After a tumultuous few years with protests, tax hikes, soaring violence, and bans on exploration weighing on Colombia's economically vital oil industry, the inevitable has occurred: Big Oil is abandoning the strife-torn country. Colombia’s first-ever leftist President, Gustavo Petro, himself a former guerrilla, on taking office in August 2022, implemented policies that created considerable uncertainty and risk for the economically crucial hydrocarbon sector. This sparked fears that Colombia’s energy patch would be crippled, leading…

12 de agosto de 2025.- Sindicatos del sector público y privado se sumarán al paro general convocado por el PIT-CNT bajo la consigna “El pueblo primero. Más trabajo y salario: mejor Uruguay”. La medida, que en varios gremios se extenderá durante 24 horas, incluirá movilizaciones y concentraciones, y ...

 Las autoridades de Arabia Saudí han incrementado las ejecuciones este año y hasta el 5 de agosto habían ejecutado al menos a 241 personas, denunció este lunes 11 la organización de derechos humanos Human Rights Watch (HRW).   Joey Shea, investigados p...

After years of public vows to wean themselves off fossil fuels, the world’s biggest oil companies are dusting off their drilling maps and doubling down on exploration. The promised pivot to renewables has sputtered, energy security fears have sharpened, and the payoff from oil and gas remains too rich to ignore. Now, from the Gulf of Mexico to Namibia, Big Oil is chasing new barrels in a world that, by its own admission, will still be burning them for decades. After spending the early 2020s promising a gradual reduction in fossil fuel production…

Cenovus Energy is in talks with a coalition of Canadian Indigenous groups to jointly acquire oil sands rival MEG Energy, Bloomberg reported Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The arrangement would see First Nations and Métis communities—including Chipewyan Prairie First Nation and Heart Lake First Nation—take a C$2 billion ($1.45 billion) stake in MEG, backed by federal and provincial financing. Cenovus would acquire the remainder. Shares of MEG rose more than 2% on the news. The potential bid comes as MEG fends…

Cenovus Energy is in talks with a coalition of Canadian Indigenous groups to jointly acquire oil sands rival MEG Energy, Bloomberg reported Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The arrangement would see First Nations and Métis communities—including Chipewyan Prairie First Nation and Heart Lake First Nation—take a C$2 billion ($1.45 billion) stake in MEG, backed by federal and provincial financing. Cenovus would acquire the remainder. Shares of MEG rose more than 2% on the news. The potential bid comes as MEG fends…

12 de agosto de 2025.- La actual escasez de agua en Inglaterra ha sido declarada un "incidente de importancia nacional", informó hoy martes la Agencia de Medio Ambiente. Cinco zonas se encuentran oficialmente en sequía, y otras seis experimentan condiciones de sequía prolongada después del períod...

Buckle up. The geopolitical struggle among the United States, Russia and Iran is poised to intensify before any durable peace comes to the Caucasus.  The provisional peace deal signed August 8 at the White House by US President Donald Trump, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev is a potential diplomatic thunderbolt that transforms the Caucasus, giving the United States the upper hand in what traditionally has been Russia’s backyard and Iran’s playground. But it is important to understand that…

Martha Lía Grajales es una activista defensora de los derechos humanos, nacida en Colombia y nacionalizada venezolana. Formó parte de la Comisión Presidencial para el Desarme. Asimismo, se desempeñó como coordinadora de la Cátedra de Derechos Humanos de la Universidad Nacional Experimental de ...

12 de agosto de 2025.- El gobierno alemán congeló autorizaciones de exportación de armas a Israel que podrían usarse en Gaza, decisión respaldada hoy por Jens Spahn, líder de la bancada democristiana en el Bundestag. Spahn (CDU/CSU) justificó la medida del canciller federal Friedrich Merz al seña...

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Via Metal Miner The Aluminum Monthly Metals Index (MMI) edged higher, but the pace slowed. Ultimately, the index saw just a 0.85% rise from July to August as the price of aluminum seemed to enter a period of flux. Track other MetalMiner monthly indexes here, and compare how the overall industrial metal market is performing. Midwest Premium Futures Stagger After ATH U.S. aluminum tariffs have proven to be a strong driver during the first seven months of the year, pushing the Midwest Premium to a new all-time high of $0.71/lb by early August. This…

12 de agosto de 2025.- El juez federal Ernesto Kreplak, quien está a cargo de la causa sobre las muertes de pacientes en hospitales y centros de salud de Argentina por el uso de fentanilo contaminado, informó que la cifra de decesos ascendió a 76 y advirtió que podría seguir aumentando. El magist...

Martes, 12 de agosto de 2025. Yanis Varoufakis, luego de un recorrido histórico sobre las diferentes fases que ha sufrido el Capitalismo, plantea su concepto de El Capita en la nube que a través del siguiente video presentamos a aporredores y aporredoras. Esta transformación es un cambio tan fu...

12 de agosto de 2025.- El Servicio Administrativo de Identificación, Migración y Extranjería (Saime) anunció que llevará a cabo un operativo especial sin cita para este sábado 16 de agosto, dirigido exclusivamente a los venezolanos con números de cédula entre 22 y 32 millones. La información fue ...

Martes, 12 de agosto de 2025. La Guerra Económica Que Cambiará el Mundo. José Luis Cava es uno de los analistas financieros más reconocidos del mundo hispanohablante. Con una trayectoria de más de dos décadas en los mercados, ha formado a miles de inversores a través de sus libros —como "El arte ...

The European Union is on the beach for most of August. No European Parliament plenary sessions, council meetings, or committee gatherings. In short, nothing much is discussed, let alone decided on, these weeks. But as soon as the diplomats and officials are back in their offices in September, there are potential tough decisions to be taken and dilemmas to face this autumn. RFE/RL looks at five things to watch for in the upcoming months. Unfreeze Russian Assets? There are over 200 billion euros ($233 billion) worth of Russian assets in the European…

The OPEC+ producers raised their combined crude oil production by 335,000 barrels per day (bpd) in July, below the 411,000 bpd output hike eight of the 22 producers have pledged for last month.  OPEC-only production from the 12-member cartel increased by 263,000 bpd—and most of the rise came from two major producers, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), according to data from secondary sources in OPEC’s Monthly Oil Market Report published on Tuesday.  Saudi Arabia accounted for half of the OPEC+ production hike…

Este lunes, La Federación de Cámaras y Empresas de Venezuela (Fedeindustria) emitió un comunicado oficial en el que manifestó su rechazo a las recientes acciones unilaterales del gobierno de Estados Unidos contra la República Bolivariana de Venezuela y su presidente constitucional, Nicolás Mad...

The upcoming Trump-Putin meeting is sparking speculation over a potential deal that could ease sanctions and reshape oil markets. Ending a Four-Year Oil Bull Run, Hedge Funds Are Now Betting on Renewables - Hedge funds are increasingly giving up on oil as the most profitable commodity play out there, with a Bloomberg analysis of some 700 funds’ strategies indicating that money managers have been betting against oil throughout 2025.  - Post-COVID recovery was the main engine of hedge funds’ oil craze, further boosted by the Russia-Ukraine…