Business
Companies, industry and trade: who invests, who exports and what it costs to operate in Venezuela.
Shrimp production in Venezuela doubles in four years
Shrimp production in Venezuela went from 24,000 to almost 46,000 tonnes between 2019 and 2023. Sustained growth that positions the country as an increasingly relevant player in international aquaculture exports.
Poultry production in Venezuela: a chain that cannot stop
Agroavícola del Llano combines its own farms, feed production and a commercial network present in ten states. Its model shows why controlling processes, building local capacity and sustaining domestic production matter.
Plastic recycling in Venezuela: 200 tonnes a month with Austrian technology
Every year Venezuela generates millions of plastic bottles that end up in landfills, rivers or simply on the street. In Zulia state, two industrial plants have spent years doing precisely the opposite.
Grupo Dahmo: the Venezuelan conglomerate that built six industries in two decades
Some business groups grow by buying companies. Others build them from the inside, sector by sector, with their own assets and direct operations. Grupo Dahmo C.A. belongs to the second kind.
Venezuela's advertising industry shone at the 2025 CIMA Awards
The country's communications and marketing industry held its most anticipated night with the 2025 CIMA Awards, recognising excellence, strategy and innovation across the national advertising landscape.
Foton Venezuela bets on growth: 50 per cent more sales and national expansion
Foton Venezuela, a leader in commercial vehicles, projects a 50 per cent rise in sales for 2025, aiming to sell 1,050 units against the 700 sold in 2024, with five new dealerships planned.
Quarto: the rental super app for Venezuelan property
With more than 140,000 downloads, over 400 active listings and more than 60 partnerships with agents, Quarto is redefining how landlords, tenants and brokers interact in the Venezuelan market.
Changan closes 2024 with striking figures and a clear bet on the future
Changan ended 2024 with a 5.1 per cent global rise in sales, reaching 2,683,798 units, including a significant jump in electric and hybrid vehicles.
Mary launches its new white maize flour
The food brand enters a category central to Venezuelan cooking with its precooked and enriched white maize flour, made entirely in the country.
Grupo Automotriz Kocars approaches its 15th year in the Venezuelan market
Born out of a family with more than 35 years in the motor trade, Kocars combines workshop services, used car sales and the official Chery franchise.
The new 2024 Ford Territory arrives in Venezuela
Ford Motor de Venezuela presents the Territory, the most powerful and best equipped SUV in its segment, combining performance, innovation, technology and comfort.
Alimentos La Giralda marks 80 years on Venezuelan tables
Founded in 1943 to sell olives and capers from Andalusia, the brand has passed through several owners and today runs a plant in Cagua with a broad portfolio of preserves and sauces.
Purolomo, proud of its roots, approaches six decades
Fifty six years of history and persistence have made the group one of the leaders of Venezuelan agribusiness, with more than 4,000 employees and over 25 production sites.
Motos Toro continues its expansion across Venezuela
The new brand of vehicles assembled in the country keeps opening branches a month after its launch, from the largest assembly plant in Venezuela in Guacara, Carabobo.
Gama Express Los Palos Grandes celebrates its opening
The supermarket chain opens a new branch in Chacao with 1,350 square metres of shop floor, nine checkouts, a pharmacy section and a bakery area.
Farmatodo Sambil La Candelaria opens its doors
The chain opens its 177th pharmacy in Venezuela, named El Ávila, on the Andrés Bello level of the Sambil La Candelaria shopping centre in Caracas.
Ubii Market, the first digital wholesale distribution platform in Venezuela
The Venezuelan technology holding Grupo Ubii launches a logistics platform that lets retailers buy directly from manufacturers with no intermediaries.
Human capital strategies forum: what is the best play?
PGA Group brought a panel of experts to the J.W. Marriott to discuss how companies can manage people through political, economic and social instability.
Automercados Plaza's runs competitions on its social media
The supermarket chain has run 35 competitions on Facebook and Instagram, with 45 winners receiving prizes from the company and its partners.
Ford Motor de Venezuela opens the fifth cohort of Conduciendo tu Futuro
The automotive training programme offers young people from low income areas of Carabobo state four months of technical and personal training inside the Ford plant.
Visa launches Visa Loyalty Solutions in Latin America and the Caribbean
The omnichannel digital platform for redeeming loyalty points is available to all issuing banks in the region and offers consumers more than a quarter of a million redemption options.
PepsiCo named one of the world's most ethical companies
For the twelfth consecutive year, Ethisphere includes PepsiCo on a list of 135 companies from 23 countries and 57 industries.
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts president reveals details of new park experiences
At D23 Expo Japan 2018, Bob Chapek shared new details of the ambitious projects under way worldwide, from reinvented attractions to entirely new ways to meet Super Heroes, Jedi and Pixar characters.
CAF places 1 billion euros of seven year bonds to promote development in Latin America
Investor demand exceeded 1.2 billion euros for the development bank's largest and longest euro benchmark transaction to date.
Andrés Mendoza joins Turner Latin America
Based in Miami, the executive takes on responsibility for acquiring programming and content to feed the screens of the company's brand portfolio.
Copa Airlines recognised as the most punctual airline in Latin America
The airline starts 2018 reaffirming its leadership on punctuality, recognised by OAG and FlightStats as the region's most punctual carrier and the fourth most punctual in the world.
Swiss fine watchmaking, now in Caracas
A selection of Swiss pieces with international warranty and certified servicing. Boutique in Caracas, by appointment.