https://helpvenezuela.org/index.htmlAnchored, AI-assisted humanitarian-intelligence drafts from real VeraVadis-analyzed sources. Each brief separates what the sources establish from what remains unverified.enFri, 18 Sep 2026 16:16:28 +0000https://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-19ce65f2c6a5.htmlhttps://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-19ce65f2c6a5.htmlFri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Three Democratic U.S. senators are pressing Trump administration officials for greater transparency regarding Venezuelan oil revenues estimated at at least $13 billion.https://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-428a4d98113a.htmlhttps://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-428a4d98113a.htmlFri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez criticized US sanctions against eight Cuban companies, including four state-owned nickel mining firms and four military-related companies, while accusing the US administration of pursuing 'maximum economic suffocation' against Cuba.https://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-ae68f253d86e.htmlhttps://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-ae68f253d86e.htmlFri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Opposition leader Juan Pablo Guanipa celebrated the release of former mayor Javier Oropeza after six hours of arbitrary detention following his return from exile, while calling for the dismantling of Venezuela's repressive state apparatus and demanding freedom for all…https://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-e38f82955b20.htmlhttps://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-e38f82955b20.htmlFri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000The article examines a legal dispute between Chavista deputies Jorge Arreaza and Luis Florido regarding the status of former Carora mayor Javier Oropeza, who was detained after returning from exile.https://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-461baf8c8b40.htmlhttps://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-461baf8c8b40.htmlThu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000The reform to the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) law was published in the Official Gazette on September 15 (number 7,074), introducing changes to the Judicial Postulations Committee composition.https://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-6a4193ae6c3a.htmlhttps://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-6a4193ae6c3a.htmlThu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Opposition leader Javier Oropeza was arbitrarily detained in Barquisimeto, Lara state, just 48 hours after returning from two years of exile in Spain.https://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-e154b7f9ae7a.htmlhttps://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-e154b7f9ae7a.htmlThu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000In 2026, the United States reported capturing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on January 3 and unilaterally deposing him, followed by new oil agreements with the post-Maduro government.https://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-7fd85ecf7861.htmlhttps://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-7fd85ecf7861.htmlThu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000The article reports on the ongoing trial of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in the United States, which began after his capture during a US military operation in Caracas on January 3, 2026.https://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-9b5b5ef6f919.htmlhttps://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-9b5b5ef6f919.htmlThu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado denounced the detention of former mayor Javier Oropeza, who was arrested upon returning from exile in Spain while facing dismissed charges.https://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-a892195d0b7a.htmlhttps://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-a892195d0b7a.htmlThu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Voluntad Popular denounced the arbitrary arrest of former Carora mayor Javier Oropeza in Barquisimeto, Lara, on September 17, 2026, less than 24 hours after he returned to Venezuela from exile.https://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-fed59d22cac5.htmlhttps://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-fed59d22cac5.htmlThu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000The article reports 64 new cases of politically imprisoned individuals tortured after January 3rd, citing a UN Mission of Fact-Finding report.https://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-b380543d89ac.htmlhttps://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-b380543d89ac.htmlWed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000President Donald Trump claimed a 'new and powerful' relationship with Venezuela and praised a 'historic' oil deal worth 65 billion barrels, asserting that U.S. oil companies are collaborating closely with the Venezuelan government.https://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-20b83a55f5ac.htmlhttps://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-20b83a55f5ac.htmlWed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000The article examines two divergent international perspectives on Venezuela, contrasting U.S. administration views on anti-drug cooperation progress with UN findings on persistent repressive structures.https://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-076e52b8b557.htmlhttps://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-076e52b8b557.htmlWed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Delcy Rodríguez, Venezuela's president, celebrated a memorandum of understanding with Continental Resources regarding development of the Ayacucho 2 oil block in Anzoátegui state.https://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-b219be972562.htmlhttps://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-b219be972562.htmlWed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000The article is a historical retrospective on Venezuela's oil rentier economy, tracing fiscal and debt crises from the 1979 oil shock through the governments of Luis Herrera Campins, Jaime Lusinchi, and Carlos Andrés Pérez II, and comparing them to the Chávez era.https://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-a589aaf32f61.htmlhttps://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-a589aaf32f61.htmlWed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000A US oil company, Continental Resources, and a US mining firm, Heeney Capital, signed investment agreements with Caracas on Wednesday, announced during a G20 energy meeting in Houston with backing from President Donald Trump.https://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-20be1dc2c21e.htmlhttps://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-20be1dc2c21e.htmlWed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000The US government