Vanessa Davies

[2] Davies was born in El Tigre, Anzoátegui state, and studied social communication at the Central University of Venezuela (UCV).

[citation needed] Davies was subsequently subpoenaed for questioning by the DISIP, which was criticized by Foreign Minister José Vicente Rangel, and followed by an admission by the Chávez government that security forces had killed more than sixty people in December 1999.

[citation needed] During her career at El Nacional, she also published two articles about "transgender and transformista life" in Venezuela.

[5] Davies was the host of the investigative journalism program, Contragolpe, on Venezuelan television channel, VTV, until 10 March 2014.

From 2009 to January 2016, Davies worked as the editor of the Venezuelan newspaper, Correo del Orinoco.