15 de mayo de 2026.- Este viernes, el Aeropuerto Internacional de Maiquetía "Simón Bolívar" recibió el vuelo número 145 de la Gran Misión Vuelta a la Patria, marcando el retorno de 166 venezolanos procedentes de Miami, Florida, Estados Unidos (EEUU). Este viaje, gestionado por el Gobierno Bolivarian...

15 de mayo de 2026.- La Superintendencia de las Instituciones del Sector Bancario (Sudeban) exhortó a los usuarios a mantenerse alerta ante distintas modalidades de fraude digital difundidas mediante llamadas, mensajes de texto y enlaces enviados por plataformas digitales. El organismo advirtió s...

Goldman’s latest edition of Nuclear Nuggets: Global Reactor Tracker reinforces that the buildout of the cleanest and most reliable form of so-called “green” energy, nuclear power, continues to gain momentum. The theme we first laid out in December 2020 continues to broaden, with buildouts accelerating across both large-scale and small modular reactors, even as the growing risk of a massive uranium supply deficit emerges. Focusing on the latest North American reactor progress and announcements: 4/16/2026 – Canada –…

The Trump administration will put back into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve whatever oil it takes out—and then some—during the current emergency drawdown period, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said at an event on Friday. The plan, according to Wright, is to add 1.2 barrels to the SPR for every barrel it takes now. “We’ll leave it fuller than when we started,” he said, stopping short of detailing the plan for how that would work. The SPR currently sits around 384 million barrels, according to the latest EIA data, after…

15 de mayo de 2026.- Millones de palestinos conmemoraron este viernes el 78 aniversario de la Nakba, término árabe que significa “catástrofe”, recordando la expulsión masiva y forzosa de aproximadamente 750.000 palestinos de sus hogares durante la guerra de 1948, que rodeó la creación del Estado de ...

La corporación minera de capital estadounidense Gold Reserve Inc. formalizó la firma de un acuerdo estratégico de inversión (denominado

The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States rose this week, according to new data that Baker Hughes published on Friday, bringing the total rig count in the US to 551,  down 25 from this same time last year. The number of active oil rigs rose by 5 to 415 during the latest reporting period, according to the data. This is 50 below this same time last year. The number of gas rigs fell by 1. Gas rigs now sit at 128, which is 20 more than this time last year. The miscellaneous rig count fell by 1, to 8. The latest…

  El programa espacial chino dio un nuevo paso en sus planes de exploración extraterrestre tras mostrar un robot de gran tamaño desarrollado para colaborar en futuras tareas de construcción sobre la superficie lunar. La máquina, con un peso cercano a los 100 kilos, fue creada p...

15 de mayo de 2026.- En este nuevo programa de Escuela de Cuadros, Michael Löwy aborda el pensamiento marxista del Che Guevara, su apuesta por un marxismo creativo, humanista y profundamente arraigado en la realidad latinoamericana. La conversación recorre temas como la ética revol...

En 2025, casi 77.000 personas murieron en Japón en la más absoluta soledad.Behrouz Mehri/AFP Japón se enfrenta a un número creciente de "muertes solitarias", es decir, personas que mueren aisladas, a pesar de los esfuerzos del Gobierno por frenar esta tendencia, que ya representa ce...

As the Middle East conflict exposes the fragility of global supply chains built around the Strait of Hormuz, energy companies and importing nations alike are reassessing where the next generation of reliable barrels will come from. The Vaca Muerta Shale sits at the top of that shortlist, with Argentina throwing open 15 new exploration blocks in the play to international and domestic energy companies — the largest bid round since 2016 and more than double the six blocks offered in the previous provincial auction. Vaca Muerta is the largest…

VALENCIA — La Dirección General Nacional de Bomberos (DGNB), adscrita al Ministerio del Poder Popular para Relaciones Interiores, Justicia y Paz, dictó el taller de formación "Prevención en el Hogar con el Gas Licuado de Petróleo (GLP)" en el estado Carabobo. La actividad acadé...

Oil prices surged $7 this week as Iran tensions, Hormuz risks, and weak signals from the Xi-Trump summit overshadow bearish OPEC and IEA demand forecasts. Friday, May 15, 2026 In a week that started off with both OPEC and the IEA slashing their demand forecasts for 2026, oil prices are set for a hefty $7 per barrel week-on-week gain. The much-anticipated Xi-Trump summit in Beijing provided little hope for any short-term market normalization, turning out to be quite thin on commodity-relevant substance. Iran has added fuel to the oil market’s…

Pakistan has negotiated the passage of vessels laden with Qatari LNG out of the Strait of Hormuz in a diplomatic feat that no other energy buyer has managed so far in the Iran war. Pakistan, which was the mediator of the U.S.-Iran talks and is passing messages from one to the other, appears to have used well its close ties with both Qatar and Iran to negotiate the successful imports of two tankers with Qatari LNG. Pakistan has relied on Qatar's term LNG supply for years, but the war in the Middle East has led to the shutdown of Qatari LNG production…

Las alcaldías de Baruta y El Hatillo informaron que los fuertes bajones eléctricos registrados este jueves afectaron de manera directa la operatividad de los sistemas de distribución de agua Tuy I, Tuy II y Tuy III, dejando a varios sectores de la capital sin suministro.

CARACAS — En el marco de la agenda conmemorativa por el Mes de la Afrovenezolanidad, el movimiento social e institucional

El actual proceso de reestructuración de la deuda pública y externa de la República y de Petróleos de Venezuela (Pdvsa) constituye un paso determinante para la reinserción...

Amid a new company restructuring, BP is weighing a potential sale of some of its natural gas assets in Egypt, Reuters reported on Friday, citing multiple sources familiar with the plans. The UK oil and gas supermajor has not taken any final decision on a potential sale, while a spokesperson for BP told Reuters the group doesn’t comment on market speculation. BP has been operating in Egypt for more than 60 years, investing over $35 billion in the North African country during these six decades. BP and the partnerships it has with other companies…

Amid a new company restructuring, BP is weighing a potential sale of some of its natural gas assets in Egypt, Reuters reported on Friday, citing multiple sources familiar with the plans. The UK oil and gas supermajor has not taken any final decision on a potential sale, while a spokesperson for BP told Reuters the group doesn’t comment on market speculation. BP has been operating in Egypt for more than 60 years, investing over $35 billion in the North African country during these six decades. BP and the partnerships it has with other companies…

Durante el programa A Pulso, transmitido por Venezolana de Televisión (VTV), el vicepresidente Sectorial de Economía y Finanzas, Calixto Ortega, aseguró que Venezuela dejó de cumplir con sus pagos tras la imposición de "una de las sanciones más destructivas impuestas a la economía venezol...