removed Venezuela from its list of countries deemed to be failing in drug-control obligations, per the fiscal year 2027 presidential determination published by the State Department.https://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-cf0a04c61932.htmlhttps://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-cf0a04c61932.htmlWed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000The UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela reported on 16 September that Venezuela's repressive apparatus remains intact since the 3 January capture and removal of Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores by the United States.https://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-514d8d184d1f.htmlhttps://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-514d8d184d1f.htmlWed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Reuters reports that Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado is evaluating a return to Venezuela while Washington holds reservations about the move.https://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-fec816fbc90a.htmlhttps://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-fec816fbc90a.htmlWed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Turkish firm Çan2 Termik's subsidiary Minerosol Group signed a 20-year operating and production agreement with Venezuela's PDVSA for the CEMA (Petrokariña) oil field in Anzoátegui State, with a planned investment of $381.7 million.https://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-81188b2a8837.htmlhttps://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-81188b2a8837.htmlWed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000The UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela stated that despite limited human rights improvements over the past year, state institutions linked to serious violations and crimes against humanity remain essentially intact.https://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-70e688a5acb7.htmlhttps://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-70e688a5acb7.htmlWed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000The SNTP (Venezuelan Press Workers Union) denounced a persistent disinformation campaign against journalist Alonso Moleiro, involving false drug-trafficking accusations and a fabricated PNB police record image claiming a detention that never occurred.https://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-351a7cb00da6.htmlhttps://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-351a7cb00da6.htmlTue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000The U.S. Treasury issued General License 52C, authorizing U.S.-registered companies to conduct a broad range of transactions with PDVSA, including selling Venezuelan crude to third countries.https://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-072b80dc1d0e.htmlhttps://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-072b80dc1d0e.htmlTue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Following a January U.S. military operation that removed Nicolás Maduro from office, Venezuela passed mining reforms and took down criminal group leaders, but illegal mining has continued to expand, including inside protected areas like Canaima National Park.https://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-65d627f220fe.htmlhttps://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-65d627f220fe.htmlTue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000U.S. Southern Command announced on Tuesday that its forces intercepted and sank a floating fuel resupply station allegedly linked to the Ecuadorian narcoterrorist organization Los Choneros in the eastern Pacific Ocean.https://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-9d0a431ac1a5.htmlhttps://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-9d0a431ac1a5.htmlTue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Infobae reports on a DGCIM case dubbed 'Azul Celeste 3 de Enero', allegedly tied to the extraction of Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores from Fuerte Tiuna and to a purported military recruitment network called Equipo de Trabajo Multidisciplinario (ETM).https://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-bd86e1d9af23.htmlhttps://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-bd86e1d9af23.htmlTue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000CB Global Data's September 2026 approval ranking places Venezuela's Delcy Rodríguez among Latin America's worst-rated leaders with 28.8% positive and 64.3% negative image, second-to-last above Guatemala's Bernardo Arévalo.https://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-819fef7cd6dd.htmlhttps://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-819fef7cd6dd.htmlTue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000The Trump administration is planning to revoke work and business visas (B1/B2) from thousands of foreigners who entered the US on those visas and later applied for asylum, potentially affecting up to 200,000 people since 2016.https://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-aa2fb7f17dfd.htmlhttps://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-aa2fb7f17dfd.htmlSat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000Víctor Velasco, human rights coordinator for the Federation of Lawyers of Venezuela, reported being harassed and nearly detained by state security forces at the Palace of Justice in Caracas on August 21, 2025, while trying to file a complaint about obstacles in defending detainedhttps://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-b98d1d634b36.htmlhttps://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-b98d1d634b36.htmlFri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000Families of a military officer and three Minerven workers detained in Venezuela for alleged explosive theft denounce irregularities, claiming arrests without warrants and false accusations.https://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-cc9fc0a270a8.htmlhttps://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-cc9fc0a270a8.htmlMon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000The article from EVTV Miami's 'La Grieta' program discusses recent political and judicial moves in Venezuela, including the removal of judges and a general, alleged alliances with a businessman, and warnings from opposition figures.https://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-ae6b24944888.htmlhttps://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-ae6b24944888.htmlSat, 15 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000The Observatorio Venezolano de Conflictividad Social (OVCS) reported a 180% increase in protests in Venezuela during the first half of 2026, with 3,495 manifestations.https://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-d82c42e57aa3.htmlhttps://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-d82c42e57aa3.htmlFri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000La conducta proactiva del trabajador venezolano petrolero Richard Monin, trabajador norteamericano