The American Petroleum Institute (API) estimated that crude oil inventories in the United States rose by a staggering 10.263 million barrels in the week ending March 27. In the week prior, US crude oil inventories rose by 2.3 million barrels. Analysts had expected a draw of 1.3 million barrels in the current reporting period. Inventories in the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) drew down for the first week in many, sinking by 300,000 barrels to 415.1 million barrels as of the week ending March 27. This is 310.4 million barrels shy of maximum…

31 de marzo de 2026.-En el marco de la planificación continua y sin descanso, desde Corposalud la autoridad única de salud del estado Mérida, Moraima Salazar, anunció la llegada de tres gandolas de suministros médicos, Informó Prensa Gobernación de Mérida /Corposalud. Esta impo...

Tech giants Microsoft and NVIDIA are collaborating on an artificial intelligence project designed to accelerate the development of nuclear energy – in order to feed the growing energy needs of AI. The project aims to develop an “ecosystem of AI-powered digital engineering tools” that will be used to shorten the considerable timelines of nuclear power plants and bring them online a lot more quickly as the rate of energy demand growth continues to skyrocket around the world. The nuclear power sector in the United States is beset…

31 de marzo de 2026.- La presidenta encargada de Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, removió a Giuson Fernando Flores, de su cargo como director general del Servicio Administrativo de Identificación, Migración y Extranjería (Saime). La medida fue oficializada a través de la Gaceta Oficial N° 7.016, con f...

Guyana, once among South America's most impoverished nations, is experiencing an epic oil boom. In a mere four years, the country of less than one million went from first discovery to first oil and is now lifting over 900,000 barrels per day. There are signs of significant production growth ahead. This is occurring at a crucial time for a world experiencing an energy crisis after oil spiked to well-over $110 per barrel after Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz in retaliation for U.S. and Israeli airstrikes. Guyana's oil boom is significantly reducing…

31 de marzo de 2026.- El ministro de Exteriores iraní, Abbas Araghchi, afirmó que su país aún no ha respondido a las 15 propuestas de EE.UU. ni ha presentado sus condiciones para poner fin al conflicto iniciado por Washington e Israel. "Lo que está ocurriendo no son negociaciones, sino un interca...

China’s leading international broadcaster, CGTN, aired an interview March 24 with Turkmenistan’s paramount leader, Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, touting how “mutual trust and centuries-old exchanges” shape present-day bilateral relations. But such messaging struck a discordant note during the actual interview, when Berdymukhamedov’s figures for his country’s natural gas exports to China proved significantly different than those subsequently proffered by Chinese officials. During the interview, taped while the Turkmen…

Iran has assured Malaysia that Malaysian tankers can safely transit the Strait of Hormuz without paying a toll that the Islamic Republic wants to exact from shippers, Malaysian Transport Minister Anthony Loke said on Tuesday. “The Iranian ambassador has mentioned that no toll is being imposed on Malaysian vessels,” Loke said today, as quoted by Bloomberg. “We are a friendly party, we have good diplomatic relationship with the Iranian government,” the Malaysian minister added. Iran has selectively allowed a small number of…

Iran has assured Malaysia that Malaysian tankers can safely transit the Strait of Hormuz without paying a toll that the Islamic Republic wants to exact from shippers, Malaysian Transport Minister Anthony Loke said on Tuesday. “The Iranian ambassador has mentioned that no toll is being imposed on Malaysian vessels,” Loke said today, as quoted by Bloomberg. “We are a friendly party, we have good diplomatic relationship with the Iranian government,” the Malaysian minister added. Iran has selectively allowed a small number of…

31 de marzo de 2026.- El presidente de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, firmó la ley estatutaria de la jurisdicción agraria, un paso esencial para garantizar el acceso a la justicia de campesinos y poblaciones étnicas en conflictos por la Tierra de poblaciones campesinas y étnicas, avanzando en la reforma r...

The world economy is heading for a “rare” recession in the middle of this year as a prolonged war seems likely amid the prospect of US troops heading to the Middle East.  Economists have warned that activity will fall in the middle of the year if oil prices surge to $150 per barrel and remain there for a period of four months.  Oil prices continued to climb higher on Monday as the Brent Crude benchmark raced past the $116 per barrel mark amid mixed messages between the US, Israel and Iran on the state of the war.  It…

Tightening Asian fuel markets and Indian refiners’ thirst for Russian crude have resulted in the highest Indian diesel exports to Southeast Asia in seven and a half years in March, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing trade sources and data from analytics firm Kpler. As the Middle East war roils Asian fuel markets and prompted many countries in Asia, including China, to impose fuel export bans, Indian refiners are taking advantage of the higher premiums they get to send their fuel to Southeast Asia, which began struggling with fuel shortages.…

Tightening Asian fuel markets and Indian refiners’ thirst for Russian crude have resulted in the highest Indian diesel exports to Southeast Asia in seven and a half years in March, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing trade sources and data from analytics firm Kpler. As the Middle East war roils Asian fuel markets and prompted many countries in Asia, including China, to impose fuel export bans, Indian refiners are taking advantage of the higher premiums they get to send their fuel to Southeast Asia, which began struggling with fuel shortages.…

31 de marzo de 2026.- Llega el mes de Abril y en Venezuela inicia formalmente el periodo de lluvias del año. De acuerdo con los pronósticos meteorológicos informado por el Instituto Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología (Inameh), el ciclo de precipitaciones iniciará de manera progresiva desde el su...

31 de marzo de 2026.- El precio medio de la gasolina en Estados Unidos ha superado la barrera de los 4 dólares por galón (3,78 litros) por primera vez desde agosto de 2022, impulsado por la inestabilidad en el suministro global de crudo tras el estallido de la guerra en Irán. Según datos de la as...

The trade of global fertilizer and ammonia faces intense pressure due to the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz as diplomatic talks between the US and Iran remain uncertain. Rystad Energy’s 2025 trade mapping shows that the sale of 15% of global ammonia and 21% of urea, which is used as a high-nitrogen fertilizer, are tied to exporters potentially impacted by the closure. This includes leading producers Saudi Arabia and Qatar, followed by Kuwait, Bahrain, the UAE, Iran and Iraq. Our analysis predicts this sustained logistics shock…

31 de marzo de 2026.- La presidenta encargada Delcy Rodríguez anunció la designación de Germán Eduardo Piñate Rodríguez como nuevo Comisionado Presidencial para la Constituyente Laboral y los Consensos Laborales. El nombramiento busca fortalecer el diálogo directo con la clase trabajadora y organiza...

31 de marzo de 2026.- El Instituto Nacional de Transporte Terrestre (INTT), en su compromiso por garantizar la movilidad y el dinamismo del sector logístico en el país, informa a los operadores de transporte de carga y a la colectividad en general sobre la flexibilización de las restricciones de cir...

31 de marzo de 2026.- Un estudiante de 13 años murió y al menos ocho personas resultaron heridas en un tiroteo este lunes, cuando un alumno de 15 años abrió fuego en una escuela en Argentina, informaron autoridades. El "grave episodio" que conmociona a un país desacostumbrado a los tiroteos escol...

El Gobierno de la República Popular China, a través de su Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores, emitió este lunes un enérgico llamado a la administración de los Estados Unidos para que finalice de inmediato el cerco económico y las sanciones unilaterales impuestas contra Cuba. La portav...