13-03-26.-El Palacio de Miraflores canceló a última hora la reunión de alto nivel prevista para este viernes en la ciudad de Cúcuta. El encuentro reuniría al mandatario colombiano Gustavo Petro con la presidenta encargada de Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez. Fuentes de la Presidencia de C...

The fight for geopolitical supremacy is increasingly a fight over rare earths — the critical elements that power advanced defense systems, high-performance manufacturing, and next-generation energy technologies. REalloys (NASDAQ: ALOY) is already operating in the most strategic segment of that chain, converting heavy rare earth materials into high-performance magnets and alloys inside the United States.For Washington, the challenge is not geology — it’s processing. Many Western companies are still in early exploration or planning…

13-03-26.-Sindicalistas y trabajadores venezolanos tomaron las calles este jueves para exigir un aumento salarial inmediato. La protesta marca cuatro años exactos desde la última congelación del sueldo mínimo en el país. Los manifestantes llegaron a la sede de la Asamblea Nacional. Allí fueron re...

Saudi Arabia has opened a tender for two million barrels of its flagship Arab Light grade for loading this month from its Red Sea port of Yanbu, Reuters has reported, citing unnamed traders. This is Saudi Arabia’s fourth oil tender as it seeks to redirect crude supply from the Persian Gulf to the Red Sea. Saudi Arabia has pivoted onshore Arab Light volumes onto the 7 million barrels per day Petroline from the east to Yanbu on its western shores. This has pushed Yanbu’s oil exports to about 2.47 million bpd, a massive 330% surge compared…

13-03-26.-El precio del dólar en el Banco Central de Venezuela (BCV) se cotizó este jueves 12 de marzo 2026 en Bs.443,25 por unidad según la última actualización en su página web oficial y redes sociales.   &nb...

La inteligencia estadounidense no prevé un colapso inminente del gobierno iraní. Informes recientes de inteligencia son congruentes. Milicias kurdas iraníes con escasez de combatientes y armas.

en una escalada de la guerra tecnológica. 12 de marzo de 2026.-Dramática escalada en el conflicto regional: tras los ataques a centros de datos de Amazon en el Golfo y el atentado con bomba contra un banco en Teherán, la Guardia Revolucionaria iraní ...

Just a month ago, Alberta’s finance ministry announced a budget featuring annual deficits for three years in a row on the back of low oil prices. Now, Canadian crude oil producers are set to “benefit disproportionately” from the war in the Middle East thanks to the fact that Canadian crude prices follow WTI closely—and WTI is spiking. When Minister Nate Horner presented the budget for Canada’s oil province, he said expectations were that oil prices would bottom out this year and start rising in 2027. Little could Horner…

12 de marzo de 2026.-Una sombra se cernió sobre los campos de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela, donde el banano se ha considerado un símbolo de sustento y tradición durante generaciones. En 2023, el Instituto Nacional de Salud Agrícola Integral (INSAI) de la República Bolivariana de Venez...

Wall Street analysts are warning that U.S. airlines could face a painful earnings squeeze as oil prices surge amid the escalating war with Iran. Crude prices jumped over 9% on Thursday as the conflict rattled energy markets and heightened fears of disruption around the Strait of Hormuz. Many U.S. carriers largely abandoned fuel hedging in recent years, leaving them far more exposed to sudden price spikes and raising the prospect that only a handful of airlines can remain profitable at current oil prices. Airlines and oil producers typically rely…

12 de marzo de 2026.-El Instituto Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología (Inameh), informó que para este jueves se espera un cielo de nubosidad en buena parte del país. Durante las primeras horas del día, se prevén mantos nubosos que generarán lluvias o lloviznas en las regiones de Delta A...

When tensions around the Strait of Hormuz began rattling energy markets again, the reaction was entirely predictable. Tanker traffic slowed, insurance premiums rose, and oil and gas prices started climbing. But something else happened just as predictably. Across Europe, politicians and policy institutions began reviving familiar proposals: reopen gas fields, expand offshore drilling, reconsider domestic reserves that had previously been phased out. In the Netherlands, even the long-closed Groningen gas field has cautiously resurfaced in policy…

The Middle East war and the mother of all oil shocks—the de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz—have exposed the global dependence on oil and gas as buyers scramble for cargoes and consumers once again bear the brunt of spiking energy prices. Before the war, the world had just overcome the energy system disruption from the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the embargoes on Russian energy in most of the developed economies. Some thought this was the biggest energy shock this decade, and most governments placed energy security ahead of…

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) warned Thursday that it could ignite a wider energy crisis across the Middle East if Iran’s own oil and gas infrastructure comes under attack. In a statement carried by state broadcaster IRIB, the IRGC said any strike on Iran’s energy facilities or ports would trigger a “crushing and devastating response.” The force warned that, in such a scenario, oil and gas infrastructure across the region linked to the United States and its Western allies would be “set on fire…

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) warned Thursday that it could ignite a wider energy crisis across the Middle East if Iran’s own oil and gas infrastructure comes under attack. In a statement carried by state broadcaster IRIB, the IRGC said any strike on Iran’s energy facilities or ports would trigger a “crushing and devastating response.” The force warned that, in such a scenario, oil and gas infrastructure across the region linked to the United States and its Western allies would be “set on fire…

The U.S. Department of Energy is launching a $1.9 billion funding effort aimed at rapidly expanding the capacity of the nation’s power grid by upgrading existing transmission lines. This is instead of building entirely new ones. The initiative, called Speed to Power through Accelerated Reconductoring and other Key Advanced Transmission Technology Upgrades—mercifully shortened to SPARK—will fund projects that replace existing transmission wires with higher-capacity conductors and deploy advanced grid technologies designed to squeeze…

The U.S. Department of Energy is launching a $1.9 billion funding effort aimed at rapidly expanding the capacity of the nation’s power grid by upgrading existing transmission lines. This is instead of building entirely new ones. The initiative, called Speed to Power through Accelerated Reconductoring and other Key Advanced Transmission Technology Upgrades—mercifully shortened to SPARK—will fund projects that replace existing transmission wires with higher-capacity conductors and deploy advanced grid technologies designed to squeeze…

El canciller iraní Abbas Araghchi cuestionó públicamente el silencio de la UNESCO frente a los recientes ataques israelíes contra sitios históricos y arqueológicos en territorio iraní, algunos de ellos incluidos en la Lista del Patrimonio Mundial. En un mensaje difundido en la plataforma X, el...

Venezuela’s Lake Maracaibo, South America’s largest and oldest waterbody, is at risk. The lake is situated in the heart of the Maracaibo Basin, one of the continent’s richest oil-producing regions. After the Zumaque 1 wildcat well found black gold on Lake Maracaibo’s eastern shore, Venezuela’s oil industry rapidly expanded, covering the ancient waterbody with persistently leaking pipelines, storage tanks, and derricks. This triggered a devastating environmental disaster, which could worsen after the United States intervened…

La reina del salto triple, la venezolana Yulimar Rojas, regresa a un mundial de pista cubierta con la misma ambición y fuerza de siempre para conquistar otra medalla dorada en Torun Polonia, en el evento que se celebrará del 20 al 22 de marzo próximos. «Me ilusiona el hecho de...