El vicepresidente sectorial de Planificación, Ricardo Menéndez, destacó este jueves la importancia de avanzar en la construcción de un sistema de información sobre riesgos comunitarios que integre la participación popular con las plataformas de georreferenciación del Estado venezolano.

The war in the Middle East has effectively shut in 15% of TotalEnergies’ global oil and gas output, while the now-offline barrels account for about 10% of the supermajor’s upstream cash flow. Following requests from shareholders and to answer the question about the status of TotalEnergies’ exposure to Middle East, the France-based international major said on Friday that “production has been shut down or is in the process of shutting down in Qatar, Iraq, and UAE offshore, representing approximately 15%” of the group’s…

Delcy Rodríguez, quien ocupa el cargo de presidenta encargada de Venezuela desde el apresamiento del presidente Nicolás Maduro, hizo nuevas declaraciones el miércoles, 11 de marzo, con relación al reconocimiento formal de su administración por parte de Estados Unidos. En ese sentido...

El Gobierno Bolivariano marcó un hito histórico en la gobernanza tecnológica regional al presentar oficialmente el nuevo código de ética que regirá la inteligencia artificial en el país. Esta iniciativa surge como una respuesta estratégica a los desafíos que plantean los algoritmos modernos, p...

El precio del petróleo opera este jueves cerca de los 100 dólares por barril y los mercados siguen incrementando sus pérdidas en la decimotercera jornada de guerra en Oriente Medio. Hacia las 13:50 GMT, el precio del barril de Brent del mar del Norte subía un 8,6 por ciento hasta lo...

El portavoz del secretario general de la Organización de Naciones Unidas (ONU), Stéphane Dujarric, confirmó que representantes del organismo están en conversaciones con el gobierno de Estados Unidos para garantizar el acceso a combustible con fines humanitarios en Cuba. "Estamo...

For decades, global attention has focused on the potential “red line” of Iran’s nuclear program. Intelligence agencies track centrifuge installations, debate enrichment levels, and speculate about the possibility of a nuclear breakout. But while the world has been watching Iran’s nuclear program, it has a far more immediate strategic lever. Iran’s most powerful weapon is not a bomb. It is the geography it controls. The Strait of Hormuz is a narrow shipping corridor between Iran and Oman. If that passage is effectively…

Fuentes del gobierno estadounidense encabezado por Donald Trump han informado de fuertes diferencias en la Casa Blanca respecto a la guerra impuesta contra Irán. Diferencias internas en la Casa Blanca están afectando las declaraciones del presidente estadounidense sobre el curso de ...

Irán advirtió este jueves que Estados Unidos se arrepentirá de haber iniciado la guerra contra la república islámica, y anunció que mantendrá cerrado el estratégico estrecho de Ormuz, una presión adicional que impulsó al petróleo a cerrar en un máximo desde 2022. La guerra en Medio ...

En Caracas, se realizó una Gran Marcha por la Paz y la Soberanía, que inició en la Plaza Morelos, y contó con la presencia del ministro del Proceso Social del Trabajo, Eduardo Piñate, y el secretario de Movilización de Calle del PSUV, Nahúm Fernández. La movilización tendrá punto final en la A...

Investment banks are scrambling to revise up their oil price forecasts as the Middle East war cripples supply from the most important oil-producing region, with some expecting oil to surge to $150 per barrel or even higher if the Strait of Hormuz remains off limits for tanker traffic for several weeks.  Analysts at Macquarie warned of this potential price spike, while all other major investment banks hiked their first-quarter and second-quarter forecasts.   Goldman Sachs, for example, expects Brent Crude prices to average over $100…

El presidente Miguel Díaz-Canel ratificó hoy en conferencia de prensa en esta capital la existencia de un proceso de diálogo en fase inicial entre funcionarios cubanos y representantes del gobierno de Estados Unidos en busca de soluciones a las diferencias bilaterales. En respuesta ...

Crude oil markets experienced intense volatility between March 8 and March 12 as traders reacted to escalating geopolitical tensions, threats to global oil shipping routes, and emergency supply measures from major consuming nations. The week saw both benchmarks swing sharply as the market tried to price in the risk of a major supply disruption in the Middle East. By Thursday’s close, nearby West Texas Intermediate crude futures were trading at $96.77, up $5.87 or 6.46%, reflecting how quickly sentiment shifted during the week. At the center…

Oil on War Footing The disruption to Qatar’s LNG system is now spreading through the global trading network. Shell and TotalEnergies have begun notifying customers that deliveries may be disrupted after QatarEnergy halted LNG production following drone strikes on Ras Laffan and Mesaieed. These companies buy cargoes from Qatar and resell them under their own contracts to utilities and industrial buyers across Europe and Asia. When upstream supply stops, those downstream commitments cannot be guaranteed. Traders therefore begin declaring force…

The IEA estimates that at least 10 million bpd of supply has already been shut in, making it the largest disruption the oil market has ever faced. Refineries across the Gulf are reducing runs because products cannot be exported. Diesel, jet fuel, and LPG markets are tightening sharply. Governments have responded with a record 400-million-barrel release from strategic reserves, but those barrels will arrive slowly while the disruption is happening now. At the same time, Tehran itself is sending mixed signals. Iranian diplomats say the country does…

Refiners can legally buy at least 19 million barrels of Russian crude held on 25 tankers in Asia under the one-month U.S. waiver allowing sales as Middle Eastern supply is choked.   The U.S. Treasury on Thursday moved to allow until April 11 purchases of Russian crude stuck in tankers in floating storage.  Some 30 tankers carrying Russian crude oil and petroleum products are in Asia currently, according to vessel-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg.  Of these tankers, 25 are laden with crude while the rest hold products, mostly…

Este viernes se prevé nubosidad de fragmentada a parcial en la mayor parte del país; sin embargo, durante la madrugada y parte de la mañana se estiman mantos nubosos asociados a lluvias o lloviznas en la Guayana Esequiba, Delta Amacuro, este de Sucre, Bolívar, Amazonas, este de Miranda, este d...

Venezuela a través de la empresa Petróleos de Venezuela, Pdvsa, y Pdvsa-Gas suscribió, este jueves 12 de marzo, un acuerdo con la licenciataria Cardón Cuatro S.A., constituido por la petrolera española Repsol y la italiana ENI, en materia de hidrocarburos. La acción permitirá garantizar el aba...

Gaceta Oficial 43317, viernes 13 febrero 2026 Official Gazette 43317, Friday, February 13, 2026 SUMARIO  MINISTERIO DEL PODER POPULAR PARA LA DEFENSA  Resolución que delega en el General de División Emiliano Ernesto Cegarra Delgado, e...

Goldman Sachs expects Brent Crude prices to average over $100 per barrel this month as the Middle East war continues to choke supply, the investment bank said on Friday, noting that prices could surge even higher if the biggest oil supply disruption in history extends into months instead of weeks.  Analysts at Goldman Sachs see the average Brent Crude price at $85 per barrel in April, they said in a note carried by Reuters.   The new estimates follow Thursday’s price forecast update in which Goldman Sachs hiked its Brent Crude…