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Petróleo y revolución debuta #1 en nuevos lanzamientos de Historia de Venezuela 🇻🇪 en Amazon y Top 5 entre los más vendidos en la categoría. Como decía Óscar Yanes: ¡Chúpate esa mandarina! 🍊
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Qué gentil, embajador. El libro se benefició inmensamente de los trabajos de varios miembros del Grupo Ávila.
Recomiendo lectura de este libro.
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A few weeks ago, I asked @vrk_rick about @MariaCorinaYA and the tragic precedent of Oswaldo Payá in 🇨🇺Today, @WSJopinion raises the same concern without naming Mr. Payá. Washington must make clear that any foul play will invite extraordinary retaliation. No repeat of the Obama administration’s disgraceful response: a feeble press release while desperately courting (in secret) Cuba’s murderous dictatorship for a disastrous deal.
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Que nivel de referencia 🔝 Muerte al comunismo, en cualquier época, continente e idioma!
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This little prayer card to Our Lady of Coromoto, patroness of Venezuela, was in my late father’s wallet for years. I pray today, now that María Corina Machado is back in her homeland, for peace, justice, and reconciliation in Venezuela. 🇺🇸🙏🇻🇪
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Estoy aquí. Con ustedes
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Son vainas mías o a ustedes también les llegas las vibras norcoreanas 🇰🇵
AHORA: Alejandro Betancourt se muestra y habla por primera vez en un acto de gobierno encabezado por Delcy Rodríguez, en el que participa también el encargado de negocios estadounidense, John Barrett.
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Nos vemos el martes 27 en @mingoteve
🤖 Made with AI
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Replying to @MartinRodRodr
Lectura obligatoria seguro. Felicidades.
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Looking forward to read Martin’s first (of many) books. Definitely worth a read and follow.
Delighted to share the publication of my first book, "Petróleo y revolución: la geopolítica de Venezuela bajo Hugo Chávez y su desafío a Estados Unidos", published in Spanish by Sultana del Lago. The book examines how Hugo Chávez used Venezuela’s oil wealth as a geopolitical tool to advance the Bolivarian Revolution at home and abroad and challenge U.S. influence. Gracias totales to Steven Levitsky, @VasquezIan @martinezmeucci @jchidalgo @saryle @jcsosazpurua @rsalinasleon for their thoughtful comments ahead of publication. Available on Amazon and soon in bookstores across Venezuela and Latin America.
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🇪🇺🇻🇪🎙️ | @MartinRodRodr on the future of Venezuela’s oil industry at the Rebuilding Venezuela Summit in the European Parliament: “I want to talk about 2 institutional proposals that I think could make our oil sector conducive to successful development. The first is to liberalize our energy industry, and by liberalize, I mean truly liberalize our energy industry. Allow the animal spirits of international oil companies, whether supermajors or wildcatters, to come into the country and do what they know how to do. The second, and perhaps even more important, is: how do we manage the wealth that is generated by these national oil companies? Venezuela has a long history of mismanaging the oil rent, and there’s a lot of academic literature on the pernicious effects that discretion in the management of oil revenues has on countries’ institutions, so I think we need to tackle these two issues together.”
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Gracias por tanto profesor @jcsosazpurua 🚀
¡Felicidades Martín! Has escrito un gran libro, que ya es referencia obligatoria para cualquier interesado en el mundo del petróleo. ¡Será un éxito total! Fuerte abrazo.
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¡Felicidades Martín! Has escrito un gran libro, que ya es referencia obligatoria para cualquier interesado en el mundo del petróleo. ¡Será un éxito total! Fuerte abrazo.
Delighted to share the publication of my first book, "Petróleo y revolución: la geopolítica de Venezuela bajo Hugo Chávez y su desafío a Estados Unidos", published in Spanish by Sultana del Lago. The book examines how Hugo Chávez used Venezuela’s oil wealth as a geopolitical tool to advance the Bolivarian Revolution at home and abroad and challenge U.S. influence. Gracias totales to Steven Levitsky, @VasquezIan @martinezmeucci @jchidalgo @saryle @jcsosazpurua @rsalinasleon for their thoughtful comments ahead of publication. Available on Amazon and soon in bookstores across Venezuela and Latin America.
