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By José Luis Granados Ceja for Venezuelanalysis. Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA has signed at least three spot sales contracts and is in the midst of negotiating more supply deals following Washington’s temporary easing of sanctions on the country’s energy sector. Since 2017, PDVSA has been under US sanctions, including an export embargo that has …

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By José Luis Granados Ceja for Venezuelanalysis Leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean put the spotlight on the environmental, political, economic, and social causes of migration, highlighting the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures, in their joint declaration at the Palenque Summit in Mexico. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador hosted leaders from Venezuela, …

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This article originally appeared on Venezuelanalysis The US Treasury Department emitted a license allowing production, investment and sale in the Venezuelan oil, gas and gold sectors, a move classified by the Venezuelan government as the suspension of sanctions on state-owned oil company PDVSA. On Wednesday afternoon, the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued …

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By Dan Kovalik, originally for the Council for Hemispheric Affairs On October 16, Colombian businessman and Venezuelan Special EnvoyAlex Saab was in practical terms kidnapped for the second time, first byCabo Verde under pressure from Washington, and now by the U.S., inflagrant violation of international law. For nearly a year and a half, Saab had …

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Venezuela’s national assembly president Jorge Rodriguez condemned former US national security adviser John Bolton after his recent admission that he had helped plan coups in other countries. Mr Rodriguez branded the former US government official “crazy” and said that “Venezuela will never surrender” after the candid remarks made by Mr Bolton in an interview with …

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