During a virtual presentation at the fourth annual FII Priority Summit, Delcy Rodríguez Gómez, Acting President, Venezuela, detailed the current state of the nation’s infrastructure and the strategic direction of its oil and gas sector. Speaking at the summit’s The New LATAM Order session, Rodríguez focused on the regulatory and operational shifts intended to stabilize the country’s industrial base following the geopolitical shifts of January 2026.
The presentation centered on a transition toward a more structured investment environment, moving away from the crisis-management footing that defined the previous decade of sanctions and naval blockades. The primary technical highlight of the presentation was the recently published reformed Hydrocarbons Law.
Rodríguez described this legislation as the essential tool for establishing the juridical certainty and regulatory…