La presidenta encargada, Delcy Rodríguez, emitió un pronunciamiento sobre la existencia de sectores en el extranjero con la intención de perjudicar la paz del país.

The surge in Russian crude sales in China and the simultaneous drop in Indian demand for Russia’s oil have prompted Moscow to turn to using a larger fleet of supertankers—vessels capable of carrying 2 million barrels of crude.  In recent weeks, several smaller tankers that left Russia’s Western ports transferred their cargoes to supertankers, the so-called very large crude carriers (VLCCs), in the Red Sea and then traveled to China instead of India, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing ship-tracking data from Vortexa and…

24 de febrero de 2026.- Los gobiernos congregados en una reunión en Roma reconocieron que los esfuerzos mundiales para proteger la naturaleza aún no avanzan lo suficientemente rápido, a pesar de que la pérdida de biodiversidad sigue afectando a los ecosistemas, los medios de vida y las economí...

For years, Silicon Valley took electricity for granted. The cloud sounded intangible, almost detached from the physical world. But now, artificial intelligence is ending that illusion. Behind every large language model and AI assistant sits a growing fleet of data centers that require enormous and continuous amounts of power. Industry analysts estimate that a single hyperscale AI data center can demand 300 to 500 megawatts of electricity, comparable to the consumption of a mid-sized city. Multiply that across dozens of facilities under construction,…

State-held Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) is considering following in the footsteps of its Saudi and Abu Dhabi peers by tapping major international infrastructure investors to buy a stake in its crude oil pipeline network in a deal that could be valued at about $7 billion, sources with knowledge of the plan told Reuters.  The Kuwaiti national oil company has held initial talks with several major investors about the potential transaction. The world’s biggest asset manager BlackRock, as well as Brookfield Asset Management, EIG Partners,…

State-held Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) is considering following in the footsteps of its Saudi and Abu Dhabi peers by tapping major international infrastructure investors to buy a stake in its crude oil pipeline network in a deal that could be valued at about $7 billion, sources with knowledge of the plan told Reuters.  The Kuwaiti national oil company has held initial talks with several major investors about the potential transaction. The world’s biggest asset manager BlackRock, as well as Brookfield Asset Management, EIG Partners,…

24 de febrero de 2026.- Ocho años después del asesinato de la concejala Marielle Franco, ícono de la causa negra y LGBT en Brasil, la corte suprema empezó en la capital un juicio a políticos y exresponsables policiales, acusados de haber ordenado el crimen. Franco fue acribillada a balazos el 14 ...

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Ginebra, 24 feb (EFE).- El Gobierno venezolano espera que la Unión Europea (UE) "recapacite" y no vuelva en el futuro a aplicar sanciones "contra un pueblo", dijo a EFE este martes en Ginebra el ministro venezolano de Relaciones Exteriores, Yvan Gil Pinto. "...

In this week’s newsletter, we will take a quick look at some of the critical figures and data in the energy markets this week.  We will then look at some of the key market movers early this week before providing you with the latest analysis of the top news events taking place in the global energy complex over the past few days. We hope you enjoy. Traders Go Full Bull as Brent Defies Oversupply Worries - Defying expectations for a year of enormous oversupply, oil prices have had their strongest start to a year since 2022, with ICE Brent…

24 de febrero de 2026.- En un contexto signado por dificultades de todo tipo, Cuba conmemora hoy el reinicio en 1895 de la gesta independentista conocida como la Guerra Necesaria, con el levantamiento armado proyectado por el Partido Revolucionario Cubano (PRC) que lideró el Héroe Nacional José Mart...

Una mujer se ha convertido en la primera del Reino Unido en dar a luz tras un trasplante de útero de una donante fallecida, un nuevo hito importante para el pionero programa de investigación del país. Grace Bell, que nació sin útero, dio a luz por cesárea a un niño sano, Hugo Richar...

Supertanker rates to ship crude on the key Middle East-to-China route have surged to a six-year high as Persian Gulf supply to India soars and traders rush shipments to precede a potential U.S. military campaign in Iran, industry data and sources tell Reuters. The daily rate for hiring a very large crude carrier (VLCC) capable of shipping 2 million barrels of crude jumped to as much as $170,000 on Tuesday, tripling since the beginning of 2026.   A number of factors have contributed to the surge, most notably the increased demand from…

Supertanker rates to ship crude on the key Middle East-to-China route have surged to a six-year high as Persian Gulf supply to India soars and traders rush shipments to precede a potential U.S. military campaign in Iran, industry data and sources tell Reuters. The daily rate for hiring a very large crude carrier (VLCC) capable of shipping 2 million barrels of crude jumped to as much as $170,000 on Tuesday, tripling since the beginning of 2026.   A number of factors have contributed to the surge, most notably the increased demand from…

24 de febrero de 2026.- El gobierno colombiano desistió de importar gas natural desde Venezuela a través de Ecopetrol, debido a la necesidad de una licencia por parte de la Oficina de Control de Activos Extranjeros de Estados Unidos (Ofac). Así lo anunció este domingo el ministro de Minas y Energía,...

23 de febrero de 2026.- El Poder Judicial inició una jornada ininterrumpida de revisión de expedientes para otorgar libertades bajo los parámetros de la nueva Ley de Amnistía para la Convivencia Democrática. El fiscal general de la República, Tarek William Saab, informó que el Ministerio Público ...

The European Union has failed to agree on more sanctions on Russia, which were planned to be in place by the fourth anniversary of the Kremlin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The bloc's foreign ministers, meeting in Brussels on February 23, failed to clinch a deal following opposition from Hungary and Slovakia. "I really regret that we didn’t achieve agreement today, considering that tomorrow is the sad anniversary of the start of the war, because we need to send a strong signal to Ukraine that we keep on supporting Ukraine -- and also…

CIUDAD DE MÉXICO – La confirmación del abatimiento de Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias "El Mencho", líder del Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG), ha desatado una ola de violencia sin precedentes. Este martes, los informes de seguridad indican que la cifra de fallecidos ha ...

En un giro que ha captado la atención de las principales agencias internacionales, la figura de Alex Saab vuelve a estar en el epicentro de la noticia tras reportes que sugieren un cambio drástico en su situación dentro de Venezuela. Este movimiento, caracterizado por un profundo hermetismo, h...

The UK on Tuesday slapped sanctions on Russia’s oil pipeline giant Transneft and targeted Russia’s dark web of illicit oil traders and shadow fleet operators, to attempt to further stifle Russian oil revenues on the fourth anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine. The UK government announced today almost 300 new sanctions on Russia, including on PJSC Transneft, which transports more than 80% of Russian oil exports, “further hampering the Kremlin’s desperate scramble to find buyers for its sanctioned oil.” In addition,…