Politics

Media linked to Alex Saab closes operations in Venezuela

Ten days after Alex Saab's return to the United States, political and media consequences are beginning to be felt in Venezuela. This Monday, the temporary closure of Venezuela News was confirmed, a digital platform noted for being linked to the Colombian businessman, accused by the US justice system of acting as an alleged frontman for the Nicolás Maduro regime.

Episcopal Conference laments death of Carmen Teresa Navas and demands full release of all political prisoners

The Venezuelan Episcopal Conference (CEV) stated this Monday that the death of Carmen Navas, mother of the political prisoner who died in state custody, Víctor Quero, exposes the dramatic reality of these detainees, urging their release to restore coexistence and citizen peace. "We reiterate today our call for the full release [...]

Clemencia Vargas, Vargas Lleras' daughter, announced support and invited to vote for Abelardo

The daughter of the late former Vice President Germán Vargas Lleras, Clemencia Vargas, published a message on her social media networks inviting people to vote for A...

Fiscal crisis, growth, taxes, and energy concentrate the economic debate of the electoral pulse for the Presidency

Paloma Valencia, Iván Cepeda, and Abelardo de la Espriella Photo: Photomontage

We Explain the Day

On Monday, May 18, the student movement gathered at the Tamanaco door of the UCV for the death of Carmen Navas.

Germán Vargas Lleras's Daughter Announced Support for Abelardo's Candidacy

Through her social media, Clemencia Vargas, daughter of former vice president Germán Vargas Lleras, who passed away on May 8, 2026, published a message on her social media in which she invited people to vote for presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella, from the Defensores de la Patria movement, for the first round on May 31, accompanying her call with a graph from the AtlasIntel poll for Semana and a phrase attributed to her father.

Dominican Republic seizes 123 kilos of cocaine in container destined for the Netherlands

Dominican authorities reported this Monday the seizure of 123 kilos of cocaine in a container located at the Caucedo Multimodal Port, in the province of Santo Domingo, which were destined for Rotterdam, in the Netherlands. The cocaine was found distributed in 120 packages detected after a rigorous verification, which included the use of X-ray machines, inside the container loaded with medical equipment for export, according to information provided by the National Directorate of Drug Control (DNCD). No arrests were reported in this operation, although authorities are investigating to identify the members of the involved network, stated the anti-drug agency.

Venezuela News Ceased Operations: SNTP Reports Over 100 Dismissals

The National Union of Press Workers reports the dismissal of over 100 employees from Venezuela News, who were informed of a temporary closure.

Guarumo's alert: ‘If time doesn’t allow, there will be no presidential surveys for the second round’

Víctor Muñoz, technology expert. Credit: Courtesy Photographer: Photo: Courtesy

Criminals accused of carding peasants to control their movements and votes

Now the FARC dissidents commanded by 'Calarcá' are carding peasants in departments like Guaviare, Meta, and Caquetá, controlling their movements, whether they pay extortion, and even whom they vote for.

Venezuela receives 133 migrants in a new repatriation flight from the US

A group of 133 Venezuelan migrants returned to the country this Monday on a flight from Miami, Florida, United States, as part of the Gran Misión Vuelta a la Patria, an official program for the return of compatriots. The Ministry of Communication and Information detailed, in a press release, that the group consisted of 93 men, 25 women, and 15 minors. The aircraft landed at Simón Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetía, which serves Caracas.

“This Government has killed more than 22,000 young people”: Álvaro Uribe to Iván Cepeda on social media

Following candidate Iván Cepeda's interview with Noticias RCN, in which he stated that “people are not killed by peace, people are killed by the existence of violent groups, confrontations, and illicit economies that have been developing globally,” former president Álvaro Uribe once again referred on social media to the lack of results from the total peace policy.