El buque había sido renombrado y registrado bajo bandera rusa. La incautación tuvo lugar en el Atlántico, cerca de Islandia. La persecución del buque formó parte de la campaña de presión de E...

For years, energy investors flocked to anything labeled “green” or “clean”, with governments making it clear that there is only one energy policy path forward, and that is the green, clean one. That ended in 2025 with the rise of AI, which caused a surge in energy demand—for the first time in decades. Energy demand in the organization for Economic Cooperation and Development had been growing at a modest 1% for the three decades between 1990 and 2020, Global Corporate Venturing author Fernando Moncada Rivera noted this…

7 de enero de 2026.-El general al mando de la guardia de honor presidencial de Venezuela, Javier Marcano Tábata, fue destituido días después de que el líder venezolano Nicolás Maduro fuera capturado por fuerzas estadounidenses en una redada en Caracas y llevado a Nueva York para ser juzgado po...

Colombia's cocaine production has spiraled out of control over the past 30 years. Even the downfall of the Medellin and Cali Cartels, along with the death of Pablo Escobar on a suburban Medellin rooftop, did little to impact production. By the 1990s, Colombia had overtaken Peru to be the world’s leading supplier of the narcotic. An ignominious title Colombia holds today, with it responsible for over 67% of the global supply. Washington’s war on drugs, with the White House investing considerable resources, including advisers, weaponry…

For decades, green hydrogen has been touted as the “next big thing” in clean energy technology, with particularly promising potential applications in hard-to-abate sectors like transport, steelmaking, and shipping. However, the long-predicted green hydrogen renaissance has never come to fruition due to several factors, including the prohibitively high cost of production and the energy losses and inefficiencies associated with using green hydrogen rather than clean energy directly.  Hydrogen can be combusted at high temperatures…

The dramatic events over the weekend in Venezuela have renewed global attention on a country that, on paper, should be one of the world’s great energy powers. Venezuela holds the largest proven oil reserves on Earth, yet its oil industry has been in long-term decline for two decades. Understanding why requires looking past the headlines and into the technical, legal, and political decisions that steadily dismantled what was once a cornerstone of the global petroleum system. The United States confirmed that Venezuelan President Nicolás…

The Iraqi government has approved a move to take over operations at the West Qurna 2 oilfield under provisions in its technical service contract with Russia’s Lukoil, following the company’s declaration of force majeure in November, Reuters reported on Wednesday.  The step allows Iraq to ensure continued production after Lukoil cited operational constraints linked to Western sanctions on Russia. West Qurna 2, one of Iraq’s largest producing fields at around 470,000 barrels per day, is state-owned and operated under a service…

The Iraqi government has approved a move to take over operations at the West Qurna 2 oilfield under provisions in its technical service contract with Russia’s Lukoil, following the company’s declaration of force majeure in November, Reuters reported on Wednesday.  The step allows Iraq to ensure continued production after Lukoil cited operational constraints linked to Western sanctions on Russia. West Qurna 2, one of Iraq’s largest producing fields at around 470,000 barrels per day, is state-owned and operated under a service…

7 de enero de 2026.- Al menos 8.000 personas se encuentran desaparecidas bajo los escombros de la Franja de Gaza luego de más de dos años de la nueva escalada del genocidio de Israel. Así lo informó en un comunicado el Centro Palestino para las Personas Desaparecidas por la Fuerza, apuntando que ...

7 de enero de 2026.- Este miércoles, la estatal Petróleos de Venezuela, S. A. (PDVSA) informó que actualmente se encuentra negociando con Estados Unidos para la venta de volúmenes de petróleo, en el marco de las relaciones comerciales que existen entre ambos países. Mediante un comunicado compart...

There is a lot more to the UAE’s recently announced US$150 billion turbo-boost to its gas sector than meets the eye. It is true that it should deliver multiple economic benefits for the Middle Eastern country on a scale disproportionately larger than its small geographical size. One is gas self-sufficiency by 2030; another is increased feedstock for high-value petrochemicals production; and a third is powering a dramatic expansion in its artificial intelligence capabilities. However, it is also true that such major build?out of its gas sector…

7 de enero de 2026.- El tanquero ruso ‘Marinera’ fue abordado «fuera de las aguas territoriales de cualquier estado» por fuerzas navales estadounidenses, según denunció en un comunicado el Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Rusia este miércoles. La misiva indica que, posteriormente, «se perdió l...

The season of peace on earth and goodwill to all men did not last long, and while I’ll shed no tears at seeing a corrupt dictator snatched from his lair, it’s fair to say that 2026 is off to an uneasy start. The market response to Donald Trump’s audacious swoop on Venezuela has been predictably muscular, with defence, mining and oil stocks climbing higher. The political fallout is much less clear-cut. The raid to capture President Maduro was followed by unsubtle threats that Uncle Sam could do the same in Colombia and Cuba while…

7 de enero de 2026.- El fuerte temporal de nieve que azota a distintos puntos de Europa obligó este miércoles a cancelar cientos de vuelos en aeropuertos de Países Bajos, Francia y Bélgica, además de causar interrupciones masivas en el transporte terrestre y ferroviario del Viejo Continente. Asimism...

7 de enero de 2026.- Delcy Rodríguez, recién juramentada por la Asamblea Nacional como presidente encargada de Venezuela tras la extracción de Nicolás Maduro, designó un nuevo director de la Dirección General de Contrainteligencia Militar (Dgcim), según lo confirmó el ministro de comunicaciones, Fre...

7 de enero de 2026.- El Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Educación Universitaria informó que el reinicio de actividades académicas y administrativas para el año 2026 será el próximo lunes 12 de enero. Esta fecha, establecida en el cronograma del sector, cuenta con la aprobación del Consejo Nacio...

Canada’s long-running debate over how to get its oil to market took an unexpected turn this week after British Columbia Premier David Eby argued that Ottawa should prioritize building refineries rather than new export pipelines, reframing a discussion that has dominated Canadian energy politics for years. Eby’s comments come as U.S. actions in Venezuela add uncertainty to global oil markets and renew attention on Canada’s reliance on the United States as its main crude buyer. Instead of pushing raw oil to tidewater for export,…