Hugo Chavez at National Assembly, televised on national TV in 2012 cemented her as a true anti Chavist. 14 years later she accepted a Nobel Prize.

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The Global Diaspora. Venezuelans in Exile.

Mar 20, 2026

The Global Diaspora. Venezuelans in Exile.

The Global Diaspora. Will they come back? What will it take? When will it begin? how much communication occurs and the degree to which they are organizing to return.

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New Report Provides Comprehensive Look at Venezuela’s Real Estate

Mar 18, 2026

New Report Provides Comprehensive Look at Venezuela’s Real Estate

An overview of the opportunities in Venezuela Real Estate

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OIL

Making Venezuela’s Oil Industry Investable Again

Mar 18, 2026

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6 min read

Making Venezuela’s Oil Industry Investable Again

Policy steps that could restore global investment and revive one of the world’s largest petroleum sectors

New Report Provides Comprehensive Look at Venezuela’s Real Estate

Mar 18, 2026

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3 min read

New Report Provides Comprehensive Look at Venezuela’s Real Estate

An overview of the opportunities in Venezuela Real Estate

The Global Diaspora. Venezuelans in Exile.

Mar 20, 2026

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3 min read

The Global Diaspora. Venezuelans in Exile.

The Global Diaspora. Will they come back? What will it take? When will it begin? how much communication occurs and the degree to which they are organizing to return.

Mining and Minerals

U.S. Issues Licenses to Allow Critical Minerals Transactions in Venezuela

Apr 1, 2026

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2 min read

U.S. Issues Licenses to Allow Critical Minerals Transactions in Venezuela

The US authorizations allow specific activities in a sector that Washington considers strategic. This decision complements the licenses previously granted for the hydrocarbons and gold areas. Reported in TalCual March 27, 2026

Electricity

Electricity in Venezuela

Mar 20, 2026

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2 min read

Electricity in Venezuela

Power cuts are frequent and often routine. What is the problem and how it can be resolved?

Investments

A look at the foreign investors coming to Venezuela and what they are after.

Apr 7, 2026

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3 min read

A look at the foreign investors coming to Venezuela and what they are after.

Investor attention is increasingly expanding to sectors such as mining, infrastructure, tourism, financial services, and real estate.


Industry Council

Mining and Minerals

U.S. Issues Licenses to Allow Critical Minerals Transactions in Venezuela

Apr 8, 2026

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2 min read

U.S. Issues Licenses to Allow Critical Minerals Transactions in Venezuela

The US authorizations allow specific activities in a sector that Washington considers strategic. This decision complements the licenses previously granted for the hydrocarbons and gold areas. Reported in TalCual March 27, 2026

Mining and Minerals

U.S. Issues Licenses to Allow Critical Minerals Transactions in Venezuela

Apr 1, 2026

•

2 min read

U.S. Issues Licenses to Allow Critical Minerals Transactions in Venezuela

The US authorizations allow specific activities in a sector that Washington considers strategic. This decision complements the licenses previously granted for the hydrocarbons and gold areas. Reported in TalCual March 27, 2026

Real Estate

Margarita Island:  The Entry Point for Investment in Venezuela

Mar 22, 2026

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5 min read

Margarita Island: The Entry Point for Investment in Venezuela

With its combination of natural beauty, relatively low living costs, and existing tourism infrastructure, the island continues to draw attention as a place where economic activity could recover more quickly if the broader national economic environment improves.

Healthcare

Can Venezuela bring advanced medical technology to save its healthcare system?

Mar 20, 2026

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3 min read

Can Venezuela bring advanced medical technology to save its healthcare system?

Venezuela’s healthcare system—once among the strongest in Latin America—has undergone a profound collapse over the past decade. .

Electricity

Electricity in Venezuela

Mar 20, 2026

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2 min read

Electricity in Venezuela

Power cuts are frequent and often routine. What is the problem and how it can be resolved?

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NEWS

Self-employment is extinguished: Venezuela registers the largest contraction of entrepreneurship in Latin America in 2025

Sanctions, inflation and fiscal asphyxiation: the structural causes behind the desertion of 1.3 million entrepreneurs in Venezuela.

7 April 2026

A look at the foreign investors coming to Venezuela and what they are after.

