12 de marzo de 2026.-Legisladores estadounidenses revisaron las alarmantes estimaciones del Pentágono mientras la guerra con Irán se intensificaba tras los ataques a tres buques en el crucial Estrecho de Ormuz, informó Estados Unidos Hoy. Según las estimaciones del Pentágono revis...

11 de marzo de 2026.-Un grupo de 46 senadores, en su mayoría demócratas, envió el miércoles una carta al secretario de Defensa, Pete Hegseth, solicitando respuestas sobre el atentado con bomba en una escuela en Irán, informó La Colina. ...

Two oil tankers carrying Iraqi oil products caught fire Wednesday after being struck in Iraqi territorial waters near the country’s southern export terminals, according to Iraqi port officials and multiple media reports. The vessels, Vishnu, a Marshall Islands-flagged tanker chartered to an Iraqi company, and Zefyros, a Malta-flagged tanker transporting condensate from the Basra Gas Company, were operating near Iraq’s Al-Faw port area close to Basra when the incident occurred. Iraq’s director general of the General Company for…

Oil markets continue to experience heightened volatility as the Middle East conflict escalates, with oil prices trending north on Wednesday, shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump signaled that the war in the Middle East is nearly complete. In remarks made a couple of days ago, Trump described the conflict as a "short-term excursion" that is ahead of schedule and is nearing its final phase. At 3.55 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Brent crude for April delivery was up over 5% to trade at $92.21 per barrel, while the corresponding WTI crude contract was…

11 de marzo de 2026.-Irán no participará en el Mundial de este verano debido a los continuos ataques aéreos liderados por Estados Unidos e Israel contra el país, declaró el miércoles el ministro de Deportes del país, informaron CBS y Yahoo.com Ahmad Donyamali, ministro de Deportes y...

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz since March 1 has triggered an unprecedented distortion in global jet fuel markets, pushing European aviation fuel prices to historic extremes and exposing the continent’s structural dependence on Middle Eastern supply. In a market where diesel has traditionally commanded a premium over jet fuel, the sudden disruption of Gulf exports has inverted long-standing price relationships, leaving Europe desperately searching for alternatives that are either geographically distant, commercially unattractive, or…

Oil prices climbed sharply on Wednesday even after the International Energy Agency announced the largest coordinated release of strategic oil reserves in its history, underscoring the scale of supply concerns stemming from escalating tensions in the Middle East. At the time of writing, WTI crude was trading at $93.96, up 7.69%, while Brent crude stood at $91.98, up 4.76% on the day. The price surge came as shipping disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz intensified fears of a prolonged supply shock, offsetting any downward pressure from the IEA’s…

La Casa Blanca no ha proporcionado una evaluación pública del costo. Trump afirmó el miércoles que "ganamos". El Congreso podría considerar pronto financiar la guerra contra Irán co...

There's a particular kind of dread that sets in when you're watching an official tweet get deleted in real time. On Tuesday, the Energy Secretary posted that the U.S. Navy had successfully escorted an oil tanker through the Strait of Hormuz. Markets moved on it...  Brent crude swung 17 percent in a single session, briefly crashing below $80.  The White House press secretary then clarified: no armed escort had actually taken place. The tweet disappeared. Brent recovered toward $90. And somewhere, a few hundred traders made a lot of money…

11 de marzo de 2026.-El Viceministerio de Asuntos Religiosos y Cultos (VARC) llevó a cabo un acto de reconocimiento a la mujer venezolana en el Salón Rojo del Ministerio del Poder Popular para Relaciones Interiores, Jus...

Less than a week ago, the head of the International Energy Agency said there was “plenty of oil” in the market, and there was no need for an emergency release. This week, Fatih Birol proposed an emergency release of hundreds of millions of barrels, the largest ever. Meanwhile, the U.S. oil and gas industry seems to be in a wait-and-see mode—and it’s hard to blame them. The launch of strikes by the United States and Israel on Iran prompted retaliation that resulted in something few expected would ever happen: the effective…

11 de marzo de 2026.-En su compromiso por conectar a los venezolanos más allá de la señal telefónica, Movilnet anuncia la transformación de sus Oficinas de Servicio y Atención al Cliente (OSAC). La empresa ha implementado mejoras integrales en sus espacios físicos, buscando brindar una experie...

The war in Iran is sending shockwaves through global energy markets that will be felt for years to come. The conflict is causing the single biggest oil supply disruption in history, as the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has caused a nine-day disruption of 20 percent of the world’s oil transports, more-than doubling the previous record set during the Suez crisis of 1956. But the war and its energy market impacts represent much more than just economic chaos – they are also the harbingers of serious and lasting human and environmental…

The world’s top crude oil and LNG importer, China, is not as exposed and vulnerable to energy deliveries from the Middle East as one might think. China has been amassing crude volumes in storage for months, it has been working for years to diversify oil and gas supply sources and routes, and has boosted the share of transport electrification, which has reduced demand for road transportation fuels. As the Middle East crisis choked off supplies via the world’s most critical oil and gas chokepoint, the Strait of Hormuz, China is more resilient…

An oil pipeline crossing the Canada-US border may be back on government agendas, as the proponent, South Bow Corp (TSX:SOBO), looks to revive the long-dead project. TC Energy (TSX:TRP) spun the oil pipeline component of its business out to South Bow in 2024 to concentrate on natural gas and power. The rationale for Keystone was a way to bring together booming US oil production, and to a lesser extent, production from the oil sands in Northern Alberta, to Gulf Coast refineries that were facing declining imports from Mexico and Venezuela. The project…

La Federación Nacional de Asociaciones de Empresarios de Hidrocarburos en Venezuela (Fenegas) alertó que la implementación del plan piloto de la gasolina Súper Premium de 97 octanos ha provocado un colapso en las ventas de las estaciones de servicio que participan en el programa. La organizaci...

Energy shocks rarely remain confined to energy markets. They propagate through bond markets, fiscal balances and inflation expectations, says Helen Thomas As Winston Churchill once warned: “The statesman who yields to war fever must realise that once the signal is given he is no longer the master of policy, but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events.” The conflict in Iran is already affecting global markets. Oil prices have surged, bond yields are rising and traders are rapidly reassessing the outlook for inflation and…

Desde el pasado fin de semana, portales internacionales y redes sociales han difundido la noticia del presunto fallecimiento de Iddo Netanyahu, médico y hermano del primer ministro de Israel. La información se viralizó acompañada de un video de una residencia en llamas, sugiriendo un ataque di...

The U.S.–Israel attacks on Iran and the Afghanistan–Pakistan conflict threaten Central Asia’s plans to establish southbound trade routes to markets in Asia and Africa. Military escalation between Afghanistan’s Taliban-led government and Pakistan threatens several emerging trade, transport, and energy corridors linking Central Asia to South Asia, the Persian Gulf, and global markets. Risks are both direct (insecurity along routes) and indirect (border closures, investor withdrawal, and partner-state reluctance). Pakistan…