<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[Fabiola Zerpa - Caracas Bureau Reporter]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fabiola Zerpa - Caracas Bureau Reporter]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/ASzUVlz4JXQ/fabiola-zerpa</link><image><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/feeds/static/images/bloomberg_logo_black.png</url><title>Fabiola Zerpa - Caracas Bureau Reporter</title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/ASzUVlz4JXQ/fabiola-zerpa</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2025 19:05:11 GMT</lastBuildDate><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright 2025 BLOOMBERG L.P. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><atom:link href="https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/ASzUVlz4JXQ/fabiola-zerpa.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Maduro Says Rubio Is Trying to Stain Trump’s Hands With Blood]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-01/maduro-says-rubio-is-trying-to-stain-trump-s-hands-with-blood</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-01/maduro-says-rubio-is-trying-to-stain-trump-s-hands-with-blood</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2025 18:26:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Venezuela to Deploy Ships to Oil Exporting Hub After US Move]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-26/venezuela-to-deploy-ships-to-oil-exporting-hub-after-us-move</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-26/venezuela-to-deploy-ships-to-oil-exporting-hub-after-us-move</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2025 22:10:46 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ifNL72qyQ6is/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ifNL72qyQ6is/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The Venezuelan-flagged Fiorella oil tanker docked in front of the Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) Bajo Grande Refinery at the Paraguana Refinery Complex on Lake Maracaibo in Maracaibo, Zulia state, Venezuela, on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023. A decision by the US on Oct. 18 to ease sanctions in exchange for greater political freedom in Venezuela, has opened the doors for dealmaking and increased production that will enable the Latin American country&apos;s crude to reach global markets.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deportation Flights Begin From Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-25/deportation-flights-begin-from-florida-s-alligator-alcatraz</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-25/deportation-flights-begin-from-florida-s-alligator-alcatraz</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Anna J Kaiser]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2025 16:57:41 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iOKkhqV4d9jM/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iOKkhqV4d9jM/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A bus exits from &quot;Alligator Alcatraz&quot; at tthe Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport in Ochopee, Florida, on July 10. Photographer: Joe Raedle/Getty Images</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Colombia, Venezuela Begin Talks on Sale of Sanctioned Fertilizer]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-23/colombia-venezuela-begin-talks-on-sale-of-sanctioned-fertilizer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-23/colombia-venezuela-begin-talks-on-sale-of-sanctioned-fertilizer</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrea Jaramillo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2025 15:14:12 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/imjNf5EGWEBY/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/imjNf5EGWEBY/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A ship arrives to the dock of the Monomeros fertilizer company in Barranquilla, Colombia. Photographer: Jesus Rico/AFP/Getty Images</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Venezuela Oil Output Weathers Chevron Exit With Diluent Spree]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-22/venezuela-oil-output-survives-chevron-cvx-exit-with-diluent-spree</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-22/venezuela-oil-output-survives-chevron-cvx-exit-with-diluent-spree</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2025 19:00:46 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ic95kKz.HNtQ/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ic95kKz.HNtQ/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) El Palito refinery in El Palito, Venezuela, on Wednesday, March 9, 2022. The prospect that the U.S. could ease sanctions on Venezuela&apos;s state oil producer to offset Russia&apos;s cutoff from global markets has observers wondering how much crude the South American nation is able to add to a market roiled by the war in Ukraine.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Miami Chafes at Trump’s ICE Raids and ‘Alligator Alcatraz’]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-27/miami-chafes-at-trump-s-ice-raids-and-alligator-alcatraz</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-27/miami-chafes-at-trump-s-ice-raids-and-alligator-alcatraz</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Anna J Kaiser]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i6rb1ROalqD4/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i6rb1ROalqD4/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Trailers at an immigration detention facility dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz”at an isolated Everglades airfield, in this image grab from video. WSVN/AP</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Venezuelans Living Near Trump Golf Resort Fear His Immigration Crackdown]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-23/trump-deportations-tps-changes-create-chaos-for-south-florida-immigrants</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-23/trump-deportations-tps-changes-create-chaos-for-south-florida-immigrants</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fabiola Zerpa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2025 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iJQuSklvrJS8/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iJQuSklvrJS8/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Venezuelans attend a vigil to show support for extending Temporary Protected Status in Doral.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Venezuela Plans a 50% Fuel Hike as It Braces for Revenue Slump]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-08/venezuela-plans-a-50-fuel-hike-as-it-braces-for-revenue-slump</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-08/venezuela-plans-a-50-fuel-hike-as-it-braces-for-revenue-slump</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2025 18:04:27 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iLOUgiNwBYIo/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iLOUgiNwBYIo/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) gas station in Puerto La Cruz, Anzoategui state, Venezuela, on Monday, May 22, 2023. Venezuela’s Oil ministry published oil and gas reserves for years 2019 through 2022, according to a decree in the official gazette dated May 9.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Venezuela Partners With Smaller Oil Firms as Chevron Scales Back]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-05/venezuela-partners-with-smaller-oil-firms-as-chevron-scales-back</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-05/venezuela-partners-with-smaller-oil-firms-as-chevron-scales-back</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2025 14:07:07 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i8e0n4lI9m40/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i8e0n4lI9m40/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A sculpture outside the Petroleos de Venezuela SA headquarters in Caracas, Venezuela.