Europe’s benchmark natural gas prices soared this week after Qatar’s key LNG hub sustained extensive damage in Iranian missile attacks, with European gas prices on track for a 20% weekly jump early on Friday as the market braces itself for years of disrupted supply out of the world’s second-largest LNG exporter.    The April 2026 contract of the Dutch TTF Natural Gas Futures slightly eased early on Friday from the surge on Thursday and was trading flat at about $72 (62 euros) per megawatt-hour (MWh) as…

Europe’s benchmark natural gas prices soared this week after Qatar’s key LNG hub sustained extensive damage in Iranian missile attacks, with European gas prices on track for a 20% weekly jump early on Friday as the market braces itself for years of disrupted supply out of the world’s second-largest LNG exporter.    The April 2026 contract of the Dutch TTF Natural Gas Futures slightly eased early on Friday from the surge on Thursday and was trading flat at about $72 (62 euros) per megawatt-hour (MWh) as…

De manera unilateral, el gobierno costarricense limitó las relaciones con la Mayor de las Antillas al ámbito consular El presidente cubano, Miguel Díaz-Canel, rechazó la decisión unilateral del gobierno de Costa Rica de «…rebajar el nivel de las relaciones con Cuba, lim...

El vicepresidente sectorial de Planificación, Ricardo Menéndez, advirtió sobre los riesgos asociados al uso de la inteligencia artificial, especialmente en la manipulación de la información y su incidencia en la libertad de pensamiento de la sociedad venezolana. Así lo dejó saber du...

When Israeli jets struck the South Pars gas complex near Asaluyeh, they hit more than pipes and compressors. They struck the single piece of infrastructure most essential to Iran's ability to function -- a field that provides 75 percent of Iran's domestic gas supply and powers roughly 80 percent of the country's electricity generation. The strike halted output at two refineries with a combined daily capacity of around 100 million cubic meters, sending prices soaring and triggering Iranian retaliatory strikes on energy infrastructure in Gulf Arab…

El Instituto Venezolano de los Seguros Sociales (IVSS) anunció que el pago de las pensiones correspondientes al mes de abril se realizará el viernes 20 de marzo, según una publicación difundida en su cuenta oficial de Instagram. El organismo recordó a los beneficiarios que pueden realizar sus ...

El Cuerpo de Guardianes de Irán dedica la 67ª oleada de ataques de represalia contra EE.UU. e Israel a su portavoz mártir y advierte que a Trump y Netanyahu les esperará un destino similar a Sadam. En un comunicado, el Cuerpo de Guardianes de la Revolución Islámica (CGRI) de Ir...

Cuba is set to soon receive two Russian cargoes of crude and diesel amid the U.S. energy blockade that has caused an unprecedented power crisis in the country.   The shipments from Russia, which considers Cuba as one of few “friendly countries”, could test the U.S. resolve to continue isolating energy shipments for the island. If the tankers en route to Cuba do arrive in the coming days, they would be the first Russian oil and fuel shipments to the country this year.  The tanker Anatoly Kolodkin, sanctioned by the U.S.,…

From Sunday through late Thursday, oil swung sharply as traders moved between two competing forces: escalating war risk in the Middle East and a growing policy response aimed at easing supply shortages. As of late Thursday, nearby WTI crude oil traded at $94.13, down $3.90 or 3.98%, reflecting how quickly sentiment shifted during the week. War Risk Collides With Supply Relief, Driving Violent Oil Price Swings Early in the week, crude prices moved lower as initial fears of a complete supply choke eased. Reports indicated that some tankers had begun…

Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict Trump’s “51st state” comment on Venezuela comes as the country’s power structure is being reset in a way that looks controlled, not transformed. Delcy Rodríguez has replaced longtime defense chief Vladimir Padrino López with Gustavo González López, an intelligence figure tied directly to internal security. This is more of a tightening of control over the military and surveillance apparatus at a critical time when anything could shake it. At the same time, Venezuela’s…

Everything is about leverage.  Hormuz is no longer the only story as the White House loses control of its version of the narrative. The conflict is shifting toward direct control over physical supply and the infrastructure that moves it. Washington’s answer to Hormuz is Kharg Island, through which some 90% of Iran’s oil exports moved prior to this week. The strategy here was a U.S. strike that targeted military assets but left export infrastructure intact in order to maintain it for future leverage. As long as those terminals and…

La Oficina de Control de Activos Extranjeros del Departamento del Tesoro de Estados Unidos emitió la Licencia General N.° 5V que protege, hasta el 5 de mayo, a Citgo Petroleum Corporation, filial de Petróleos de Venezuela (Pdvsa) en el país norteamericano, de los acreedores. El ...

El reporte meteorológico nacional indica que durante la madrugada y la mañana predominará la nubosidad fragmentada en gran parte del territorio nacional, aunque se esperan mantos nubosos con lluvias o lloviznas en la Guayana Esequiba, el sur de Bolívar, Amazonas y las zonas montañosas de Miran...

El precio del petróleo Brent, de referencia en Europa, se disparaba más de un 6% a las 8.44 horas y cotizaba por encima de los 114 dólares antes de la apertura de las Bolsas en Europa, situándose muy por encima de la cota de los 72 dólares que presentaba antes del ataque sobre Irán por parte d...

The most immediate buffer to avoid oil supply shortages—crude in floating storage—is being depleted at a rapid rate as buyers scramble to get their hands on volumes sitting on tankers that are away from the Strait of Hormuz.   Oil in floating storage has fallen to about 78 million barrels this week, from 140 million barrels at the end of last year, according to data from intelligence firm Vortexa cited by Bloomberg. Since the war in the Middle East began, the oil on water volumes have been drawing down at an estimated rate…

20-03-26.-La organización Acceso a la Justicia denunció una serie de irregularidades legales en el nombramiento de Carlos Alexis Castillo Ascanio como nuevo titular del Ministerio del Proceso Social del Trabajo. Castillo, quien hasta su designación cumplía funciones como magistrado y vicepresidente ...

20-03-26.-Alemania, Reino Unido, Francia, Italia, Japón y Países Bajos condenaron este jueves las represalias iraníes contra infraestructuras energéticas en el Golfo, y dijeron que están dispuestos a contribuir a la seguridad en el estrecho de Ormuz, cerrado de facto por Teherán. El presidente fr...

Kuwait’s Mina Al-Ahmadi refinery was hit by Iranian drones early on Friday in attacks that caused a fire in several units at the facility, as the war in the Middle East shows no signs of de-escalation despite the most recent U.S. and Israeli rhetoric.      The refinery, which is located 50 kilometers (31 miles) south of Kuwait City and has the capacity to process 346,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil, came under drone attacks in the early hours of Friday, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) said in a statement…

20-03-26.-En una jornada de protesta frente a la sede del Ministerio para el Servicio Penitenciario, familiares de detenidos en el Fuerte Guaicaipuro exigieron el cese de presuntas torturas y mejoras inmediatas en las condiciones de reclusión. La movilización acompañó a una comisión que ingresó a la...

Qatar’s state firm QatarEnergy expects the damage to the Ras Laffan LNG complex, the world’s single largest LNG-producing facility, to cost it about $20 billion per year in lost revenue and to take up to five years to repair.  The Iranian missile attacks on Qatar’s Ras Laffan Industrial City (RLIC) earlier this week dashed hopes of quick resumption of Qatari LNG flows even if the Strait of Hormuz were to open to unimpeded and safe traffic today.  After QatarEnergy confirmed damage from Thursday’s attack,…