12 de enero de 2026.-El estado de Minnesota y las Ciudades Gemelas demandaron a la administración Trump, argumentando que la operación federal de inmigración sin precedentes en el estado constituye una "invasión federal" y solicitando una orden judicial que detenga la represión, segú...

Trump dice que podría mantener a Exxon fuera de Venezuela luego de que su director ejecutivo la calificara de "no apta para inversión" 12 de enero de 2026.-El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, amenazó con excluir a Exxon Mobil del mercado energético venezolano, afirmando q...

The U.S. stood the energy world on its ear with the “wee-hours” takedown of the Maduro regime just as the New Year began. One of the principal aims of the administration was made abundantly clear in the press conference that detailed the stunning shift in energy geopolitics that had been effected just a few hours before. In addition to bringing Nicolas Maduro to justice, the U.S. was taking over the administration of the country’s oil sector with the express ambition of revitalizing it and increasing production. Estimates were…

Previously, we reported that global upstream operators will cut investment for a second consecutive year in 2026, with capital expenditure expected to fall by at least 2-3% year-on-year, and more than 5% compared to 2024 levels, as the industry navigates sub-$60/bbl oil prices while maintaining focus on long-term resilience. Still, Wood Mackenzie has predicted that operators will continue to add strategic, new growth opportunities in several regions across the globe. To wit, the Middle East and North Africa are slated to add at least 20 billion…

One of the campaign promises of President Donald Trump was to secure affordable energy for Americans. Even at the time, this promise put him at odds with the oil industry, already suffering from low oil prices. Now, the rift has deepened as the prospect of cheap Venezuelan crude pressures everyone but Big Oil. Thankfully for the industry, geopolitics still plays a role in price-setting. It’s good news for oil producers and bad news for consumers. Almost every oil market forecaster predicted prices would go even lower this year than they were…

For the past year, surging oil production from the Americas – led by the United States, Guyana, and Brazil – has been a headache for OPEC in its efforts to rebalance the market and seek higher oil prices. OPEC’s efforts to continue influencing global oil supply and prices could be further undermined by the U.S. intervention in Venezuela and President Donald Trump’s idea to control the oil industry of the world’s biggest crude resource holder.   OPEC member Venezuela is estimated to hold 303 billion barrels of…

12 de enero de 2026.-Este lunes, el vicepresidente Sectorial de Política, Seguridad Ciudadana y Paz, capitán Diosdado Cabello Rondón, cuestionó la narrativa comunicacional existente en Estados Unidos sobre alcabalas colocadas por colectivos comunitarios, las cuales supuestamente buscan crear z...

Caracas, 12 de enero de 2026.– Con la mirada puesta en un 2026 de expansión y eficiencia, la ministra del Poder Popular para el Turismo, Leticia Gómez, sostuvo un encuentro de alto nivel con los principales actores del sector privado. Esta mesa de trabajo, lejos de ser una reunión protoc...

Few debates in Brussels carry as much emotional charge as critical raw materials. Mention lithium, rare earths, graphite, or nickel and the discussion almost immediately turns alarmist. China dominates the supply chain. Europe is dangerously dependent. The energy transition is at risk. The tone often suggests inevitability, as if this imbalance were a law of physics rather than the result of political and industrial choices. Step back from the panic and a different picture emerges. Europe’s vulnerability in critical materials is not geological.…

Australia's mining giant, BHP Group ( NYSE:BHP), will wait out talks over the proposed merger by the United Kingdom’s Rio Tinto Group (NYSE:RIO) and Switzerland-based commodity trading and mining company Glencore Plc. (OTCPK:GLCNF), people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday. With a market cap of $162 billion, BHP was viewed as the most likely spoiler of Rio's bid for Glencore that would create the world's largest mining company. However, the Australian miner says it will not pursue a counterbid because Glencore is not complementary…

