8 de enero de 2026.- Luego de que el Gobierno de Bolivia y la Central Obrera Boliviana (COB) declararan un cuarto intermedio en las negociaciones iniciada el miércoles, se incrementan las medidas de fuerzas en todo el país en rechazo del Decreto Supremo 5503 que, entre otras implicaciones, una quita...

Data center load accounted for $6.5 billion, or 40%, of the $16.4 billion in costs from the PJM Interconnection’s December capacity auction, according to the grid operator’s independent market monitor. About $6.2 billion of those costs is related to data centers that haven’t been built but could come online by PJM’s 2027/28 delivery year that begins on June 1, 2027, Monitoring Analytics, the market monitor, said in a report released Monday. In PJM’s last three base capacity auctions, costs related to data center…

8 de enero de 2026.- Tras un periodo de interrupción logística, se ha logrado normalizar el flujo de retorno a Cuba de los profesionales de la salud que prestan servicios en la República Bolivariana de Venezuela, informó el Ministerio de Salud. Durante los últimos meses de 2025, el proceso regula...

India’s largest refiner is signaling it may be ready to reopen a door it closed less than a year ago — if Washington lets it. Reliance Industries said Thursday it would consider buying Venezuelan crude again if sales are permitted to non-U.S. buyers, showing just how quickly global oil trade patterns are being reshuffled after the United States moved to allow limited Venezuelan exports following the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro. Reliance, which operates the world’s largest refining complex, stopped taking Venezuelan…

8 de enero de 2026.- En Francia, los agricultores entraron el jueves 8 de enero en París con sus tractores, llegando hasta la Torre Eiffel y el Arco del Triunfo. Alrededor de una veintena de ellos llegaron entre las 3 y las 4 de la madrugada a las inmediaciones del monumento más visitado de Francia,...

The online debate continues to rage over the merits and demerits of the U.S.’s audacious capture of Nicolás Maduro. Narratives around international law and geopolitical ramifications are relevant, but Venezuela’s oil potential now dominates. I have written that the ‘war for oil’ narrative is a mirage. Just as there are many competing interests in the Trump administration, there are myriad motives for Maduro’s removal – be they fair or foul. While Venezuela’s proven reserves are formidable, the expert…

U.S. President Donald Trump has invited heads of commodity trading firms, Vitol and Trafigura, to the White House for talks on Friday regarding the marketing of Venezuelan oil,  Reuters has reported.  Whereas the Trump administration has tapped U.S. oil majors to play a leading role in extracting and selling crude from Venezuela, the giant European firms are some of the largest oil traders in the world, and undoubtedly have the requisite expertise to market oil from Venezuela. Vitol delivered an average of 7.2 million barrels per day…

8 de enero de 2026.- Manifestantes que protestaban por la muerte de una mujer a manos de un agente de inmigración en Minneapolis, ciudad del medio oeste de Estados Unidos, se enfrentaron este jueves con las fuerzas del orden, en medio de la creciente indignación por el tiroteo. Al menos un manif...

Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev is pushing for the creation of a Turkic trade corridor that connects Central Asia’s resource riches to Western markets. In Aliyev’s view, Turkic states should work in 2026 not only to increase coordination on connectivity and trade but also start building a robust defense and security component. Aliyev outlined his vision during an expansive news conference on January 5, where he designated the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) as the corridor’s foundation.…

Bobi Wine, a pop star-turned-politician and an opposition candidate in Uganda’s presidential election next week, will review all oil contracts the country has with international oil firms and revise any deals that aren’t favorable for Ugandans. “We shall study all agreements,” Wine told Reuters in an interview published on Thursday, a week before Uganda – an aspiring oil-producing nation – holds presidential elections on January 15. “And any part in those agreements that does not favour Ugandans will definitely…

8 de enero de 2026.- “En un gesto unilateral del Gobierno bolivariano” se procede a la excarcelación de un grupo de ciudadanos venezolanos y extranjeros que permanecían privados de libertad en el país. Así lo informó el presidente de la Asamblea Nacional e integrante de la comisión de alto nivel par...

Oil prices climbed sharply on Thursday morning, with both Brent crude and U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures trading up 2% in early U.S. trading hours as investors assessed the ongoing fallout from dramatic political and oil-market developments in Venezuela.  The gains mark a rebound after recent churn in global energy markets on supply concerns, U.S. inventory draws and heightened geopolitical risk. At 9.28 a.m. Thursday, Benchmark Brent crude was trading up 2.02% at $61.17, while U.S. WTI was up 1.95% at $57.05, reflecting renewed…

Oil prices climbed sharply on Thursday morning, with both Brent crude and U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures trading up 2% in early U.S. trading hours as investors assessed the ongoing fallout from dramatic political and oil-market developments in Venezuela.  The gains mark a rebound after recent churn in global energy markets on supply concerns, U.S. inventory draws and heightened geopolitical risk. At 9.28 a.m. Thursday, Benchmark Brent crude was trading up 2.02% at $61.17, while U.S. WTI was up 1.95% at $57.05, reflecting renewed…

Mitigating global greenhouse gas emissions will require futuristic and high-profile clean energy production breakthroughs like nuclear fusion and enhanced geothermal systems, but it will also depend on many smaller and significantly less sexy developments in tandem. In fact, some of the lowest-hanging fruit have some of the biggest payoffs when it comes to reducing emissions. Seemingly small tweaks like making residential heating and cooling more efficient can have massive impacts on global carbon footprints. “Energy efficiency is one of…

8 de enero de 2026.- Colombia sumó el miércoles el primer asesinato de un líder social en el 2026 al confirmarse el homicidio de un líder social y profesor de la región rural de Montería, capital del departamento de Córdoba De acuerdo con el Instituto de Estudios para la Paz y el Desarrollo (Inde...

The US seizure of a Russian-flagged oil tanker in the North Atlantic dramatically raises the stakes in Washington's naval blockade of Venezuela, blowing apart an apparent Kremlin strategy to reflag its shadow fleet ships to offer them protection and stoking wider tensions with Moscow. Some 21 flagless vessels have adopted Russia's flag since the United States seized a shadow fleet tanker called the Skipper in the Caribbean on December 10, according to data from Windward, a maritime intelligence company. That was followed by US President Donald…

8 de enero de 2026.- Choferes de más de 20 de líneas de ómnibus en el Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires (AMBA) realizan hoy un paro en demanda del pago de salarios atrasados, acción que mantendrán hasta tanto las empresas cumplan su obligación. Iniciaron la medida de fuerza a la medianoche de es...

China reiteró hoy su respaldo al multilateralismo y criticó la decisión de Estados Unidos de retirarse de varias organizaciones mundiales, al considerar que dichas acciones socavan la cooperación global y el orden internacional. La portavoz del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, M...

Despite the European Union’s public commitment to sever energy ties with Moscow, new data reveals that the bloc’s ports remained the biggest buyer for Russia’s flagship Arctic liquefied natural gas (LNG) project throughout 2025.  An analysis of Kpler vessel-tracking data published Thursday by the non-governmental organization Urgewald shows that EU terminals handled 76.1% of all exports from the Yamal LNG facility last year, netting the Kremlin an estimated €7.2 billion ($8.4 billion). The findings emerge as the EU prepares…

Senadores estadounidenses de los partidos Demócrata y Republicano tacharon como "inconstitucional" las acciones de secuestro e intervención por parte del gobierno de Donald Trump contra Venezuela y han pedido discutir ampliamente en público a modo de fiscalización la actuación de los...