Indonesia inaugurated on Monday the upgraded Balikpapan refinery, which cost $7.4 billion to redevelop and is another step toward self-sufficiency in fuel supply. Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and Energy Minister Bahlil Lahadalia attended the inauguration ceremony for Pertamina’s refinery, whose processing capacity has been raised to 360,000 barrels per day (bpd) from 260,000 bpd, making it the country’s largest refinery in terms of capacity. “We must be capable of producing our own food and energy,” Subianto, the…

Indonesia inaugurated on Monday the upgraded Balikpapan refinery, which cost $7.4 billion to redevelop and is another step toward self-sufficiency in fuel supply. Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and Energy Minister Bahlil Lahadalia attended the inauguration ceremony for Pertamina’s refinery, whose processing capacity has been raised to 360,000 barrels per day (bpd) from 260,000 bpd, making it the country’s largest refinery in terms of capacity. “We must be capable of producing our own food and energy,” Subianto, the…

Indonesia inaugurated on Monday the upgraded Balikpapan refinery, which cost $7.4 billion to redevelop and is another step toward self-sufficiency in fuel supply. Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and Energy Minister Bahlil Lahadalia attended the inauguration ceremony for Pertamina’s refinery, whose processing capacity has been raised to 360,000 barrels per day (bpd) from 260,000 bpd, making it the country’s largest refinery in terms of capacity. “We must be capable of producing our own food and energy,” Subianto, the…

12 de enero de 2026.- La presidenta encargada, Delcy Rodríguez, anunció que el capitán Juan Escalona es el nuevo Ministro para el Despacho de la Presidencia. «Designo al Capitán Juan Escalona como nuevo Ministro del Poder Popular del Despacho de la Presidencia», escribió Rodríguez en su cuenta pe...

El Gobierno de Argentina aguarda un nuevo desembolso de dinero por parte de China para avanzar con la construcción de una represa hidroeléctrica en la provincia de Santa Cruz. El monto negociado alcanza los 150 millones de dólares. Según información de TN, que cita fuentes cercanas ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Jan. 11 told Cuba that it should forge a deal with the United States now that Washington has pushed Venezuela to cut off its supply of oil and money to the communist-run island. After the U.S. military captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro on Jan. 3, interim Venezuelan leader Delcy Rodríguez has redirected oil deliveries to the United States. Cutting off Venezuelan oil supply to Cuba, which has historically relied on support from Caracas, would apply significant pressure to the Caribbean country,…

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Vitol and Trafigura are offering Venezuelan crude to refiners in China and India for March delivery, trade sources told Reuters on Monday, days after two of the world’s biggest independent oil traders obtained special U.S. licenses to help market Venezuela’s oil.   At the request of the US government, Trafigura and Vitol are providing logistical and marketing services to facilitate the sale of Venezuelan oil, Trafigura said on Friday, following a meeting of oil industry executives with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White…

El ministro de Exteriores de Irán, Abbas Araqchi, dijo este lunes(12.01.2026) que su país está preparado para negociar en un marco de respeto, pero también está listo para ir a la guerra. Esto, luego de que Estados Unidos reiterara sus amenazas de intervenir militarmente si la represión del mo...

12 de enero de 2026.- El ministro para la Agricultura Productiva y Tierras, Julio León Heredia, informó sobre la exitosa jornada electoral en la que fueron elegidos los voceros y voceras municipales de los 15.543 Consejos Campesinos que hacen vida en todo el territorio nacional. Durante una entre...

(Roma / Caracas) – El Gobierno de Italia ha formalizado este lunes un "cambio de rumbo" en sus relaciones con Venezuela. El ministro de Asuntos Exteriores, Antonio Tajani, anunció desde Roma que el país europeo elevará el rango de su representación diplomática en Caracas, pasan...

Following the Iraq Oil Ministry’s recent dispatch of exclusive invitations to several major U.S. energy firms to develop the country’s huge West Qurna 2 oilfield after the forced exit of Russian oil number two Lukoil, American oil giant Chevron has emerged as a leading contender. This should occur after an interim nationalisation of the field intended to keep production going as the Russian firm completes its withdrawal. The company is also expected to move ahead shortly with the development of the Nasiriyah project, which comprises…

12 de enero de 2026.- El Ministerio del Poder Popular para el Servicio Penitenciario (Mppsp) informó este lunes la liberación de otras 116 personas. Los ciudadanos estaban privados de libertad por presuntos atentados contra la estabilidad de la nación y alteraciones al orden constitucional. El Mp...

Desde el Palacio Apostólico, el papa León XIV renovó este domingo su llamado urgente a cultivar la paz. Tras el rezo del Ángelus, el Pontífice lamentó que la diplomacia del consenso sea desplazada por una "diplomacia de la fuerza". Para el obispo de Roma, el mundo asiste a un retroce...

12 de enero de 2026.- La Asociación CANAÁN en su Canal YouTube: PALESTINA 11 MIL AÑOS DE HISTORIA, tiene como invitado al profesor e investigador Emilio Silva. El profesor Silva hace una lectura de cómo las atroces operaciones criminales por parte de las dictaduras y gobiernos de la derecha en La...

Azerbaijan, a key natural gas supplier to Europe, raised its production by 2.4% in 2025 from the previous year, the Azeri Ministry of Energy said on Monday.  Azerbaijan produced 51.5 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas last year, up by 1.2 bcm, or 2.4%, compared to 2024, according to the ministry’s data cited by the Azerbaijan State News Agency (AZERTAC). The giant Shah Deniz field produced 27.9 bcm, the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG) fields contributed 14.1 bcm to Azeri gas output last year, the Absheron field yielded 1.6 bcm, while…

Azerbaijan, a key natural gas supplier to Europe, raised its production by 2.4% in 2025 from the previous year, the Azeri Ministry of Energy said on Monday.  Azerbaijan produced 51.5 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas last year, up by 1.2 bcm, or 2.4%, compared to 2024, according to the ministry’s data cited by the Azerbaijan State News Agency (AZERTAC). The giant Shah Deniz field produced 27.9 bcm, the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG) fields contributed 14.1 bcm to Azeri gas output last year, the Absheron field yielded 1.6 bcm, while…

La primera semana bursátil de 2026 no se pareció en nada a la de 2025. Aunque ambos períodos corresponden al inicio de año, el comportamiento del mercado fue radicalmente distinto: más dinero, más operaciones, más volatilidad y un salto del índice principal que dejó pequeño el avance del año a...

El gobierno de los Estados Unidos reconoció formalmente que los activos y fondos venezolanos en el extranjero son propiedad exclusiva del Estado venezolano. A través de una orden ejecutiva de emergencia firmada por el presidente Donald Trump este 9 de enero de 2026, Washington valida la tesis ...

US President Donald Trump said the Iranian leadership called to seek talks with Washington in the face of his threats of military action in response to Tehran's brutal crackdown of mass anti-government protests. "The leaders of Iran called," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on January 11. He added that "a meeting is being set up.... They want to negotiate." However, "we may have to act before a meeting," he added without being specific. It wasn't immediately clear what Iran might seek to negotiate. The two countries in the past have had…