The Mineros de Guayana Courier
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Mineros de Guayana
Aquiles Ocanto was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Leminger Bolívar falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match8 Aug 2026
Caracas take the points off Mineros de Guayana
Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Market10 Aug 2026
Mineros de Guayana promote Victor Osorio from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Victor Osorio has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Daniel Cordova joins the Mineros de Guayana first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Daniel Cordova is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Oscar Rondon steps up from the Mineros de Guayana academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Oscar Rondon has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
Mineros de Guayana promote Victor Rondon from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Victor Rondon has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Aquiles Ocanto needs a bigger stage
He is doing things every Saturday that nobody around him can answer. It is flattering for a season and a problem after that, and Mineros de Guayana know which stage they are at.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Too much change too quickly at Mineros de Guayana
19 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
In brief
- The dugout Juan Herrera answers for it
- The dugout The form table has caught Javier Bravo
- The dugout Carlos Espinoza left out for tactical reasons at Mineros de Guayana