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• [New] Major new investments are unlikely if OPEC output quotas threaten to hold back production. / Venezuela National Center for Energy Analytics
• [New] Policy on Venezuela typically emphasizes sanctions, diplomatic isolation, and robust backing for democratic forces, often implicitly or explicitly arguing against direct engagement that could legitimize the Maduro regime. Octagon AI
• [New] Having witnessed the overwhelming military might the United States has deployed in Venezuela at the beginning of the year and now in Iran, Japan will now find it harder to build momentum toward a plan B to supplement the bilateral alliance. nippon.com
• [New] After the US intervention earlier in the year, Venezuela was forecast to increase oil production by one million barrels a day by 2035, with an apparent oil boom coming at a beneficial time when key economies aimed to diverge oil imports from the Middle East. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
• Canada, Venezuela, Brazil, Russia, Australia, and the U.S. have the most renewable water resources in the world, yet every community will have different levels of water resources and will be affected by water stress differently. ClimateCheck
• US maintains the greatest geopolitical pressure on Cuba and Venezuela, while upholding the threat of unilateral strikes in Mexico and Colombia to combat resilient drug-trafficking networks. Fitch Solutions
• Measures linked to the United States embargo restricting oil shipments and the disruption of oil supplies from Venezuela have further weakened energy supply chains. SenCanada
• Venezuela is one of the countries that, for years, the State Department warned citizens not to visit. The Marshall Project
• Maintaining a low profile, using vetted transportation, minimizing discretionary movement, and building redundancy into communications are some ways to lower travel risk to Venezuela. On Call International Blog
• The Trump administration has launched military operations in Venezuela, Nigeria, and Iran, while bombing boats, threatening Cuba, flirting with raids on Mexican territory, and saber-rattling over Canada and Greenland. COMPACT
• A post-Maduro government could issue a Petro-Bolivar backed by a legal claim on the Orinoco Oil Belt. / Venezuela Planet Banknote
• WTTC data forecasts particularly strong momentum in Venezuela, where Travel & Tourism GDP is projected to grow 33.2% in 2026, alongside a 34.8% increase in international visitor spending. World Travel & Tourism Council
• With the resumption of daily direct flights between Houston and Caracas in August, United will operate to Venezuela for the first time in about eight years. Eckert Seamans
• With global crude markets facing a 9 million bpd net supply loss from combined production declines in Venezuela, Mexico, and the North Sea, plus ongoing disruptions in Libya and Nigeria, the Emirates recognized that production coordination serves no purpose. Kingdom Exploration
• Stratfor analyzed that Maduro clinging to power through illegitimate means will lead to continued political instability in Venezuela. Octagon AI
• International monitors assess a high risk of post-election crisis in Venezuela. Octagon AI
• Between 2020 and 2025 an estimated 2000 to 2500 individual cases were documented as amounting to crimes against humanity. / Venezuela Spectre Journal
• An unspecified U.S. group would run Venezuela until a transition of power could take place, with particular attention to having American oil companies manage the oil rich country's struggling nationalized industry. Encyclopedia Britannica
• Precipitation: Increased rainfall is expected in parts of southern South America (Southern Cone), while northern South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Guianas) faces rainfall deficits and drought. Through my Asian lens
• Colombia must live with persistent security threats from the FARC-D, ELN, Tren de Aragua, and sundry other designated criminal groups that find safe haven in neighboring Venezuela. Center for Strategic and International Studies
• Beijing's move will test the US sanctions system at a time when it's already under pressure, as Washington vacillates on curbs against Russia, Venezuela and Iran. Edge and Odds -
• The Venezuela case illustrates how satellite connectivity can be projected across borders with minimal regard for traditional regulatory frameworks. Interesting Engineering
• El Nino typically brings heavier rains and flooding risk to Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil, but below-normal rainfall to Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, Bolivia, eastern Peru, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. Zero Carbon Analytics

Last updated: 25 June 2026