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Delighted to share the publication of my first book, "Petróleo y revolución: la geopolítica de Venezuela bajo Hugo Chávez y su desafío a Estados Unidos", published in Spanish by Sultana del Lago. The book examines how Hugo Chávez used Venezuela’s oil wealth as a geopolitical tool to advance the Bolivarian Revolution at home and abroad and challenge U.S. influence. Gracias totales to Steven Levitsky, @VasquezIan @martinezmeucci @jchidalgo @saryle @jcsosazpurua @rsalinasleon for their thoughtful comments ahead of publication. Available on Amazon and soon in bookstores across Venezuela and Latin America.
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🚨🇻🇪 Rebuilding Venezuela requires deep reforms, strong institutions, and highly qualified professionals capable of implementing them. During the Rebuilding Venezuela Summit 2026, held at the European Parliament, Venezuelan experts and international leaders discussed the reforms needed to build a free, democratic, and prosperous Venezuela. Three key takeaways emerged from the discussion. 1️⃣ Accelerate Venezuela’s economic recovery by creating the conditions for businesses to invest and human capital to return. After 27 years of socialism, we can turn Venezuela into a country of opportunities and prosperity. 2️⃣ Liberalize the energy sector, including the oil, gas, and hydroelectric sectors, to maximize Venezuela’s energy potential. Turning Venezuela into the battery of the Americas is key for the region's economic security and technological development. 3️⃣ Put Venezuela’s best talent in charge of rebuilding our institutions and strategic infrastructure. From the Guri hydroelectric complex to the Central Bank and our ports, we need qualified professionals capable of getting the country working again. Here are all the interventions from the summit. 00:00 @StjepoBartulica — Rule of law, strong institutions, and accountability as foundations for rebuilding Venezuela. 04:00 @AdamBielan — Lessons from Poland demonstrate how economic reforms and freedom can transform a country. 08:20 @JraissatiJorge — Accelerating economic growth, restoring the energy sector, and bringing top professionals into public institutions. 19:34 @Barbaraadejesus — Venezuela’s historic opportunity and the challenges ahead in consolidating a genuine democratic transition. 30:10 @MarkusWiechel — Rebuilding functioning institutions, restoring trust, and learning from European democratic transitions. 37:31 @ArmandoArmas — Rule of law, decentralization, and political reforms to secure a lasting democracy. 1:04:55 @elsultanbitcoin — Restoring the electricity system is essential to reviving industry, increasing production, and improving living standards. 1:14:58 @AngelAlvaradoR — Macroeconomic stability, restoring production, and implementing reforms to accelerate Venezuela’s economic growth. 1:23:10 Jesús Lander — Restoring access to financing, expanding credit, and mobilizing capital toward productive sectors. 1:31:10 @PlanchartMarcos — Europe must expand its economic engagement with Venezuela and contribute to its reconstruction and democratic transition. 2:09:37 @cdager12 — Legal certainty, transparency, and compliance mechanisms to facilitate international investment. 2:17:19 @MartinRodRodr — Reforming the oil and gas sector to attract capital, reduce discretionary government intervention, and unlock Venezuela’s energy resources. 2:25:45 Luis C. Cano — Reforming public administration while preserving technical expertise and institutional knowledge. 2:34:40 @MaxRangeley — Harnessing artificial intelligence to strengthen justice, protect property rights, and modernize institutions. Venezuela’s reconstruction cannot remain a collection of good intentions. We need concrete reforms, investment, and qualified professionals capable of turning today’s opportunities into prosperity for millions of Venezuelans. ▶️ Watch the full Rebuilding Venezuela Summit 2026.
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"What we hope to do is transition to a mechanism that allows that to be sold in a normal way, a normal oil industry, not one dominated by cronies, not one dominated by graft and corruption," @SecRubio said at a Senate hearing on Wednesday. foxnews.com/world/venezuelas…
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🇻🇪 La semana pasada estuve en el parlamento europeo hablando sobre el Sistema Eléctrico Nacional. Europa ayudó a construir la industria en Venezuela una vez y creemos puede hacerlo de nuevo. Gracias @JraissatiJorge @econinclusiong @BloombergLinea_ bloomberglinea.com/latinoame…
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De regreso de Bruselas, tras una excelente semana con compatriotas y aliados europeos en el Rebuilding Venezuela Summit. Gracias totales a @JraissatiJorge @econinclusiong y @StjepoBartulica @AdamBielan por la invitación. The best is yet to come 🚀🇻🇪🚀🇻🇪🚀🇻🇪
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