de Creole, en su monografía Cuando la lata de agua costaba un real, (Lagoven S.A., Caracas, s/f), sobre los campamentos petroleros del país, explicaba acertadamente una conducta sihttps://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-b0cc4187b720.htmlhttps://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-b0cc4187b720.htmlThu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000Simeón García, president of Acerca and former head of electricity in Bolívar, discusses Venezuela's electrical crisis, attributing it to years of mismanaged investments under emergency decrees.https://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-8a2743e394ba.htmlhttps://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-8a2743e394ba.htmlWed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000The mayor of El Callao, Coromoto Lugo, condemned the murder of Julio Rodríguez, an indigenous Jivi captain, in Los Pijiguaos, Bolívar state, and demanded urgent state action.https://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-a4e7e8f4ff1b.htmlhttps://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-a4e7e8f4ff1b.htmlThu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000The article details internal conflicts and alleged torture within the Venezuelan justice system, focusing on Catherine Harrington, a woman accused of torture, and her political maneuvering against the regime.https://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-fc4195aa8eeb.htmlhttps://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-fc4195aa8eeb.htmlWed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000A group in Paraguay, led by Isidro Uriana Castillo and Paraguay Pacheco, operates a comedor in Paraguaipoa, Guajira, providing food and educational support to vulnerable communities.https://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-88697ef62c57.htmlhttps://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-88697ef62c57.htmlTue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000The NGO JEP reported the death of Gladys, the mother of political prisoner Guillermo López, who died in exile from a heart attack after years of demanding her son's freedom.https://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-6cb01584b1cd.htmlhttps://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-6cb01584b1cd.htmlMon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000The article reports that up to 40 immigrants were arrested in a single day at US airports due to intensified deportation campaigns by the Trump administration.https://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-f5352e76d837.htmlhttps://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-f5352e76d837.htmlSat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Activist Tamara Sujú stated on September 12 that she received unconfirmed information that former Venezuelan Oil Minister Tareck El Aissami was transferred to the DGCIM annex at Fuerte Tiuna.https://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-43e573e83f16.htmlhttps://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-43e573e83f16.htmlFri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000On June 24, a double earthquake of magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5 struck Venezuela, causing over 6,500 deaths and widespread destruction.https://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-ccc64ac09636.htmlhttps://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-ccc64ac09636.htmlThu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000The National Council of Commerce and Services (Consecomercio) has called for legally recognizing dollar usage and adopting a bimetric currency system modeled after Peru's successful dual-currency approach to combat inflation and economic stagnation.https://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-d3bf6524b574.htmlhttps://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-d3bf6524b574.htmlWed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Deputy Alexis Algarra welcomes the bilateral oil agreement between Venezuela and the United States, but denounces the devastation of the oil industry under the chavista government.https://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-1a44f3f4b381.htmlhttps://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-1a44f3f4b381.htmlTue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000El diputado chavista Nicolás Maduro Guerra, hijo del depuesto presidente venezolano Nicolás Maduro, aseguró este martes que sigue luchando por la liberación de su padre y de la esposa de este, Cilia Flores, detenidos en Estados Unidos desde hace casi ocho meses, tras haber sido chttps://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-9274dc58b65f.htmlhttps://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-9274dc58b65f.htmlTue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (CIDH) granted precautionary measures to five detainees in Venezuela, citing grave and urgent risk to their life, personal integrity, and health.https://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-fb0f7d08a7c3.htmlhttps://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-fb0f7d08a7c3.htmlFri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Venezuela's acting president Delcy Rodríguez accused saboteurs of attacking the national electrical system in protest against a recent oil agreement with the US, which grants US companies control over 20% of Venezuela's oil reserves.https://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-66745c7a529b.htmlhttps://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-66745c7a529b.htmlFri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Delcy Rodríguez, Venezuela's acting president, accused unnamed actors of sabotaging the national electrical grid by manipulating gas supplies to thermoelectric plants, linking the alleged plot to protests against oil agreements.https://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-7f88fabc0e4d.htmlhttps://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-7f88fabc0e4d.htmlFri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000US President Donald Trump claimed that the US has taken control of Venezuela, following an agreement granting the US majority participation in over 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil reserves.https://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-7aa0a5074ac6.htmlhttps://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-7aa0a5074ac6.htmlFri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Venezuela's acting president Delcy Rodríguez announced that the country's oil development, following agreements with the US and other nations, will help balance the global economy.https://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-9a6ebb4ac351.htmlhttps://helpvenezuela.org/a-ni-9a6ebb4ac351.htmlThu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Creemos Alianza Ciudadana issued a statement to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, warning that ignoring persecution patterns in Venezuela is 'blindness'.