Oilfield services company Haliburton (NYSE:HAL) says it expects to make a quick return to Venezuela, with company CEO Jeff Miller saying the company could be active in the South American country in a matter of months. Halliburton aims to help rebuild the nation’s dilapidated oil and gas infrastructure, and has downplayed the risk of responding to U.S. President Donald Trump’s call for $100 billion in investments. Jeff Miller told Energy Source that Haliburton’s business model means that it does not face the same kind of risk as…

Oilfield services company Haliburton (NYSE:HAL) says it expects to make a quick return to Venezuela, with company CEO Jeff Miller saying the company could be active in the South American country in a matter of months. Halliburton aims to help rebuild the nation’s dilapidated oil and gas infrastructure, and has downplayed the risk of responding to U.S. President Donald Trump’s call for $100 billion in investments. Jeff Miller told Energy Source that Haliburton’s business model means that it does not face the same kind of risk as…

15 de enero de 2026.- En el marco de la lucha contra la delincuencia organizada y el fortalecimiento de la seguridad ciudadana, el fiscal general de la República, Tarek William Saab, informó sobre la aprehensión de cuatro ciudadanos implicados en el tráfico ilícito de material bélico en el estado Mi...

The United States and Armenia have agreed on an implementation framework to develop a trade corridor that is the centerpiece of the provisional Armenian-Azerbaijani peace deal signed last summer in Washington. According to the document, the United States will have a majority stake in developing infrastructure for what is known as the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP). US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his Armenian counterpart, Ararat Mirzoyan, announced the memorandum of understanding following a January 13 meeting…

15 de enero de 2026.- El subjefe de gabinete de Estados Unidos, Stephen Miller, es tan poderoso que algunos de los funcionarios lo llaman “el primer ministro”. Es el arquitecto de la brutal política antimigrante del actual gobierno y, según versiones extraoficiales, está entre quienes proponen ataqu...

Following improved stability in the Red Sea, shipping giant Maersk is returning to the trans-Suez route connecting the Middle East and India with the U.S. East Coast, the Denmark-based company said on Thursday.  After the successful trans-Suez transits of two vessels in the past weeks, A.P. Moller - Maersk has decided to implement the first structural change of a service back to the trans-Suez route, the shipping giant said.  The return to the Red Sea and Suez Canal route applies to the MECL service, which is solely operated by Maersk…

Following improved stability in the Red Sea, shipping giant Maersk is returning to the trans-Suez route connecting the Middle East and India with the U.S. East Coast, the Denmark-based company said on Thursday.  After the successful trans-Suez transits of two vessels in the past weeks, A.P. Moller - Maersk has decided to implement the first structural change of a service back to the trans-Suez route, the shipping giant said.  The return to the Red Sea and Suez Canal route applies to the MECL service, which is solely operated by Maersk…

A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced a bill on Thursday, proposing the creation of a $2.5 billion critical minerals reserve in the United States.  The reserve would be a move to encourage mining and refining domestically as the U.S. looks to break China’s near-total monopoly in critical minerals and rare earths supply, refining, and pricing.   The bill says that China has moved to “weaponize its influence over prices and volumes in the contest for access to critical minerals,” and asserts that the goal is…

15 de enero de 2026.- El líder de la Revolución cubana, Raúl Castro, y el presidente Miguel Díaz-Canel, encabezaron hoy el primer homenaje póstumo a los 32 combatientes caídos durante la agresión militar de Estados Unidos a Venezuela. En el tributo también estuvieron presentes los familiares de l...

China continues to nearly single-handedly prop up global coal consumption and new coal-fired power generation, despite being also the world’s leading investor in renewables and battery storage.  China is set to commission as many as 85 coal-fired power generating units this year, out of a total global of 104 coal projects slated for start-up in 2026, according to data by non-profit Global Energy Monitor (GEM) cited by the Financial Times. Of all the 63 gigawatts (GW) of coal-fired power generation expected to begin commercial operations…

Venezuela avanza en una "Constituyente Laboral", un proceso que busca "establecer las bases de una sociedad más justa y equitativa, laboralmente", a través del consenso, según

La evaluación fundamental de Rusia sobre la operación ilegal de Estados Unidos en Venezuela sigue siendo válida: es una grave violación del derecho internacional, señaló el ministro de Asuntos Exteriores ruso, Serguéi Lavrov. Agregó que la mayoría de los países también consideran ilegal esta a...

El Ministro para la Agricultura Productiva y Tierras, Julio León Heredia, informó este miércoles que el cacao nacional cerró el año 2025 con un extraordinario balance. Registrando un repunte del 111% en sus exportaciones en comparación con el año anterior. El titular de l...

With traders across the globe refreshing their X accounts every 3 seconds, expecting to see news of imminent "kinetic action" in Iran, they instead got a report from NBC indicating that military action is far from certain and could take days to launch. According to the report which cites multiple anonymous sources - including a U.S. official, two people familiar with the discussions and a person close to the White House - Trump has told his national security team that "he would want any U.S. military action in Iran to deliver a swift…

Un ciudadano venezolano resultó herido de bala durante una redada antimigrante en Mineápolis, Minnesota, realizada este miércoles por agentes del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE) de Estados Unidos (EE.UU.). El Departamento de Seguridad Nacional informó en un comuni...

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La petrolera estadounidense Chevron podría recibir esta semana una licencia ampliada de Estados Unidos para aumentar la producción y las exportaciones de crudo desde Venezuela,

Canada and China signed on Thursday several cooperation agreements, including in the energy sector, as Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney hailed “a new era” in bilateral relations during an official visit to China.  Energy, forestry, food safety, crime, and culture were areas in which the two economies pledged cooperation as Canada is seeking to diversify trade partners away from the United States in the face of the hostile trade policy of the Trump Administration.  In the energy space, Canada and China agreed to discuss…

Canada and China signed on Thursday several cooperation agreements, including in the energy sector, as Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney hailed “a new era” in bilateral relations during an official visit to China.  Energy, forestry, food safety, crime, and culture were areas in which the two economies pledged cooperation as Canada is seeking to diversify trade partners away from the United States in the face of the hostile trade policy of the Trump Administration.  In the energy space, Canada and China agreed to discuss…

En una exhibición de control político y tras una intensa movilización de hilos de poder desde la Casa Blanca, el Senado de los Estados Unidos bloqueó este miércoles una resolución que buscaba frenar la capacidad del presidente Donald Trump para ordenar nuevos ataques militares contra Venezuela...