Martes, 18 de agost o de 2026.- Ataque con misiles en EAU, furia de Trump contra Irán y pánico en los mercados. Emiratos Árabes Unidos activa la alerta de seguridad nacional tras interceptar una amenaza de misiles en su territorio en plena escalada regional, mientras el Pentágono evalúa un cambi...

18 de agosto de 2026.- El Centro de Estudios por la Democracia Socialista-CEDES tiene el placer de invitar al lanzamiento del libro GRAMSCI: Bloque histórico y hegemonía, escrito por el profesor Carlos Mezones. El mismo se realizará este jueves 20 de agosto en la sede de esa institución ubicada entr...

18 de agosto de 2026.- Mujeres denunciaron casos de acoso sexual mientras esperaban ser registradas, luego de que entraron el pasado 30 de julio en Ceuta, al enclave español del norte de África como parte de ⁠una travesía migratoria masiva Más de una docena de mujeres montaron un campamento en un...

Martes, 18 de agosto de 2026.- ¿Qué sabe Putin de la CIA? Lección que México debe aprender | Entrevista Completa con Tucker Carlson ¿Está México preparado para las jugadas geopolíticas de la CIA y el tablero internacional? En un momento crucial para la soberanía de América Latina, las revelacion...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has predicted that the Strait of Hormuz will become “irrelevant” within two years, and with Gulf oil producers already building their way around it, millions of barrels may prove him right for a short time.  Months into the Iran war, the UAE, Iraq, Kuwait and Qatar are moving more than 4 million barrels per day through a shadow export network of AIS-dark shuttle tankers and ship-to-ship transfers outside the Persian Gulf, keeping millions of barrels flowing through a waterway that has largely…

Saudi Arabia spent weeks finding ways around the Strait of Hormuz. Now it is starting to send tankers straight back through it. Saudi Aramco resumed crude loadings from its Ras Tanura and Juaymah terminals inside the strait last week, ending a three-week gap in activity at the ports, according to Kpler and Vortexa data cited by Reuters. Three VLCCs—Malaysia Prosperity, Algeria Prosperity and Singapore Prosperity—each loaded roughly 2 million barrels between August 12 and August 16. Six more VLCCs could load Saudi crude from inside Hormuz…

Saudi Arabia spent weeks finding ways around the Strait of Hormuz. Now it is starting to send tankers straight back through it. Saudi Aramco resumed crude loadings from its Ras Tanura and Juaymah terminals inside the strait last week, ending a three-week gap in activity at the ports, according to Kpler and Vortexa data cited by Reuters. Three VLCCs—Malaysia Prosperity, Algeria Prosperity and Singapore Prosperity—each loaded roughly 2 million barrels between August 12 and August 16. Six more VLCCs could load Saudi crude from inside Hormuz…

18 de agosto de 2026.- La directora del departamento de Geología de Terremotos de Funvisis, Luz María Rodríguez, explicó que las réplicas sísmicas se mantendrán en el país durante un largo período de tiempo. Esto se debe a que las zonas donde se originaron los terremotos del 24 de junio aún de...

Martes, 18 de agosto de 2026.- "No somos el patio trasero": Chile frena exigencias del Pentágono y descarta subir gasto militar. En exclusiva con TVN desde Panamá, el ministro de Defensa Fernando Barros respondió a la controvertida intervención de Estados Unidos en el foro de la Coalición de l...

Despite apparent financing difficulties hovering over the construction of nuclear reactors in Uzbekistan, the Russian nuclear agency Rosatom has announced it is developing a training program for Uzbek technicians who will eventually operate the plant. Rosatom specialists need to develop new, specific training modules for what is envisioned as an “integrated nuclear plant” featuring the operation of both large-scale and small modular reactors. “This requires developing training materials tailored to the specifics of small reactors,…

18 de agosto de 2026.- Florida, el estado de residencia oficial del presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, abrió este martes las urnas para unas primarias en las que los floridanos votarán por los candidatos a suceder a Ron DeSantis como gobernador del estado, y a sus representantes en el Congr...

Martes, 18 de agosto de 2026.- Con motivo del cumplimiento del 30 Aniversario de la publicación de la Agenda Alternativa Bolivariana de Venezuela, el Centro de Estudios de la Democracia Socialista, CEDES, organizó un Conversatorio con el profesor Jorge Giordani, encuentro que se realizó en su sede ...

18 de agosto de 2026.- La ministra para la Vivienda y Hábitat, Paola Posani, informó que hasta este martes han registrado casi 40 mil familias en el censo Único de Viviendas, lo que se traduce en aproximadamente 128 mil personas luego de las afectaciones . «El 80% del re...

Brent and WTI futures remain below $100 a barrel on Tuesday morning, partly suppressed by governments releasing strategic oil reserves into global markets. But the more serious issue is building downstream, where the Russia-Ukraine war, strikes against energy infrastructure, and continued disruptions around the Strait of Hormuz are fueling the refined-products "perfect storm" we have repeatedly warned about. Oil extended gains this morning, with Brent trading around $91 a barrel after another vessel attack was reported near the Hormuz maritime…

Chinese exports of solar cells and panels dropped in July as the removal of the local export tax rebate as of April 1 continued to depress exports for the third straight month. China’s solar equipment exports declined by 21.4% last month from a year earlier, according to Chinese customs data cited by Reuters on Tuesday. The world’s top solar panel and cell manufacturer scrapped, effective April 1, 2026, export tax rebates for the value added tax (VAT) of photovoltaic products, including solar cells and panels. China will also withdraw…

Chinese exports of solar cells and panels dropped in July as the removal of the local export tax rebate as of April 1 continued to depress exports for the third straight month. China’s solar equipment exports declined by 21.4% last month from a year earlier, according to Chinese customs data cited by Reuters on Tuesday. The world’s top solar panel and cell manufacturer scrapped, effective April 1, 2026, export tax rebates for the value added tax (VAT) of photovoltaic products, including solar cells and panels. China will also withdraw…

La provincia de Granada ha registrado la mañana de este martes un nuevo terremoto de magnitud 4,8, a las 10:37 horas, con epicentro al noroeste de Gójar y una profundidad de 5 kilómetros. La Junta de Andalucía ha confirmado que tres personas han resultado heridas "de carácter leve" y...

El ministro de Seguridad Nacional de Israel, el ultraderechista Itamar Ben-Gvir, recomendó "matar 30 o 40 palestinos cada noche", incluidos aquellos que "no representen una amenaza inmediata, porque nomerecen vivir, ni siquiera son personas". Además, afirmó que los prisione...

Russia's Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by the Yabloko party, the sole officially registered party to openly oppose Moscow's war on Ukraine, against its removal from the ballot for September parliamentary elections. In a separate hearing on August 17, a court in the city of Pskov sentenced an outspoken deputy chairman of Yabloko, Lev Shlosberg, to more than 11 years in prison after convicting him under a law designed to punish critics of the war. The rulings display the Kremlin's determination to silence dissent, particularly when it comes…

** El coordinador Académico de la Licenciatura de Psicología de la Universidad de Los Andes, profesor Gustavo Alcántara, reflexionó sobre la libertad, la institucionalidad y los valores que deben guiar la transformación universitaria. Abogado, politólogo y doctor en Ciencias Humanas, Alcán...