Venezuela's Ministry of Economy and Finance published an update outlining a shift in financing policy under which the recovery of bank credit will be strictly linked to real-economy production, alongside a strengthened push for strategic import substitution. Acting President Delcy Rodríguez framed the approach as excluding speculative uses of credit, including lending for foreign-exchange arbitrage. The policy prioritises lending to sectors including fishing, small-scale farming, agroindustry and tourism, with the stated aim of directing capital to producers of essential goods. It also seeks to broaden access to foreign currency and credit and avoid concentration of resources in economic elites or projects without tangible social impact, positioning each VES invested as supporting food sovereignty and the development of domestic industry over imports.

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