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Venezuelan lawmakers approved a bill designed to attract private investment to the nation’s blackout-prone power grid bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
🇻🇪⚡ Electricity bill reform in Venezuela:
Interim authorities congress speaker Jorge Rodríguez (Delcy's brother) confirms that electricity fees will be indexed to the currency with the highest value (de facto dollarized).
The reform will allow private companies to generate, import, and market electricity in Venezuela.
It also includes subsidies for those unable to pay for the service.
The electricity bill has been mostly subsidized, controlled by the public sector and later collapsed during the Chavismo era.
🇺🇸 Maria Elvira wins recount!
Congress representative Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) wins recount for the 27th district in order to route Dem candidate Elliott Rodriguez.
Despite surviving close races that went to the wire with razor-thin margins, the 3 "Crazy Cubans" will be part of the new congress.
🇺🇸🇻🇪 Florida's trio on Venezuela won congress reelection
Maria Elvira Salazar, Mario Diaz-Balart and Carlos Giménez won their respective house seat reelection in a tough night for Trump and Republicans.
The trio also known as "The Crazy Cubans" have been very involved regarding the policies towards Venezuela.
Byron Donalds won the governorship and Ashley Moody the vacant Senate seat left by Marco Rubio.
Florida is still a ruby red state in a grim night for the GOP in the rest of the US.
🇺🇸 Hegseth survived Massie
House voted against impeachment for Secretary of War Pete Hegseth:
211 yeas
204 nays (Massie was the only GOP defector)
W for Hegseth and Trump, L for Massie (another one)
However Hegseth is still not out of the woods yet, the new congress kicks in at January 3rd and Dems have overwhelming majorities in both chambers.
🇺🇸🇻🇪 Hegseth praised US military action against Maduro
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said that ousted Maduro is not a president, he was a fugitive of US justice.
"Indicted and wanted, he thought that he was untouchable, well he was NOT"
"Victory in one night, victory in 48 hours, flawless success"
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🇺🇸🇻🇪📈 A confidential KPMG report reviewed by The NY Times shows $12.26 billion in Venezuelan natural-resource export revenue, mostly oil, was deposited in a U.S.-controlled custody account in the first nine months of 2026.
✅ $11.7 billion was used to support the local currency through foreign-currency auctions at Venezuelan commercial banks.
✅ $130 million went to pay the Venezuela government’s foreign bills, mostly debts to other governments and international organizations.
KPMG describes it as “Venezuela Custody Account,”
✅ KPMG says it assisted the State Department in administering the account, including by tracking transactions and applying financial integrity measures. It does not describe itself as an auditor.
✅ “The U.S. government established custodial control over Venezuelan natural resources revenue deposits”. Each transaction must be approved by a US Treasury official.
Article by NY Times and Clash Report
clashreport.com/world/articl…
🇺🇸🇻🇪 Hegseth praised US military action against Maduro
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said that ousted Maduro is not a president, he was a fugitive of US justice.
"Indicted and wanted, he thought that he was untouchable, well he was NOT"
"Victory in one night, victory in 48 hours, flawless success"
🇺🇸🇻🇪🛢️ Energy Sec confirms return of Exxon
US Energy Secretary Chris Wright confirmed the return of ExxonMobil to Venezuela, signing an MoU.
Wright added "A country deemed "uninvestable" (by Exxon CEO Darren Woods earlier this year) is attracting significant commitment from one of the largest oil companies in the world"
"Tremendous progress in a short amount of time"
ExxonMobil’s preliminary agreement to return to Venezuela is a testament to President Trump’s leadership.
A country deemed “uninvestable” earlier this year is already attracting significant commitment from one of the world’s largest energy companies.
Tremendous progress in a remarkably short time.
nytimes.com/2026/11/09/busin…
New Venezuela Insider YouTube video:
🇺🇸🇻🇪 US military bases in Venezuela?
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Thomas Massie regarding foreign affairs is like Shaq on the free throw line 🤦♂️
Massie: Iran is not Venezuela. The Ayatollah was not a president. He was a religious leader… The United States and Israel turned him into a martyr. And in the process of doing so, we've already expended billions of dollars and… solemnly, six American families must now lay to rest their sons and daughters. And for what? This administration can't even give us a straight answer as to why we launched this preemptive war.
🇺🇸🇻🇪🛢️ Financial Times is confirming the return of ExxonMobil to Venezuela
ft.com/content/cd3b2969-9c58…
🇺🇸🇻🇪🛢️ Exxon is officially back in Venezuela
ExxonMobil made official the signing with the interim authorities in Venezuela for returning to operate oilfields.
The deal is an MoU (non-binding agreement).
We have said several times on Venezuela Insider that ExxonMobil returning to the country is the litmus test for a true status quo change in Venezuela.
ExxonMobil was the biggest loser of the policies during the Chavismo era.
According to Reuters
🇺🇸🇻🇪 Marco Rubio: Venezuela is right on schedule
State Secretary and NSA Marco Rubio gave a new update regarding the ongoing transition process in Venezuela:
✅ Encouraging a recovery in Venezuela (social and economic).
✅ Exposing Venezuela to the world not involving Russia, China, Iran and Cuba.
✅ New supreme court (TSJ) and elections council (CNE) not politicized.
✅ Good news that Maria Corina Machado is back in the country after a few weeks.
✅ More press freedom and nobody is getting arbitrarily detained.
✅ After the new TSJ and CNE, the interim president will declare vacancy and elections six months later
✅ The election date will be set by the new and unbiased CNE
Rubio close with: "we are on top of this process"
🇺🇸🇻🇪📊 Trump's support amongst Venezuelans remains very low
🟢 Trump used to be very popular amongst Venezuelans right after the January 3rd operation against Maduro, at 92.2%. Even Trump published such poll on Truth Social.
❌ Trump's miscues and terrible communication job by the state department (except for Marco Rubio) have created US distrust amongst Venezuelans.
❌ Statements like "dancing in the streets" and "she's terrific" have been unenforced errors.
🔴 Trump's approval sits at 6.1% against 84.3% disapproval.
🟢 Silver linning: when the transition process is complete, Trump will be praised again with a high approval amongst Venezuelans.
🇻🇪📊 Machado on a landslide
According to the new Meganalisis poll, María Corina Machado would win in a massive landslide a presidential election against interim president Delcy Rodriguez on a head to head presidential election:
🔵 MCM 95.4%
🔴 Delcy 4.6%
🟢 Participation 73.5%
⚪ Abstention 26.5%
*A "third candidate" doesn't move the needle
🇪🇸🇻🇪 Chavistas will leave power if they lose the election?
The Chavismo interim authorities Foreign Affairs Minister Oliver Blanco gave an exclusive interview to El Mundo.
He praised Adolfo Suárez (transition ideolog after Franco dictatorship).
Blanco said that everyone will be able to participate in the next elections (Machado was banned from several past ones).
Blanco said that the current Chavismo Interim Authorities will leave power peaceful if they Indeed lose the election (every credible poll says that they will lose by a landslide).
In 2024 Maduro promised "a bloodbath" right before the elections and he delivered, so those statements by Oliver Blanco are baby steps for progress.
According to El Mundo