Investor attention is increasingly expanding to sectors such as mining, infrastructure, tourism, financial services, and real estate.

7 April 2026

Margarita Island: The Entry Point for Investment in Venezuela

With its combination of natural beauty, relatively low living costs, and existing tourism infrastructure, the island continues to draw attention as a place where economic activity could recover more quickly if the broader national economic environment improves.

22 March 2026

The Startup Venezuela Summit (SVS) Miami April 20-21 2026.

An international gathering designed to connect Venezuelan entrepreneurs, investors, venture capital firms, and corporate leaders who are building companies both within Venezuela and worldwide.

21 March 2026

New Report Provides Comprehensive Look at Venezuela’s Real Estate

An overview of the opportunities in Venezuela Real Estate

18 March 2026


Profile: Ricardo Hausmann

Profile: Ricardo Hausmann

The economist who mapped how nations build prosperity—and watched his own country lose it. Hausmann remains one of the most influential voices calling for Venezuela's recovery.

U.S. Issues Licenses to Allow Critical Minerals Transactions in Venezuela

U.S. Issues Licenses to Allow Critical Minerals Transactions in Venezuela

The US authorizations allow specific activities in a sector that Washington considers strategic. This decision complements the licenses previously granted for the hydrocarbons and gold areas. Reported in TalCual March 27, 2026

A look at the foreign investors coming to Venezuela and what they are after.

A look at the foreign investors coming to Venezuela and what they are after.

Investor attention is increasingly expanding to sectors such as mining, infrastructure, tourism, financial services, and real estate.

U.S. Issues Licenses to Allow Critical Minerals Transactions in Venezuela

U.S. Issues Licenses to Allow Critical Minerals Transactions in Venezuela

The US authorizations allow specific activities in a sector that Washington considers strategic. This decision complements the licenses previously granted for the hydrocarbons and gold areas. Reported in TalCual March 27, 2026

Profile: Angel Alayon

Profile: Angel Alayon

Ángel Alayón is a Venezuelan economist trained at the University of Chicago, a professor at IESA, and the founder of the influential analysis platform Prodavinci.

Margarita Island:  The Entry Point for Investment in Venezuela

Margarita Island: The Entry Point for Investment in Venezuela

With its combination of natural beauty, relatively low living costs, and existing tourism infrastructure, the island continues to draw attention as a place where economic activity could recover more quickly if the broader national economic environment improves.

The Startup Venezuela Summit (SVS) Miami April 20-21 2026.

The Startup Venezuela Summit (SVS) Miami April 20-21 2026.

An international gathering designed to connect Venezuelan entrepreneurs, investors, venture capital firms, and corporate leaders who are building companies both within Venezuela and worldwide.

The Beginning of Machado's political fame and opposition credibility

The Beginning of Machado's political fame and opposition credibility

Direct confrontation with Hugo Chavez at National Assembly, televised on national TV in 2012 cemented her as a true anti Chavist. 14 years later she accepted a Nobel Prize.

Vente Venezuela. Machado's team escaped to organizing from DC.

Vente Venezuela. Machado's team escaped to organizing from DC.

The organization behind Maria Corina Machado. The little-known story of how key staffers avoided arrest and imprisonment by taking refuge in the Argentine embassy for 414 days.


REPORTS

Margarita Island:  The Entry Point for Investment in Venezuela

Margarita Island: The Entry Point for Investment in Venezuela

With its combination of natural beauty, relatively low living costs, and existing tourism infrastructure, the island continues to draw attention as a place where economic activity could recover more quickly if the broader national economic environment improves.

Making Venezuela’s Oil Industry Investable Again

Making Venezuela’s Oil Industry Investable Again

Policy steps that could restore global investment and revive one of the world’s largest petroleum sectors


EVENTS

Caracas Investment Week

Caracas Investment Week

April 23–24, 2026 in Caracas. Investors, policymakers, and business leaders to assess investment prospects and the country’s evolving economic outlook.

The Startup Venezuela Summit (SVS) Miami April 20-21 2026.

The Startup Venezuela Summit (SVS) Miami April 20-21 2026.

An international gathering designed to connect Venezuelan entrepreneurs, investors, venture capital firms, and corporate leaders who are building companies both within Venezuela and worldwide.


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