Post #2306

Here you have your VA Weekly Recap! 🗞️ 💰 WAGES Workers, retirees and unions rallied across cities including Caracas, Valencia and Barinas demanding wage increases, pensions indexed to the food basket and the restoration of collective bargaining rights after four years without a minimum wage increase. 🗳️ COMMUNES Venezuelans in more than 5,000 communal circuits voted in a national consultation to select local development projects, with each approved initiative receiving $10,000 in public funding. https://shorturl.at/ldjmZ 🤝 US–VENEZUELA RELATIONS Washington recognized Delcy Rodríguez as Venezuela’s sole authority following renewed diplomatic and trade exchanges, while questions remain over frozen assets and the legal situation of Nicolás Maduro. https://shorturl.at/qvf4U 🛢️ OIL Chevron and Shell moved to secure new oil projects after a reform of Venezuela’s hydrocarbon law, which would allow lower royalties, private operational control and international arbitration. https://shorturl.at/koFXC ⛏️ MINING Venezuela’s parliament advanced a mining law reform that would allow foreign concessions of up to 20 years and permit disputes with companies to be settled through international arbitration. https://shorturl.at/NBRAT 🇻🇪 ESSEQUIBO Caracas rejected Guyana’s 3D seismic exploration campaign in disputed maritime waters, warning that resource exploration in the unresolved Essequibo area would be considered a unilateral act. 🥁 CARIBBEAN CULTURE A cultural institute launched the 7th “Knowledge, Sounds and Flavors” gathering with talks, workshops and concerts highlighting Caribbean music traditions from countries such as Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Colombia and Cuba. #WeeklyRecap