Nathan Crooks

Houston --> Caracas --> United Airlines to resume Venezuela flights after eight-year hiatus cnbc.com/2026/05/12/uni…

Busy day for Guyana President Irfaan Ali today in Houston. After an opening speech at the Offshore Technology Conference, he visited the Baker Institute at Rice University.

For many in Miami-Dade, Venezuela is still home. Flights return, bringing families closer, but not everyone can return. This moment is not enough. The goal remains a free, democratic Venezuela 🇻🇪

This confrontation between the Venezuelan diaspora and the U.S.-aligned Delcy regime is likely to become one of the key challenges moving forward. The divide is deep, emotional, and rooted in years of political conflict and displacement. As regime-linked officials increasingly appear at public events—like the one today—these tensions are likely to surface more frequently and visibly. The Trump administration won't like these scenes messing with the recovery and transition phases.

Four months after January 3, Venezuela is not moving through a democratic transition. Instead, it's moving toward economic normalization without meaningful political conditions—a strategy the government of Rodríguez is pursuing with notable tactical discipline americasquarterly.org/article/normal…

And now it’s up to $2k for a one way, which suggests there must be demand…

American Airlines flights from Miami to Caracas are now live, starting from April 30. $1,000+ for a one-way ride!

Exclusive: Shell in advanced talks with Venezuela for more gas areas, sources say reuters.com/business/energ…

Interesting debate on Venezuela today at the Rice Global Forum in Houston —>

In Houston, @frrodriguezc comments on a divided Venezuela —>

Thursday evening in Houston… 🇻🇪🇻🇪🇻🇪

Big Oil to reap billions from Iran war windfall after a month of soaring energy prices --> reuters.com/business/energ…

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado told @Reuters that early interest in Venezuela's oil sector is positive but she called for more transparency and contract security reut.rs/4t8ILO1

NEWS: Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado believes early interest in Venezuela's oil sector is positive but called for more transparency and contract security - including a new oil law - to further increase crude and gas output. "I'm here to attract attention to Venezuela, not delay it," she said in an interview before her afternoon speech at the CERAWeek energy conference in Houston. via @mariannaparraga and @nmcrooks

Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado pushes for oil investment security, transparency at CERAWeek energy conference in Houston --> reuters.com/world/americas…

gearing up for a big week --> CERAWeek energy conference returns to Houston as Iran conflict rocks global energy markets reuters.com/business/energ…

#AHORA En la página oficial de MSC Cruises aparece Isla de Margarita como destino turístico, con información del puerto y excursiones. Es muy posible la llegada de grandes cruceros este año o el próximo a la Isla de Margarita.

@BryanSmithRISI @Waymo @Uber Miami.

@nmcrooks @Waymo @Uber Is that Waymo in Houston? 4x the price of an Uber is stretching its viability IMO. During our last Waymo ride in San Francisco their prices were on par.

First time in an @Waymo (and it was 4x the price of a human driver on @Uber)!

The rush back down to Caracas is heating up —> Investors headed to post-Maduro Venezuela to scout out opportunities reuters.com/world/americas…