While diplomatic efforts struggle to stabilize access to the Strait of Hormuz amid tensions between the United States and Iran, Eurasian trade is increasingly being redirected toward overland alternatives, with the Trans-Caspian Transport Route, also known as the Middle Corridor, emerging as a key diversification route in Eurasian logistics. The World Bank described the Middle Corridor back in 2023 as a strategically important but structurally constrained route. While geopolitical fragmentation, driven in part by Russia's war in Ukraine, has increased…

Primary oil processing at Rosneft’s Novokuibyshevsk refinery has been halted. The outage, which began on April 18 after a Ukrainian drone strike, encompasses the first stage of crude processing at one of Russia’s refineries in the Samara region, two sources told Reuters on Tuesday. The outage follows attacks reported on Saturday by Samara region governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev, who said the Novokuibyshevsk and Syzran refineries had been targeted. The Novokuibyshevsk plant is operated by Rosneft and processed 5.74 million metric tons…

Rusia anunció el martes que inauguró con Corea del Norte un puente que estará operativo este verano boreal, convirtiéndose en la primera carretera que conectará a ambos aliados, que han reforzado sus lazos desde la ofensiva rusa en Ucrania. "Por primera vez se establecerá una c...

21 de abril de 2026.- Tras 567 días, el exalcalde de Maracaibo, Rafael Ramírez Colina fue dejado en libertad con medidas cautelares. Audiencias El pasado miércoles inició el juicio que contó con tres audiencias; e incluyó a los miembros de su equipo de trabajo detenidos en 2024, Margarita Ass...

Norway kept petroleum production near peak levels in March 2026—but the more important signal for oil markets is that the country is now operating with virtually no spare capacity. At a time when global supply remains highly sensitive to geopolitical disruptions, one of the world’s most reliable non-OPEC producers has little left to give. According to preliminary figures from the Norwegian Offshore Directorate, total liquids production averaged around 2.1 million barrels per day (bpd) in March, including crude oil, NGLs, and condensate.…

Norway kept petroleum production near peak levels in March 2026—but the more important signal for oil markets is that the country is now operating with virtually no spare capacity. At a time when global supply remains highly sensitive to geopolitical disruptions, one of the world’s most reliable non-OPEC producers has little left to give. According to preliminary figures from the Norwegian Offshore Directorate, total liquids production averaged around 2.1 million barrels per day (bpd) in March, including crude oil, NGLs, and condensate.…

Norway kept petroleum production near peak levels in March 2026—but the more important signal for oil markets is that the country is now operating with virtually no spare capacity. At a time when global supply remains highly sensitive to geopolitical disruptions, one of the world’s most reliable non-OPEC producers has little left to give. According to preliminary figures from the Norwegian Offshore Directorate, total liquids production averaged around 2.1 million barrels per day (bpd) in March, including crude oil, NGLs, and condensate.…

21 de abril de 2026.- En la noche del lunes, 20 de abril, comenzó el juicio por la denominada trama Pdvsa – Cripto, de la cual el principal acusado es el exministro del Petróleo, Tareck el Aissami. La audiencia tuvo lugar en el tribunal N° 4 en materia de terrorismo y corrupción en el Palacio de Jus...

Martes, 21 de abril d 2026.- A nuestra redacción ha llegado un material audiovisual de análisis obligatorio para todo aquel que busque entender la realidad geopolítica actual. En una reciente rueda de prensa, el presidente de los Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, detalló sin matices la naturaleza ...

21 de abril de 2026.- Grupos sociales, sindicales, de médicos y familiares rechazan hoy el proyecto para reformar la Ley de Discapacidad que envió al Congreso el gobierno de Javier Milei quien fue, además, denunciado en tribunales por abandono de personas. Para justificar su acción la Casa Rosada...

U.S. intervention in Venezuela, with illegitimate President Nicolas Maduro snatched in a daring January 2026 night raid, opened the country's oil industry to foreign investment. While President Donald Trump is aggressively pushing for Big Oil to invest in Venezuela, energy majors are taking a more sober approach. Venezuela's heavily corroded oil infrastructure, responsible for a nationwide environmental catastrophe, will require tens of billions of dollars to remediate before production will rise significantly. This, along with an ecological crisis…

Oil markets are on edge as delayed U.S.-Iran talks and Trump’s warning on the ceasefire raise the risk of renewed conflict, with Brent crude potentially spiking back toward $100 per barrel. Oil Whiplash, Gas Freefall: LNG Shrugs Off Hormuz Chaos - Crude oil prices have spent most of March-April seesawing up and down, reacting to Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz and Donald Trump’s Truth Social posts. Global LNG prices have been declining for the past four weeks, defying upward swings in other commodities. - Northeast Asia’s…

La Sala Penal del Tribunal Supremo de Justicia confirmó la condena de 25 años de prisión impuesta a Vanesa Andreína Figueroa Vargas y Cristóbal Enrique Corro Herrera, hallados culpables de incurrir en el delito de difusión de material pornográfico. Tal decisión está contenida en la sentencia n...

Las Reservas Internacionales de Venezuela cerraron la semana del 17 de abril de 2026 en US$ 13.674 millones. Este monto representa un incremento del 0,63% (+US$ 85 millones) en relación con cierre de la semana anterior, cuando se ubicaron en US$ 13.589 millones. Evolución de...

En lo que va de año se han realizado en Portuguesa casi 5.000 cirugías gratuitas, garantizando a los pacientes desde la evaluación y los exámenes preoperatorios hasta el control y tratamiento postquirúrgico, incluyendo el traslado a los centros de salud. Adultos y niños han sido ope...

La presidenta encargada de Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, anunció este domingo acuerdos directos con las trasnacionales Siemens y General Electric para atender la crítica situación del suministro eléctrico en el estado Zulia. El anuncio, realizado durante una actividad cultural transmitida por VT...

Caracas | 21 de abril de 2026 – El Instituto Nacional de Parques (Inparques) recibió una dotación estratégica de 150 unidades motorizadas, destinadas a optimizar las labores de vigilancia, control y atención de emergencias en las áreas protegidas de Venezuela. Este impulso logístico form...

Environmental activists on Tuesday launched a new lawsuit against Shell in the Netherlands, demanding that the supermajor stop bringing new oil and gas fields on stream to avoid additional emissions. Friends of the Earth – the Netherlands, or Milieudefensie, delivered the summons to Shell on Tuesday, in the second such case against the oil and gas major in the country. In 2024, a Dutch court of appeal handed a victory to Shell in the first landmark climate case, overturning a lower court ruling that had obliged the supermajor to slash its…

Su participación ¡brillante! en la Cantata para Fabricio Ojeda, quedó cual ícono entre quienes -como ella- abrazaron la defensa de los derechos humanos como razón de vida Culminó su misión terrenal la cantora revolucionaria, Gloria Martín. Su deceso fue reportado, alrededor de...

A sustained $100-per-barrel oil price could unlock up to 2.1 million barrels per day (bpd) of additional crude supply across South America by the mid-2030s, according to new analysis by Rystad Energy. The finding comes as the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz has forced a sharp upward revision in our forecasted average 2026 oil price, from $60 Brent per barrel in January to $89 per barrel today. At current production levels, government revenues across South America are expected to rise by approximately $43 billion this year alone relative…