Australia's mining giant, BHP Group ( NYSE:BHP), will wait out talks over the proposed merger by the United Kingdom’s Rio Tinto Group (NYSE:RIO) and Switzerland-based commodity trading and mining company Glencore Plc. (OTCPK:GLCNF), people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday. With a market cap of $162 billion, BHP was viewed as the most likely spoiler of Rio's bid for Glencore that would create the world's largest mining company. However, the Australian miner says it will not pursue a counterbid because Glencore is not complementary…

12 de enero de 2026.- La paralización de labores se desarrolla en el Hospital Mount Sinai y dos de sus campus satélite, además del NewYork-Presbyterian y el Centro Médico Montefiore en el Bronx, donde se instalaron piquetes. Aproximadamente 15.000 enfermeras están involucradas en la huelga, según in...

The Chinese are nothing if not persistent. In December 2025, Wu Xinbo, Dean, Institute of International Studies, Fudan University and advisor to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, used the pages of Foreign Affairs, to propose a “grand bargain” between China and America. Wu argues that U.S.–China relations have reached a pivotal moment that requires a comprehensive reset to prevent long?term confrontation. He proposes starting with economic cooperation—easing U.S. technology restrictions and increasing Chinese market…

Germany has finalized a deal to buy a stake in the German division of Dutch power grid operator TenneT (TenneT Germany) for around €7.6–€8.9 billion (approx. $8.2–$9.6 billion), locking in some state influence over critical high-voltage infrastructure and unlocking funding capacity for the grid expansion required by the energy transition, Reuters reported on Monday.  The transaction is aimed at easing one of the most persistent constraints in Germany’s energy shift: financing and executing large-scale transmission…

Germany has finalized a deal to buy a stake in the German division of Dutch power grid operator TenneT (TenneT Germany) for around €7.6–€8.9 billion (approx. $8.2–$9.6 billion), locking in some state influence over critical high-voltage infrastructure and unlocking funding capacity for the grid expansion required by the energy transition, Reuters reported on Monday.  The transaction is aimed at easing one of the most persistent constraints in Germany’s energy shift: financing and executing large-scale transmission…

12 de enero de 2026.- El secretario general del Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela (PSUV), Diosdado Cabello Rondón, reafirmó este lunes el apoyo total de la organización política a la presidenta encargada, Delcy Rodríguez. Esta declaración se produce en respuesta al secuestro del presidente const...

The United States is now engaged in what I am calling "smash-and-grab" diplomacy in Venezuela, and it will perhaps soon do the same in Greenland, a territory of the Kingdom of Denmark. In case you have never heard the term, smash-and-grab refers to robberies undertaken by smashing store windows and/or display cases and taking what is readily available without concern about alarms going off or people on the street or in the store seeing what the robbers are doing. The phrase seems more descriptive than the older one of "gunboat diplomacy", in…

12 de ener0 de 2026.- El Gobierno del presidente Rodrigo Paz y las organizaciones sociales, lideradas por la Central Obrera Boliviana (COB), firmaron este domingo (11) un acuerdo en El Alto por el cual se abroga en su totalidad el polémico Decreto Supremo 5503. El pacto, alcanzado tras intensas ...

Lunes,12 de enero de 2026.- Programa "A Pulso", del nieve de enero, conducido por Julio Riobó en Venezolana de Televisión. Con Olga Álvarez, analista experta en derecho electoral y derechos humanos; Jesús Ernesto Parra, fundador de la revista Plátano Verde, creador de Misión Verdad; Víctor Veg...

The dollar sold off and gold rallied on Monday, after Donald Trump ramped up his assault on the Federal Reserve by opening an unprecedented criminal investigation into the central bank and its chair, Jerome Powell. The US dollar fell some 0.36 per cent against a basket of major currencies, while the spot rate of gold climbed as much as 1.9 per cent as traders digested the President’s most dramatic salvo of a long-running feud with the Fed and its chair. Powell revealed that the US Justice Department had served the Fed with grand jury subpoenas…