La Unión Europea (UE) condenó "enérgicamente" este viernes la reciente decisión del Gobierno de Israel de establecer 34 nuevos asentamientos en la Cisjordania ocupada, una medida que consideró "ilegal según el derecho internacional", e instó al Ejecutivo israelí a reverti...

Russia has restarted limited oil loadings at its Black Sea port of Novorossiysk after a drone attack earlier this week forced a full suspension. Operations at the Sheskharis terminal resumed late Thursday, but only one berth is currently active. A single cargo of roughly 80,000 tons is expected to depart, well below the terminal's normal capacity of about 700,000 barrels per day. The restart comes after the Monday strike that caused fires at a fuel terminal and damaged loading infrastructure. Shipments were halted entirely. The loading schedule…

Several fuel shortages, hunger, and spiralling inflation will be some of the consequences of the Iran war as the head of the International Monetary Fund said that it would leave “scarring effects” on the global economy.  In a speech by Kristalina Georgieva, the IMF’s managing director, global policymakers were warned that trade disruption across the Middle East over the last month would lead to lower growth and higher inflation. The impact of the war was also predicted to be uneven between different countries depending on…

Chinese electric vehicle exports soared by 140% to a record high in March as the fuel price shock drove consumers back to EVs. China exported as many as 349,000 electric vehicles last month, a record high number of any month ever, according to data from the China Passenger Car Association cited by Bloomberg. Drivers in Asia Pacific, Europe, and the United States started searching for EVs and hybrid options amid soaring fuel prices, following the war in the Middle East. The conflict has trapped more than 10 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude…

Despite the ongoing escalation in the Middle East, crude heads for its biggest weekly loss in months. Friday, April 10, 2026 Is there a ceasefire or not? That is the ultimate question asked by the oil markets as the Strait of Hormuz remains open, strikes on energy infrastructure in the Middle East continue unabated (one could even say the damage reported by Saudi Arabia should be a turbocharger for prices) and the Lebanese issue continues to escalate. Nevertheless, oil is set to post its largest weekly loss since July 2025, with ICE Brent closing…

La presidenta (E) de la República, Delcy Rodríguez, ofreció una serie de anuncios importantes para el país este miércoles 8 de abril desde el Palacio de Miraflores, con el fin de consolidar el desarrollo integral de la nación y garantizar el bienestar del pueblo venezolano. La manda...

Este jueves, miles de venezolanos y voceros del Poder Popular se movilizaron en las calles de la capital para conmemorar el 20° aniversario de la Ley de Consejos Comunales. El acto central, lo acompañó el Vicepresidente Sectorial de Política, Seguridad Ciudadana y Paz, Diosdado Cabello, ju...

En un paso decisivo para el fortalecimiento de las instituciones, se ha dado a conocer la trayectoria de la Dra. Eglée González Lobato, quien asume el liderazgo en la defensa de los derechos ciudadanos. Jurista venezolana con más de 25 años de trayectoria en el derecho público y la gobernanza ...

Viernes, 10 de abril de 2026.- Donald Trump anunció hace unos días que Estados Unidos terminaría su bombardeo en Irán en “dos o tres semanas”. Se rindió frente al cierre del estrecho de Ormuz. Se rindió también ante el supuesto uranio almacenado. Se rindió ante el cambio de régimen...

Oil prices could spike and hit again their peak Iran-war levels at nearly $120 per barrel if a full recovery of vessel traffic through the Strait of Hormuz takes until July, according to JP Morgan. Despite the ceasefire announced earlier this week, traffic through the critical oil chokepoint remains severely restricted and under supervision and approval by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). "The ceasefire has not reopened the Strait of Hormuz, and transit remains tightly controlled," maritime intelligence firm Windward said on Thursday.…

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Amid reports Iran and the US are considering charging vessels a “toll” to transit the Strait of Hormuz, maritime insiders say such a move could backfire if other countries decide to charge ships for passing through natural maritime chokepoints. “This is international free passage,” Olav Myklebust, a Norwegian oil tanker manager, says, “so the rules are very clear.” According to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), ships engaged in “innocent passage” through a country’s territorial…

En los siete días terminados el 3 de abril, los envíos de petróleo venezolano estuvieron solo por debajo de Canadá (4.271.000 bpd) y Arabia Saudita (589.000 bpd) Las exportaciones petroleras venezolanas en la primera semana de abril se ubicaron en 321.000 barriles por día (bpd), un ...

Durante la jornada de este jueves, en paralelo a la convocatoria de movilización gubernamental, un grupo de sindicalistas y jubilados de sectores de la oposición realizaron una manifestación en las calles de la capital venezolana. Aunque la movilización fue convocada inicialmente ba...

El Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI) está distribuyendo una encuesta entre sus miembros acerca de la reanudación de las relaciones con Venezuela, según fuentes familiarizadas con el asunto

La norma destaca el incentivo a la inversión, las regalías ajustadas a la productividad de los yacimientos y seguridad jurídica. Además, se clasifican estratégicamente la producción en pequeña, mediana y gran minería Fue aprobada y sancionada por unanimidad, la Ley Orgánica de Minas...

Crude oil markets reversed sharply lower during the week of April 5 through April 9, 2026, as traders shifted from aggressive risk pricing to rapid liquidation. After surging the previous week on geopolitical tensions, May WTI crude failed to sustain higher levels and entered a wide, volatile range. Prices reached a weekly high of $117.73 before collapsing to a low of $91.05. As of Thursday, crude is trading at $98.39, down $13.15 or -11.79% for the week so far. This sharp reversal follows last week’s breakout rally, where supply fears tied…

Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict It’s been a busy week on the U.S.-Iran front. Trump escalated to the point of threatening to wipe out Iran, then pulled back when oil prices spiked, and the stock market took a hit tied to the Strait disruption. The narrative then turned into one claiming that all U.S. military objectives have already been met. By way of saving face in the reversal, Trump threatened tariffs on anyone supplying Iran. The military goals remain unclear at this time. And the current ceasefire is shaky at best. Israel is continuing…

The last month or so has been a wild ride for those who trade oil futures or invest in energy stocks, which presumably describes pretty much everyone reading this. In the last few days of February, just before Israel and the US attacked Iranian targets, WTI futures were bouncing around the $65 level. That represented a five-month high but was still well within the range that seemed reasonable at the time. Presumably, at that point, the market generally agreed with my view that Donald Trump’s stated opposition to wars and entanglements outside…

Against the backdrop of global disaster, and only halfway through this anti-war administration, Americans are largely watching this all unfold as if it’s another Netflix offering coupled with tantalizing social media posts. But in addition to ethical and moral concerns, it is reasonable at this time to be concerned about markets, and money is generally the only thing that commands attention these days.  Americans are arguably over-invested, which represents a faith in the order of things that is no longer warranted, and possibly financially…