Japan’s industry ministry will officially switch the benchmark for calculating gasoline price subsidies back to Dubai crude prices from Brent crude, effective June 4, after Dubai crude prices stabilized and the gap between Dubai and Brent has narrowed, allowing for more accurate subsidy calculations. Earlier in the spring, the Japanese government briefly shifted the benchmark to Brent crude in an attempt to limit surging gasoline prices shortly after the Iran war begun. However, oil price volatility has now cooled off considerably, with Dubai…

27 de mayo de 2026.- El blanco del ataque con explosivos fue el Batallón de Infantería Mecanizado No. 6 Cartagena, situado en Riohacha, capital de La Guajira, "hecho que preliminarmente dejó afectados a 12 de nuestros soldados y puso en riesgo la integridad de la población civil", señaló la instituc...

27 de mayo de 2026.- El Ministerio para el Transporte informó que, debido al inicio de las labores de rehabilitación integral del puente Yacural, ubicado en el municipio Palavecino del estado Lara, se procedió a ejecutar el cierre vial total del tramo de esta arteria vial. La medida restrictiva s...

Aluminum prices in London are up nearly 17% since the onset of the U.S.-Iran conflict, as a growing chorus of top commodity desks, including Mercuria, Goldman, JPMorgan, and others, warn that the market is facing a major supply shock. That disruption, driven firstly by Middle East smelter outages and the Hormuz maritime chokepoint, is now colliding with new concerns that China may be forced to curtail output amid energy-use and emissions inspections, according to Bloomberg.  More color from the report: Chinese authorities are now moving to…

El representante permanente de la Federación de Rusia ante la Organización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU),

The Russian government has reached the final stages of implementing a comprehensive ban on diesel and aviation fuel (kerosene) exports following a devastating wave of Ukrainian long-range drone strikes that have knocked out a quarter of the nation’s total oil refining capacity, effectively paralyzing critical energy infrastructure across central Russia. Key energy hubs hit in recent weeks include the Ryazan, Moscow, Kirishi and NORSI (Nizhny Novgorod) refineries processing roughly 238,000 tons per day (83 million metric tons per year), accounting…

The Russian government has reached the final stages of implementing a comprehensive ban on diesel and aviation fuel (kerosene) exports following a devastating wave of Ukrainian long-range drone strikes that have knocked out a quarter of the nation’s total oil refining capacity, effectively paralyzing critical energy infrastructure across central Russia. Key energy hubs hit in recent weeks include the Ryazan, Moscow, Kirishi and NORSI (Nizhny Novgorod) refineries processing roughly 238,000 tons per day (83 million metric tons per year), accounting…

The Russian government has reached the final stages of implementing a comprehensive ban on diesel and aviation fuel (kerosene) exports following a devastating wave of Ukrainian long-range drone strikes that have knocked out a quarter of the nation’s total oil refining capacity, effectively paralyzing critical energy infrastructure across central Russia. Key energy hubs hit in recent weeks include the Ryazan, Moscow, Kirishi and NORSI (Nizhny Novgorod) refineries processing roughly 238,000 tons per day (83 million metric tons per year), accounting…

El Ejecutivo Nacional aprobó la indexación mensual de las tarifas del transporte público al dólar, una medida que responde a las solicitudes sostenidas que el comando intergremial del sector ha presentado formalmente ante las autoridades correspondientes.

En mes y medio se estima que llegarán a Maracaibo las dos esculturas realizadas para homenajear al grandeliga zuliano Luis Aparicio y que la Alcaldía de Maracaibo ofrecerá para colocarlas en el estadio Olímpico Alejandro Borges y en el sector Santa Lucía. El anuncio lo hizo este lun...

The war in Iran and the accompanying shipping bottleneck are triggering a historic crisis in the aluminum market, with potentially devastating knock-on effects across sectors that depend on the base metal. Aluminum is the third most used metal in the world, behind only iron and steel. Aluminum is prized for its high strength-to-weight ratio, corrosion resistance, and excellent conductivity — properties that make it essential for everything from beverage cans and cooking foil to aerospace components and power grids. Key sectors utilizing aluminum…

El profesor de mercado del Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración (IESA) e integrante de la junta directiva de Venamcham, Pedro Quintana, explicó que un estudio reciente clasifica a los hogares venezolanos en cinco tipologías para medir su gasto trimestral en bienes de consumo masi...

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Este lunes el sistema público de salud venezolano fortaleció una etapa de alta tecnología que abre precedentes en Latinoamérica con la inauguración de un novedoso quirófano robótico entregado por la presidenta encargada Delcy Rodríguez. La actividad se llevó a cabo en el marco de un...

La jefa del equipo de Deuda de Países Emergentes de Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. (GMO), Tina Vandersteel, se ha dedicado por décadas a invertir en mercados emergentes. Tina Vandersteel, jefa del equipo de Deuda de Países Emergentes de Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. (GM...

TotalEnergies will keep its fuel price caps across all its services stations in France through June amid the ongoing crisis in the Middle East, the French supermajor said on Wednesday. TotalEnergies first announced in March caps on the price of gasoline and diesel it sells at its French stations as international crude oil prices soared after the Iran war began. Since then, the company has extended the price cap policy for April and May, and is now extending it through the end of June. TotalEnergies vows to pass on to customers any declines in international…

TotalEnergies will keep its fuel price caps across all its services stations in France through June amid the ongoing crisis in the Middle East, the French supermajor said on Wednesday. TotalEnergies first announced in March caps on the price of gasoline and diesel it sells at its French stations as international crude oil prices soared after the Iran war began. Since then, the company has extended the price cap policy for April and May, and is now extending it through the end of June. TotalEnergies vows to pass on to customers any declines in international…

Venezuela se consolidó firmemente entre los tres principales productores de crudo de América Latina y el Caribe durante el inicio de este 2026. Según el último reporte mensual de Petróleo y Gas emitido por la Organización Latinoamericana de Energía (OLADE), la nación suramericana concentró jun...

Los costos de la guerra en curso en Oriente Medio para Estados Unidos siguen aumentando. Los precios de la gasolina en los 50 estados del país han superado el umbral de los 4 dólares por galón. A pesar de las

El canciller de Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez, denunció este martes ante el Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU la escalada agresiva del Gobierno de Estados Unidos (EEUU) contra su país y llamó a la solidaridad de la comunidad internacional. Asimismo, advirtió sobre una eventual catástrofe humanitaria en l...