24 de marzo de 2026.- Organizaciones de derechos humanos, agrupaciones políticas, sindicatos y movimientos sociales se movilizan este martes 24 de marzo en la Plaza de Mayo y en distintos puntos del país, en el marco del Día de la Memoria por la Verdad y la Justicia. Maximo Reina, sociólogo del O...

Russia was all set to tighten the screws on its own oil dependence, but the oil price spike is causing it to rethink its plan. Moscow has hit pause on planned changes to its budget rule, the mechanism designed to shield state finances from violent oil price swings. The idea was to lower the oil price threshold that determines when the National Wellbeing Fund gets tapped, forcing the government to rely less on energy windfalls.  That now looks less urgent with oil doing the heavy lifting. As of March 24, the market is doing Russia a favor.…

Saudi Arabia is publicly calling for regional stability. Peace, even. But privately, the Kingdom is pushing the White House to press on with its campaign against Iran, with oil prices comfortably above $100—a move that could very well trigger oil demand destruction. According to multiple reports out of Washington on March 24, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been urging the Trump administration to stay the course in its campaign against Iran, framing the current conflict as a rare window to reshape the regional balance of power, worried,…

London’s cabbies could be priced out of the market unless regulators step in to curb “predatory pricing” from deep-pocketed tech giants, the boss of Addison Lee has warned. Chief executive Liam Griffin said companies like Waymo, Wayve, or Tesla risk undercutting traditional operators by subsidising fares to win market share, echoing concerns from the early days of Uber’s expansion. “We do feel that there is a danger that the big players can come in and ride roughshod over the existing industry”, Griffin said.…

24 de marzo de 2026.- El presidente italiano, Sergio Mattarella, asistió hoy a una ceremonia nacional en esta capital por el aniversario 82 de la masacre de las Fosas Ardeatinas, crimen cometido por fuerzas nazis de ocupación contra más de 300 civiles. Un comunicado divulgado en el sitio oficial ...

Freight rates for tankers to ship Saudi crude from the Yanbu port on the Red Sea to Asia have slumped from the highs seen earlier this month, as more vessels are diverting to the Saudi export port that bypasses the Strait of Hormuz.  Tanker rates on the Yanbu-Asia route have slumped from a high of over $450,000 per day in early March to about $200,000 per day for voyage agreed this week on a 2011-built very large crude carrier (VLCC), according to sources familiar with the deals and brokerage reports cited by Bloomberg. With the Persian Gulf-Asia…

24 de marzo de 2026.- El clima en la Tierra está en su mayor desequilibrio desde que hay registros. De 2015 a 2025 se han vivido los 11 años más calurosos de la historia, expuso la Organización Meteorológica Mundial en su informe anual sobre el Estado Mundial del Clima 2025. Bajo el...

Some trading entities profited millions of U.S. dollars from trades in oil futures contracts on Monday, just 15 minutes before U.S. President Donald Trump posted about “very good and productive conversations” with Iran, which sparked a relief rally and made market observers question the suspiciously well-timed oil trades.  Oil futures plunged by 10% on Monday morning ET after President Trump said he would postpone expected strikes on Iran’s power plants and energy infrastructure for five days, pending negotiations that would…

Some trading entities profited millions of U.S. dollars from trades in oil futures contracts on Monday, just 15 minutes before U.S. President Donald Trump posted about “very good and productive conversations” with Iran, which sparked a relief rally and made market observers question the suspiciously well-timed oil trades.  Oil futures plunged by 10% on Monday morning ET after President Trump said he would postpone expected strikes on Iran’s power plants and energy infrastructure for five days, pending negotiations that would…

Some trading entities profited millions of U.S. dollars from trades in oil futures contracts on Monday, just 15 minutes before U.S. President Donald Trump posted about “very good and productive conversations” with Iran, which sparked a relief rally and made market observers question the suspiciously well-timed oil trades.  Oil futures plunged by 10% on Monday morning ET after President Trump said he would postpone expected strikes on Iran’s power plants and energy infrastructure for five days, pending negotiations that would…

La línea de navíos europea, MSC Cruceros, sumó la isla de Margarita, estado Nueva Esparta, a su inventario de destinos internacionales, publicó el Ministerio del Poder Popular para el Turismo, este lunes. La compañía italiana habilitó en su portal web una guía que resalta las bondad...

Las Reservas Internacionales de Venezuela cerraron la semana del 20 de marzo de 2026 en US$ 13.464 millones. Según el reporte oficial, este monto representa un descenso del -4,68% (- US$ 661 millones) en relación con cierre de la semana anterior, cuando se ubicaron en US$ 14.125 millones. ...

Oil markets are turning chaotic as conflicting signals from Washington blur reality—talks with Iran may or may not be happening, threats shift by the day, and yet crude keeps climbing amid escalating tensions. Is the White House Trading Its Own Announcements? - A move widely interpreted as another edition of a classic Trump ‘TACO’ move, the White House has announced a 5-day postponement to US attacks on Iran power and energy infrastructure, citing ‘very good and productive conversations’.    - Whilst…

La embarcación atunera «Maguro», rebautizada por su tripulación como «Granma 2.0», insignia de la Flotilla Nuestra América, completó este martes 24 de marzo, su travesía desde el puerto de Progreso, Yucatán, México, hasta La Habana. La embarcación, nombrada e...

On February 28, U.S. and Israeli forces launched Operation Epic Fury, killing Iran's Supreme Leader and triggering a military response that has effectively shut down the world's most critical energy corridor.  The Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly 20% of global oil supply and 30% of seaborne LNG flows every single day, is, for all practical purposes, closed. Brent crude is now sitting above $100…  Qatar declared force majeure on its LNG exports,  wiping out roughly 20% of global LNG supply in a single announcement… …

Foreign investors are pulling the most money out of Asia’s key equity markets since the 2008 financial crisis as the oil shock from the war is ripping through Asian energy supply and economic prospects.   Foreign investors in the key Asian markets have sold so far in March a net $50.45 billion worth of equities in South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, India, Indonesia, Vietnam, and the Philippines, according to data from LSEG cited by Reuters.  The sum is the highest selloff of Asian equities on these exchanges in one month since…

China has warned of an "uncontrollable situation" amid the escalating Strait of Hormuz crisis and urged all sides to halt military operations as the war involving Iran enters a critical phase and threatens global energy supplies. On March 21, US President Donald Trump issued Tehran a 48-hour ultimatum to lift its partial closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow Gulf passage that carries about 20 percent of global oil and gas supplies, or face potential strikes on its key energy infrastructure.Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian told reporters…

Equipos de emergencia acudieron este lunes a la refinería de Valero en Port Arthur, en el estado de Texas, EE.UU., luego de que se reportara una explosión que generó una columna de humo negro visible desde varios kilómetros, según

Irán ha advertido que atacará concentraciones de tropas israelíes en el norte de Palestina y la Franja de Gaza si Israel continúa matando a civiles libaneses y palestinos. En un comunicado, el Cuerpo de Guardianes de la Revolución Islámica (CGRI) de Irán ha indicado que el "ejé...

Una falla energética ocurrida este 23 de marzo, aproximadamente a la 1:10 p.m. afectó a Caracas y al menos siete estados del país. En algunas entidades, luego del bajón de electricidad ocurrió un corte en el servicio energético. De acuerdo con publicaciones en la red social «X...