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        <title><![CDATA[Fabiola Zerpa - Caracas Bureau Reporter]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Venezuela’s Faulty Power Grid Risks Derailing Economic Comeback]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Fabiola Zerpa]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 16:39:34 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Venezuela Floods Market With Dollars to Ease Inflation Pressure]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Welcome to the New Venezuela: How the US Is Reshaping Its Old Foe]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Venezuela Raises Minimum Wage to $240 Amid Rising Social Unrest]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:49:48 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[BP and Venezuela Sign Pact to Explore for Offshore Gas]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mitchell Ferman]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:10:58 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Italy’s Eni Expands Venezuela Push With Orinoco Oil Deal]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Fabiola Zerpa]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:36:58 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ex-Credit Suisse Bankers Aim to Finance Venezuela Oil Revival]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicolle Yapur]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:19:45 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>An oil pumpjack on Lake Maracaibo in Cabimas, Zulia state, Venezuela. Photographer: Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Venezuela, US in Talks to Bring Opposition Onto Central Bank Board]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jorgelina Do Rosario]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 21:15:58 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Oil CEOs Meet Venezuela President as Trump Seeks Oil Revival]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Fabiola Zerpa]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:23:02 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Oil rigs are pictured in Cabimas, Venezuela. Photographer: Maryorin Mendez/AFP/Getty Images</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Brazil Oil Driller Expanding in Venezuela as US Eases Sanctions]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Millard]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:07:12 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A pump jack in the Orinoco Belt in Venezuela.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Machado Says She’ll Return This Year, Testing Venezuela’s Leader]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Andreina Itriago]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:58:08 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>María Corina Machado attends a rally in Madrid on April 18.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Eni and Repsol Plan to Start Venezuela Gas Exports in 2031]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Fabiola Zerpa]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:30:50 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Machado Says in Close Talks With US Over Return to Venezuela]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Fabiola Zerpa]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:14:09 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Venezuela Central Bank Chief Resigns, VP Perez to Take Over]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Fabiola Zerpa]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 02:20:48 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Wants New Electoral Board to Oversee Next Venezuela Vote]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Fabiola Zerpa]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 22:36:20 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Venezuela&apos;s interim President Delcy Rodriguez speaks during a press conference after a signing of an agreement ceremony between Chevron Venezuela and the national government at the Miraflores Palace in Caracas on April 13, 2026. Venezuela&apos;s interim president, Delcy Rodriguez, praised on April 13 the progress made in the oil sector regarding foreign investment as part of the signing of agreements with the U.S. giant Chevron to increase crude oil production. </media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Cisneros Secures Two-Thirds of $1 Billion Venezuela Recovery Fund]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Fabiola Zerpa]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:27:52 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Adriana Cisneros Photographer: Marco Bello/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Eases Venezuela Central Bank Sanctions to Aid Oil Revival]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 19:37:43 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Venezuela&apos;s Central Bank in Caracas. Photographer: Manaure Quintero/Getty Images</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Chevron Expands Its Venezuela Oil Operations Through Asset Swap]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Fabiola Zerpa]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:08:10 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Venezuela Passes Mining Law as Rodríguez Courts Investment]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Fabiola Zerpa]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:13:07 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>CARACAS, VENEZUELA - JANUARY 14: Venezuela&apos;s interim president Delcy Rodríguez speaks during a press conference regarding the release of prisoners in Venezuela at Miraflores Palace on January 14, 2026 in Caracas, Venezuela. Delcy Rodriguez stated that the government continues to evaluate cases to make further progress on the release of political prisoners that started after Nicolas Maduro was captured by US forces. Relatives claim that the releases have been very few compared to the more than 800 allegendly detained for political reasons.Photo by Jesus Vargas/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Venezuela to Boost Public Sector Salaries Hit by Fast Inflation]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Andreina Itriago]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 23:45:38 GMT</pubDate>
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