Legisladores y expertos en narcóticos afirman que los esfuerzos del gobierno de Trump por vincular a Venezuela con la crisis del fentanilo en Estados Unidos son engañosos.   19 de noviembre de 2025.-El presidente Trump ha de...

19 de noviembre de 2025.-Haití selló su plaza para la Copa Mundial del próximo verano con una victoria por 2-0 sobre Nicaragua el martes, aunque su entrenador francés, Sébastien Migne, aún no ha visitado la isla debido a la persistente inestabilidad, informó ESPN. Haití, que se ve o...

Refining margins in the U.S, northwest Europe, and Asia have jumped to two-year highs as diesel and gasoline markets tighten with no sign of immediate relief.   Refinery closures in recent years, planned maintenance after the summer, unplanned repairs due to outages, and Ukrainian attacks crippling Russia’s oil product exports have tightened the refined petroleum markets everywhere. Forecasters and traders expect a glut on the crude market to depress further benchmark crude futures going into 2026, but the strength in gasoline and middle…

Previously, we reported that the pivot by Indian refiners away from Russian oil has triggered a spike in oil product prices even as crude prices remain largely unchanged. To wit, ICE Brent-Gasoil crack spreads doubled from the $15-17/bbl range held in the first half of the year, to a 21-month high above $32/bbl, good for a nearly 70% increase in the year-to-date. Gasoil is a middle distillate mainly used in commercial and agricultural sectors for off-road vehicles, machinery, and generators. And now reports have emerged that the distillates market…

Three years ago, Germany led an EU-wide offensive against Russian pipeline gas imports. These imports were no longer wanted in Europe because of the war in Ukraine. They would be replaced with LNG—for a short while—because the EU, and Germany, were firmly on their way to net zero. Now, Germany is in the LNG game for the long haul, building import terminals with a target of over 70 million tons annually—including from Russia. Reuters this week published an overview of Germany’s efforts to boost imports of liquefied natural…

Caracas, 19 de noviembre  de 2025.- Los espacios del centro histórico de la ciudad de Puerto Cabello, en el estado Carabobo, se convierten en sede de la Feria Internacional de Turismo de Venezuela (FITVen). Una gigantesca estructura metálica se construye con un diseño vanguardista y armon...

E-waste is a massive and rapidly growing issue as more and more of our electronic devices reach the end of their life and end up in landfills. Today, e-waste is the fastest growing solid waste stream on the planet.  Finding new ways to breathe life into old electronics or to harvest their valuable components for upcycling, such as costly metals and rare earth minerals, is not only critical to closing this wasteful loop, but could also be an enormous economic advantage for the tech manufacturing sector. One of these newest innovations tackles…

MP Materials shares surged on Wednesday after the company announced a joint venture with Saudi Arabia’s Ma’aden to build a rare-earths processing and magnet manufacturing hub in the kingdom, a move that positions the U.S. producer inside one of the world’s fastest-growing critical-minerals investment programs. The partnership will give MP a new downstream base in the Gulf as Saudi Arabia accelerates its bid to become a major player in the global rare earth supply chain.The companies will establish a refinery and separation plant…

MP Materials shares surged on Wednesday after the company announced a joint venture with Saudi Arabia’s Ma’aden to build a rare-earths processing and magnet manufacturing hub in the kingdom, a move that positions the U.S. producer inside one of the world’s fastest-growing critical-minerals investment programs. The partnership will give MP a new downstream base in the Gulf as Saudi Arabia accelerates its bid to become a major player in the global rare earth supply chain.The companies will establish a refinery and separation plant…

Caracas, 19 de noviembre de 2025.- Este miércoles 19 de noviembre, la ministra del Poder Popular para el Turismo, Leticia Gómez,  instaló el Primer Congreso Interinstitucional para la Concientización en la Lucha Contra la Legitimación de Capitales, Financiamiento del Terrorismo y la Proli...

Iraqis voted in a parliamentary election on 11 November and, though pre-election surveys predicted a record-low turnout, the final total turnout was 56.11% according to the Independent High Electoral Commission.  (Turnout for the 2021 parliamentary election was 43.3%.) Incumbent prime minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani’s Construction and Development Coalition, won 46 seats in the 329-seat Council of Representatives of Iraq. Now the election is over and Sudani faces the task of building a governing coalition. (After the 2021 election,…

Miércoles, 19 de noviembre de 2025.- En una ocasión de gala, Victor Manuel le soneó al gran Raphael de España y este no aguantó y se puso a bailar, genio y figura y un gran ejemplo para todos. [yt=iEvklz3qgsU]...

Es 19 de noviembre de 2025. Han transcurrido 323días del año y faltan 42 días para su terminación. Hoy es miércoles. Las efemérides se refieren a sucesos, celebraciones o conmemoraciones significativas para un área del conocimiento, la cultura y las artes, la historia o la ci...

19 de noviembre de 2025.- «Tenemos que buscar formas de tratar a las personas con humanidad», declaró en inglés a los periodistas frente a su residencia secundaria cerca de Roma. Aunque afirmó que «todos los países tienen derecho a determinar quién, cómo y cuándo entra la gente», hubo personas qu...

Is AI in a bubble? When will the bubble burst? Are there signs? Well, we don’t have a crystal ball, but there are signs. On the markets, several prominent investors have spoken. Peter Thiel, one of the best-known tech investors, has sold his entire position in Nvidia. SoftBank, a huge Japanese tech investor is unloading its shares, too. Meanwhile, Michael Burry, of Big Short fame, warns of an impending bubble burst. And the head of Swedish fintech Klarna, a man with major AI holdings, said that he’s thinking of hedging his positions…

Miércoles, 18 de noviembre de 2025.- Hay un asesino en El Caribe, fue una de las frases lapidarias del embajador de Venezuela ante la ONU, Samuel Moncada en la reciente reunión de urgencia del Consejo de Seguridad de Naciones Unidas solicitada por Venezuela para denunciar y frenar la amenaza real ...

19 de noviembre de 2025.- Este día retornó al territorio nacional un nuevo grupo de 167 migrantes venezolanos provenientes de Phoenix, capital del estado de Arizona, Estados Unidos. En el vuelo N° 88 arribaron al país 129 hombres, 30 mujeres, siete niños y una adolescente. Este retorno constit...

19 de noviembre de 2025.- Un femicidio cada 55 horas ocurre en el país, según datos aportados por el Monitor de Feminicidios de Utopix. La cifra, tomada entre enero y agosto de 2025, arrojó que al menos 106 femicidios fueron consumados, mientras que 139 quedaron en grado de frustración y 80 ocurr...

One week ago we said that "hundreds of billions" of dollars are about to be loaned out to nuclear projects by the US government. Well, the first billion is about to be wired.  The Wall Street Journal reports Constellation Energy has secured a $1 billion federal loan from the Energy Department's Loan Programs Office (LPO) to restart the Unit 1 reactor at the Three Mile Island reactor plant in Pennsylvania, recently renamed the Crane Clean Energy Center. Constellation has said it would pay about $1.6 billion to restart the plant in 2027. …

Miércoles, 18 de noviembre de 2025.- Ya han pasado un poco más de 60 días desde que se inició la presencia naval de EEUU en el Caribe. Sin embargo, aún no se ha dado la orden. Raro, ¿no? Venezuela, a pesar de tener una fuerza armada modesta, sí que es capaz de propinar una derrota táctica a EEUU s...