Russia’s oil-and-gas budget suffered a painful blow in 2025. Revenues from the sector fell 24% to 8.48 trillion roubles, the weakest showing since 2020. That matters because oil and gas still bankroll roughly a quarter of the federal budget, and that budget is being chewed up by defense and security spending at a pace hard to ignore. This is not because Russia pumped less crude. Oil prices fell more than 18% last year. That is the sharpest annual drop since the pandemic crash. On top of that, the rouble strengthened—bad timing. When…

15 de enero de 2026.- La tarde de este día, el sistema Patria comenzó la asignación del bono denominado «Ingreso Contra la Guerra Económica» para los trabajadores activos del sector público venezolano. Según los reportes, la asignación de este mes de octubre tiene un valor base de 40.680 bolívare...

The UK economy grew more than expected in November last year, official data has shown, reflecting businesses’ nerves about Rachel Reeves’ Budget measures.  New Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures showed growth in the UK economy inching up Business analysts warned over several months that pre-Budget speculation had dampened spending and investment levels.  The figures will also pile pressure on Reeves and the rest of the Labour government, with economic growth being the party’s central mission. …

Jueves, 15 de enero de 2026.- Este es tu espacio para entender lo que está pasando en el mundo de una manera clara, ágil y sin vueltas. Aquí te contamos las noticias y los hechos más importantes que nos afectan y nos interesan, explicados con palabras simples y sin filtro, como si estuviéramos conve...

15 de enero de 2026.- El Relator Especial de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU) sobre ejecuciones extrajudiciales, Morris Tidball-Binz, condenó el reciente ataque militar de Estados Unidos en Venezuela. El experto advirtió que la incursión en territorio venezolano y los ataques en aguas in...

Es muy lógica el ansia por entender qué sucede en Venezuela tras la agresión estadounidense, pero la ansiedad es siempre mala consejera (especialmente en geopolítica). Y por eso hoy trataremos de ofrecerles un análisis más sosegado ???? -¡Ya sé todo lo que pasa en Venezuela, está todo clarísi...

Ed Miliband has reaffirmed the UK’s ambitious 2030 clean power goal with the biggest ever expansion of offshore wind farms that could add as much as £1.8bn a year onto households’ energy bills. The government unveiled an auction of offshore energy sites with a total capacity of 8.4 gigawatts, far outstripping analyst estimates and enough to power roughly 12m homes. Miliband, the secretary of state for energy security and net zero, hailed the new wind farms as a “monumental step towards clean power by 2030” that will…

15 de enero de 2026.- Las declaraciones de Emmanuel Macron llegan cuando varios países europeos -Francia, Alemania, Suecia y Noruega- anunciaron el envío de soldados a este territorio del Ártico, en el marco de una misión militar europea para apoyar a Dinamarca, que arranca este jueves. "Un prime...

As Iran’s clerical rulers face one of the biggest threats to their grip on power in years and the United States threatens potential military action in support of Iranian protesters, China has few options -- and growing hesitancy -- to help its partner in Tehran. Beijing’s inaction reflects the pragmatic nature of their alignment, which is based more on convenience rather than goodwill or trust, experts say. Those limits have been on display as the Iranian authorities wage an unprecedented and bloody crackdown on mass antiestablishment…

Jueves, 15 de enero de 2026.- ¿Por qué Estados Unidos jamás puede destruir a Rusia, incluso teniendo suficiente poder militar para hacerlo en un día? Porque Rusia mantiene activo un sistema que que ningún otra potencia atrevería a crear: Dead Hand, un mecanismo automático de represalia nuclear ...

Oilfield services company Haliburton (NYSE:HAL) says it expects to make a quick return to Venezuela, with company CEO Jeff Miller saying the company could be active in the South American country in a matter of months. Halliburton aims to help rebuild the nation’s dilapidated oil and gas infrastructure, and has downplayed the risk of responding to U.S. President Donald Trump’s call for $100 billion in investments. Jeff Miller told Energy Source that Haliburton’s business model means that it does not face the same kind of risk as…

15 de enero de 2026.- En el marco de la lucha contra la delincuencia organizada y el fortalecimiento de la seguridad ciudadana, el fiscal general de la República, Tarek William Saab, informó sobre la aprehensión de cuatro ciudadanos implicados en el tráfico ilícito de material bélico en el estado Mi...

The United States and Armenia have agreed on an implementation framework to develop a trade corridor that is the centerpiece of the provisional Armenian-Azerbaijani peace deal signed last summer in Washington. According to the document, the United States will have a majority stake in developing infrastructure for what is known as the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP). US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his Armenian counterpart, Ararat Mirzoyan, announced the memorandum of understanding following a January 13 meeting…

15 de enero de 2026.- El subjefe de gabinete de Estados Unidos, Stephen Miller, es tan poderoso que algunos de los funcionarios lo llaman “el primer ministro”. Es el arquitecto de la brutal política antimigrante del actual gobierno y, según versiones extraoficiales, está entre quienes proponen ataqu...

Following improved stability in the Red Sea, shipping giant Maersk is returning to the trans-Suez route connecting the Middle East and India with the U.S. East Coast, the Denmark-based company said on Thursday.  After the successful trans-Suez transits of two vessels in the past weeks, A.P. Moller - Maersk has decided to implement the first structural change of a service back to the trans-Suez route, the shipping giant said.  The return to the Red Sea and Suez Canal route applies to the MECL service, which is solely operated by Maersk…

A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced a bill on Thursday, proposing the creation of a $2.5 billion critical minerals reserve in the United States.  The reserve would be a move to encourage mining and refining domestically as the U.S. looks to break China’s near-total monopoly in critical minerals and rare earths supply, refining, and pricing.   The bill says that China has moved to “weaponize its influence over prices and volumes in the contest for access to critical minerals,” and asserts that the goal is…

15 de enero de 2026.- El líder de la Revolución cubana, Raúl Castro, y el presidente Miguel Díaz-Canel, encabezaron hoy el primer homenaje póstumo a los 32 combatientes caídos durante la agresión militar de Estados Unidos a Venezuela. En el tributo también estuvieron presentes los familiares de l...

China continues to nearly single-handedly prop up global coal consumption and new coal-fired power generation, despite being also the world’s leading investor in renewables and battery storage.  China is set to commission as many as 85 coal-fired power generating units this year, out of a total global of 104 coal projects slated for start-up in 2026, according to data by non-profit Global Energy Monitor (GEM) cited by the Financial Times. Of all the 63 gigawatts (GW) of coal-fired power generation expected to begin commercial operations…

Venezuela avanza en una "Constituyente Laboral", un proceso que busca "establecer las bases de una sociedad más justa y equitativa, laboralmente", a través del consenso, según

La evaluación fundamental de Rusia sobre la operación ilegal de Estados Unidos en Venezuela sigue siendo válida: es una grave violación del derecho internacional, señaló el ministro de Asuntos Exteriores ruso, Serguéi Lavrov. Agregó que la mayoría de los países también consideran ilegal esta a...