U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday the White House is in contact with what he described as a “respected” IranianGold Breaks, Bitcoin Rallies as Iran War Scrambles Safe Havens figure and claimed Tehran is now pushing for a deal to end the war as it enters its fourth week. He also extended a deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, giving it five more days before the U.S. moves ahead with strikes on Iranian power infrastructure. The shift marked a sharp reversal from the weekend, when Washington and Tehran traded threats…

At the end of February, the Alberta government released its draft budget for the year, forecasting a deficit resulting from low oil prices, set to extend over the next three years. Now, Canada—and Alberta specifically—are about to become some of the big winners from the oil price rally resulting from the Middle East supply crunch. Canadian oil producers are set to get an additional revenue of some C$90 billion ($65.6 billion) from the rally, Enverus recently predicted, using modelling that showed for every $10 gain in oil prices, Canadian…

Caracas, 23 de marzo de 2026.-Más de 130 migrantes venezolanos repatriados desde Miami, Estados Unidos (EEUU), arribaron al Aeropuerto Internacional de Maiquetía Simón Bolívar en el vuelo 126 de la Gran Misión Vuelta a la Patria (GMVP), este lunes 23 de marzo. Este grupo incluyó 115 hombres, 1...

There is a persistent belief in energy debates that refuses to die: renewables and electrification are necessary, but expensive. It is often framed as an unavoidable trade?off — clean energy comes at a premium, while fossil fuels remain the cheaper, more reliable baseline. That assumption is now being tested against reality. And reality is not being kind to it. As gas prices climb again amid tensions around Iran and the Strait of Hormuz, Europe is seeing a familiar pattern: electricity prices surge in regions heavily exposed to gas, while…

Caracas, 23 de marzo de 2026- . MSC Cruceros, la tercera operadora naviera más importante del mundo, agregó a la isla de Margarita a su inventario de destinos internacionales, informó Prensa Mintur. Esta compañía italiana, que ha recorrido más de 100 países y 300 destinos, habilitó ...

The once peaceful South American nation of Ecuador is being rocked by cocaine related violence. Since the 2020 pandemic, the tiny country’s murder rate has spiraled higher, hitting an all-time high of nearly 51 murders per 100,000 people during 2025. The tiny impoverished country of less than 20 million is regularly affected by extreme bloodshed, conflict, and lawlessness despite frequent security crackdowns. The rapid rise of cocaine trafficking and related brutality is sharply impacting government finances and Ecuador’s broken oil…

Shortly before the war with Iran began, I wrote that the seeming complacency among government officials and financial market participants was based on two assumptions which I argued were unlikely to turn out to be true: 1) President Donald Trump would make a last-minute deal with the Iranians and declare victory and 2) even if Trump didn't make such a deal, the Iranians would not do all the things which they threatened to do if attacked. Here we are, three weeks into the conflict between the United States, Israel, and Iran. There was, of course,…

The United States is the world’s biggest crude oil producer—it has been for years, and it has been pumping more than 13.6 million barrels per day of oil for the past few months. Then why, some would ask, are U.S. gasoline prices surging because of a conflict half a world away? First and foremost, the price of crude oil carries the biggest weight in the formation of gasoline prices in America. And the price of crude oil has soared in the past three weeks since the war in the Middle East began. Second, the U.S. – even with the highest…

Domingo, 22 de marzo de 2026.- Líderes mundiales arremeten contra Trump tras un insulto demoledor: “Atroz y falso” Crisis diplomática internacional tras las últimas declaraciones de Donald Trump. Varios líderes mundiales han reaccionado con dureza después de que el expresidente de Estados Uni...

Machiques de Perijá.- La tarde de este domingo 22 de marzo, aproximadamente a las 6:30 de la tarde, durante el cierre de las fiestas de la celebración de San José de Perijá, una unidad de alta potencia que participaba en una exhibición de piques fangueros en las adyacencias de la granja "...

