/tags/venezuela-econ Venezuela Econ en-US SAąúĽĘ´«Ä± Fri, 10 Apr 2026 19:10:19 GMT /americas/2026-04-10/venezuelan-lawmakers-approve-a-sweeping-mining-bill-to-lure-foreign-investors Venezuelan lawmakers have approved a bill to regulate mining as the country seeks to attract leery foreign investors to a once-private industry that has long been exploited by criminal groups with ties to the government. Fri, 10 Apr 2026 19:10:19 GMT /americas/2026-04-10/venezuelan-lawmakers-approve-a-sweeping-mining-bill-to-lure-foreign-investors Regina Garcia Cano| Associated Press /americas/2026-01-15/why-unlocking-venezuelan-oil-wont-mean-much-for-us-energy-prices To understand what’s happening and what it means for U.S. consumers and the American energy industry, The Conversation U.S. checked in with Amy Myers Jaffe, a research professor at New York University and senior fellow at Tufts University who studies global energy markets and the geopolitics of oil. Thu, 15 Jan 2026 13:00:00 GMT /americas/2026-01-15/why-unlocking-venezuelan-oil-wont-mean-much-for-us-energy-prices Amy Myers | The Conversation /americas/2026-01-09/as-trump-promises-venezuelan-renaissance-locals-struggle-with-crumbling-economy President Donald Trump says American intervention in Venezuela will bring billions of dollars of investment in the country's infrastructure, a revival of its once-thriving oil industry and a new age of prosperity for the Latin American country. But those pledges of future prowess can be hard to digest for Venezuelans living through today's crumbling economy. Fri, 09 Jan 2026 19:27:55 GMT /americas/2026-01-09/as-trump-promises-venezuelan-renaissance-locals-struggle-with-crumbling-economy Regina Garcia Cano and Matt Sedensky | Associated Press /americas/2025-12-15/black-market-oil-buyers-will-push-venezuela-for-bigger-discounts-following-us-seizure The U.S. seizure of an oil tanker off the Venezuelan coast looks designed to further squeeze the economy of President Nicolás Maduro’s country. But what exactly is the Trump administraion’s aim in going after the tanker, and how could this impact the already beleaguered economy of Venezuela? The Conversation U.S. turned to Rice University’s Francisco J. Monaldi, an expert on Latin American energy policy, for answers. Mon, 15 Dec 2025 13:00:00 GMT /americas/2025-12-15/black-market-oil-buyers-will-push-venezuela-for-bigger-discounts-following-us-seizure Francisco J. Monaldi | The Conversation /show/latin-america-report/2018-02-19/disaster-data-journalists-new-app-sheds-light-on-venezuelas-economic-catastrophe Every day thousands of Venezuelans are fleeing their country to escape the worst economic collapse in the world today. Many have come to South Florida.… Tue, 20 Feb 2018 01:52:11 GMT /show/latin-america-report/2018-02-19/disaster-data-journalists-new-app-sheds-light-on-venezuelas-economic-catastrophe Tim Padgett