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fate of Oil Riches at Stake in Suriname Presidential Election]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-23/suriname-election-new-president-to-navigate-impending-oil-boom</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-23/suriname-election-new-president-to-navigate-impending-oil-boom</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Denis Chabrol]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2025 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iR9V7SfvSB7E/v2/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iR9V7SfvSB7E/v2/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The Staatsolie refinery in Wanica, Suriname.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disney Suspends Venezuelan Workers on Supreme Court Ruling]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-21/disney-dis-suspends-venezuelan-tps-workers-after-supreme-court-ruling</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-21/disney-dis-suspends-venezuelan-tps-workers-after-supreme-court-ruling</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fabiola Zerpa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2025 18:21:29 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iU6hseWqEV18/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iU6hseWqEV18/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Cinderella’s Castle at the Walt Disney Co. Magic Kingdom park in Orlando, Florida. Photographer: David Ryder/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Venezuela Frees American as Chevron Waiver Is Set to Be Extended]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-20/us-set-to-extend-chevron-s-venezuela-waiver-by-another-60-days</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-20/us-set-to-extend-chevron-s-venezuela-waiver-by-another-60-days</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2025 15:34:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Surprise Supreme Court Ruling Throws 350,000 Migrants Into Uncertainty]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-20/two-paragraph-ruling-throws-350-000-migrants-into-uncertainty</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-20/two-paragraph-ruling-throws-350-000-migrants-into-uncertainty</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alicia A. Caldwell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2025 14:56:05 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iya8AaPl8DXw/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iya8AaPl8DXw/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Venezuelans attend a vigil to show support for extending Temporary Protected Status in Florida on May 8. Photographer: Pedro Portal/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service/Getty Images</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shock Embassy Escape Shows Cracks in Maduro’s Security Apparatus]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-07/shock-escape-from-embassy-siege-shows-cracks-in-maduro-s-security-apparatus</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-07/shock-escape-from-embassy-siege-shows-cracks-in-maduro-s-security-apparatus</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2025 23:10:49 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ituNq7Jg_rpo/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ituNq7Jg_rpo/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro attends a meeting with his Russian counterpart at the Kremlin in Moscow on May 7, 2025. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko / POOL / AFP) (Photo by ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Machado Aides Escape Venezuela After 15-Month Embassy Siege]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-06/venezuela-opposition-members-leave-argentina-embassy-in-caracas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-06/venezuela-opposition-members-leave-argentina-embassy-in-caracas</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2025 22:40:31 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iS8tJ_fDqbfg/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iS8tJ_fDqbfg/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A police patrol car sits parked outside Argentina&apos;s embassy where some members of Venezuela&apos;s opposition are seeking asylum inside, in Caracas, Venezuela, July 31, 2024, three days after the contested presidential election.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Venezuela Pleads for China to Buy Oil as Trump Kicks Chevron Out]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-01/venezuela-pleads-for-china-to-buy-oil-as-trump-kicks-chevron-out</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-01/venezuela-pleads-for-china-to-buy-oil-as-trump-kicks-chevron-out</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2025 15:41:59 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i9lNOg7xET7g/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i9lNOg7xET7g/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A Petroleos de Venezuela oil pumpjack on Lake Maracaibo in Cabimas, Venezuela.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Telefonica’s Movistar Faces Venezuela Data Leak, NGO Says]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-30/telefonica-s-movistar-faces-major-venezuela-data-leak-ngo-says</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-30/telefonica-s-movistar-faces-major-venezuela-data-leak-ngo-says</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicolle Yapur]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 16:01:30 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i31lNLBqGcJQ/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i31lNLBqGcJQ/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Pedestrians pass Telefonica Movistar headquarters in Caracas, Venezuela. Photographer: Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vitol Steps Up Venezuela Oil Buying Before US License Lapses]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-25/vitol-steps-up-venezuela-crude-buying-before-us-license-expires</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-25/vitol-steps-up-venezuela-crude-buying-before-us-license-expires</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2025 15:30:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Venezuela’s Maduro Blasts Bukele’s Proposal to Swap Prisoners]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-22/venezuela-s-maduro-blasts-bukele-s-proposal-to-swap-prisoners</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-22/venezuela-s-maduro-blasts-bukele-s-proposal-to-swap-prisoners</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 00:49:47 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iGEfMjaOz7ME/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iGEfMjaOz7ME/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Nicolas Maduro Photographer: Gaby Oraa/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maduro Overhauls Venezuela’s Central Bank After Gold Dispute]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-11/maduro-overhauls-venezuela-s-central-bank-following-gold-dispute</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-11/maduro-overhauls-venezuela-s-central-bank-following-gold-dispute</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2025 20:47:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i8.eaVIowswM/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i8.eaVIowswM/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela&apos;s president, arrives for a press conference at Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, on Wednesday, July 31, 2024. Maduro said María Corina Machado and Edmundo González should face prison sentences of at least 30 years for promoting post-election violence and seeking to destabilize his government.</media:description></media:content></item></channel></rss>