Tropas estadounidenses denuncian falta de estrategia y vulnerabilidad crítica tras un mes de hostilidades en Oriente Medio. Trump enfrenta actualmente un rechazo sin precedentes dentro de las fuerzas militares y las tropas de Estados Unidos.  La estrategia de la administración ...

Richard Walker has urged the government to consider imposing a temporary cap on energy company profits, warning that households risk bearing the brunt of another price shock linked to the Middle East conflict. The Iceland boss, recently appointed as a Labour peer and cost-of-living adviser, said ministers should examine limiting earnings for producers and retailers during periods of extreme volatility. “I have asked the government to consider a temporary profit cap … to stop producers and retailers exploiting the crisis to make windfall…

Un avión C-130 Hércules de la Fuerza Aérea colombiana sufrió un accidente cuando despegaba de Puerto Leguízamo, en el suroeste del país, anunció el ministro de Defensa, Pedro Arnulfo Sánchez. "Con profundo dolor informo que un avión Hércules de nuestra Fuerza Aérea sufrió un tr...

Chinese state oil giant Sinopec, Asia’s biggest refiner by capacity, will not buy Iranian oil even after the U.S. waiver on purchases of crude from Iran loaded on tankers as of March 20, a senior Sinopec executive said on Monday.      Sinopec, officially known as China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation, is weighing the potential risks of Iranian oil trade and “basically won't buy” Iranian crude, the company’s president Zhao Dong said, as carried by Reuters.   The U.S. Treasury Department’s…

Chinese state oil giant Sinopec, Asia’s biggest refiner by capacity, will not buy Iranian oil even after the U.S. waiver on purchases of crude from Iran loaded on tankers as of March 20, a senior Sinopec executive said on Monday.      Sinopec, officially known as China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation, is weighing the potential risks of Iranian oil trade and “basically won't buy” Iranian crude, the company’s president Zhao Dong said, as carried by Reuters.   The U.S. Treasury Department’s…

Chinese state oil giant Sinopec, Asia’s biggest refiner by capacity, will not buy Iranian oil even after the U.S. waiver on purchases of crude from Iran loaded on tankers as of March 20, a senior Sinopec executive said on Monday.      Sinopec, officially known as China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation, is weighing the potential risks of Iranian oil trade and “basically won't buy” Iranian crude, the company’s president Zhao Dong said, as carried by Reuters.   The U.S. Treasury Department’s…

Lunes, 23 de marzo de 2026.- ¿Quién manda en Venezuela? De acuerdo a la Constitución de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela, (CRBV) ante las ausencias temporales del Presidente de la República, debe encargarse de la presidencia el vicepresidente o vicepresidenta por 90 días, prolongables a 90 ...

With events in the Middle East once again disrupting global energy markets, we need to revisit one of our favorite energy policy concepts, the energy trilemma, a simple variant of the trolley problem with an added variable. The three variables are 1) affordability, 2) security of energy supply (can a hostile government cut off your supply?), and sustainability (are your energy sources heavy polluters or consumers of finite resources?).  The trilemma says that policymakers can only enjoy two out of three of these variables, with the third one…

Mientras el mundo mira hacia el conflicto con Irán, en las tierras de Cisjordania se ha desatado una cacería humana de proporciones alarmantes. Lo que comenzó como un trágico incidente vial —la muerte del joven Yehuda Sherman (18) en su cuatrimoto— se ha transformado en el detonant...

Europe’s gasoline exports have started to increasingly shift to Asia in recent weeks as the crude supply shock in the Middle East is tightening Asian fuel supply.  Europe usually ships most of its exported gasoline to the United States, West Africa, and South America. But in these unusual times of the biggest disruption in the oil market ever, more European gasoline cargoes are bound for Asia.   Over the past week, at least 1.6 million barrels of gasoline, carried by three tankers, have loaded from Europe and are en route to…