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VZ Economics newsletter premieres. Newsletter of Economia Venezuela. Headlines from VZ Economics. Cisneros, Mendoza, Margarita Island, Investment conferences in Miami April 20 and Caracas April 23, Nanotech Oil, Ricardo Hausmann and Plan Pais.

Venezuela's largest privately owned company, has announced a program to help create 1000 companies at its 85th anniversary celebration. The hope is to spur entrepreneurship and innovation and economic growth.

Economia Venezuela launch, Margarita Island, Cisneros Investment fund, Grupo Polar 1000 companies initiative, Miami and Caracas investment conferences, Nanotech Oil, Ricardo Hausmann, Plan Pais.

Plan País was designed as a ready-to-implement roadmap for national recovery. It aimed to stabilize an economy that had experienced one of the worst collapses in modern history. But it never had a chance.

A network of Venezuelan economists—working both inside the country and across the diaspora—has emerged as a key intellectual force analyzing what went wrong and how recovery can restore the once prosperous country.

The economist who mapped how nations build prosperity—and watched his own country lose it. Hausmann remains one of the most influential voices calling for Venezuela's recovery.

How policymakers might approach recovery in a country that has experienced one of the deepest peacetime economic contractions in modern history

An in depth analysis by the Atlantic Council put in context the depth of destruction wrought by Chaves and Maduro.

The US authorizations allow specific activities in a sector that Washington considers strategic. This decision complements the licenses previously granted for the hydrocarbons and gold areas. Reported in TalCual March 27, 2026

Sanctions, inflation and fiscal asphyxiation: the structural causes behind the desertion of 1.3 million entrepreneurs in Venezuela.

April 23–24, 2026 in Caracas. Investors, policymakers, and business leaders to assess investment prospects and the country’s evolving economic outlook.

Investor attention is increasingly expanding to sectors such as mining, infrastructure, tourism, financial services, and real estate.

Ángel Alayón is a Venezuelan economist trained at the University of Chicago, a professor at IESA, and the founder of the influential analysis platform Prodavinci.

With its combination of natural beauty, relatively low living costs, and existing tourism infrastructure, the island continues to draw attention as a place where economic activity could recover more quickly if the broader national economic environment improves.

An international gathering designed to connect Venezuelan entrepreneurs, investors, venture capital firms, and corporate leaders who are building companies both within Venezuela and worldwide.

Direct confrontation with Hugo Chavez at National Assembly, televised on national TV in 2012 cemented her as a true anti Chavist. 14 years later she accepted a Nobel Prize.

The organization behind Maria Corina Machado. The little-known story of how key staffers avoided arrest and imprisonment by taking refuge in the Argentine embassy for 414 days.

With a 25 million bounty on his head and the threat of the US giving him the Maduro treatment, is there an elegant departure? Will he recognize his time is up and work toward a peaceful transition or fight to the end?

Venezuela’s healthcare system—once among the strongest in Latin America—has undergone a profound collapse over the past decade. .

Machado’s approximately 92–93% share stands out as an overwhelming, near-unanimous outcome. Would seem to indicate clear and nearly universal support. Will that translate into US support?

Fragmentation within Venezuela’s opposition has been one of the most significant structural advantages sustaining the current regime.

Power cuts are frequent and often routine. What is the problem and how it can be resolved?

The Global Diaspora. Will they come back? What will it take? When will it begin? how much communication occurs and the degree to which they are organizing to return.

An overview of the opportunities in Venezuela Real Estate

Policy steps that could restore global investment and revive one of the world’s largest petroleum sectors