Venezuela 2040 brings U.S. and Venezuelan private sector leaders together with policymakers and Venezuelan talent in a working group convened by Global Americans.
Venezuela 2040: Dialogue, Institutions, and the Future of Investment
November 18 and 19, 2026, in Caracas. For two days, the people facing Venezuela's obstacles firsthand will be in the same room, working toward an agenda for the transition that clears roadblocks and sets priorities for reconstruction.
A closed day of sessions for members of the Working Group. Business leaders, officials, and experts come together for the first meeting of the Venezuela 2040 Working Group.
Program details tentative and subject to modification
Attendance is limited. Contact the team for more information and pricing.
Venezuela's reconstruction is already underway, but the list of what needs to happen is long and no one has agreed on what comes first. Licensing, permitting, correspondent banking, legacy claims, taxes, and institutional reform all compete for attention, and every company and policymaker is working through them in isolation. Policymakers lack a shared, evidence-based view of which obstacles matter most.
Venezuela 2040 is a Global Americans initiative built to close that gap. Its purpose is to provide independent analysis to inform stakeholders in both countries on the many tasks required to move Venezuela forward. It does this by bringing corporate partners, policymakers, and Venezuelan talent behind one shared agenda, so that shared obstacles are documented as a common picture rather than a series of disparate concerns.
Venezuela's recovery cannot rest on oil alone. Today's opening is a chance to lay the foundations for a diversified economy by 2040: institutions that work, and a rule of law that gives investors the confidence to commit for the long term. The private sector has a natural stake in that outcome. Companies need predictable rules, enforceable contracts, and functioning institutions to invest, which makes them a natural ally of institution-building.
Identifies legislative and regulatory obstacles shared across the private sector and publishes nonpartisan analysis of shared obstacles and convenes dialogue on solutions.
Learn More ↓The U.S.-Venezuela Reconstruction Index tracks every quarter whether Venezuela's recovery is accelerating and provides a data-driven benchmark for the recovery.
Learn More ↓A platform that connects diaspora talent to companies on the ground in Venezuela, with a pilot beginning in 2027 and an official launch in 2028.
Learn More ↓Not every obstacle to investment in Venezuela can be solved at once. Venezuela 2040 identifies the legislative and regulatory obstacles shared across the Working Group's subgroups and makes them the priority. Drawing on research and consultations with Venezuelan experts and Global Americans' own contacts, we publish nonpartisan analysis of shared obstacles and convene dialogue on solutions. Governments can act on a short, clear list far more easily than on a long set of disconnected requests.
Sound policy depends on good data. The U.S.-Venezuela Reconstruction Index is a quarterly publication that tracks and follows up on Venezuela's economic recovery, showing whether it is accelerating. Policymakers, investors, and partners get a regular, shared read on progress, and the priorities set in Pillar I are measured against what is actually changing on the ground.
The labor force is one of the biggest constraints on Venezuela's recovery. By the end of 2024, more than 7.9 million Venezuelans had left the country, and the departures began with skilled workers. The talent that companies need to operate in Venezuela is, in large part, living abroad.
The Talent Bridge uses the diaspora to fill that gap. It connects diaspora talent to companies on the ground, working through local diaspora societies abroad. It focuses on mid-range talent: professionals for whom Venezuela can offer a better quality of life, even with lower pay. A pilot program begins in 2027, and the official launch takes place in 2028.
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The Working Group is where priorities become action items. Corporate partners, policymakers, and individuals join forces through joint work sessions, and sessions inform Global Americans' independent research and public policy briefs. The work covers regulation and taxes as well as licensing, permitting, and banking, so that the issues holding back investment get in front of the people who can change them.
Global Americans has established a cohort of fellows: professionals from the academic, banking, consumer goods, and media sectors, inside and outside Venezuela. Their role is to connect the initiative to what is already happening in Venezuela, contributing their networks, access, and strategic insight, and helping guide which priorities the work takes on. With the fellows' involvement, the priorities Venezuela 2040 brings to policymakers stay grounded in what is actually happening in the country.
Founder and Managing Partner, Solercia
Emergency Response Coordinator, Alimenta La Solidaridad
Co-Founder and Delivery Director, Yummy
Head of Strategic Finance, Cashea
Director, Family Business Group, Corimon, Venceramica, Firestone
Professor, Institute of Economic and Social Research, Universidad Católica Andrés Bello
Digital Communications Advisor
Manager of International Finance, Empresas Purolomo
Senior Partner, Kingsley Gate
Financial Planning Manager, Grupo Venemergencia
Director and Editor In Chief, Ecosistema
Director of International & Correspondent Banking, BNC
Venezuela 2040 is supported by its corporate partners, but its research, analysis, and recommendations are Global Americans' own. Partners make this work possible; they do not direct or approve its content, and their support does not confer influence over Global Americans' positions.
