In just over a year, the world saw several instances of a choked supply of commodities indispensable for today’s economies and military capabilities. From China’s restrictions on rare earths and critical minerals supply to the de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz, policymakers and analysts began to realize that the control of oil, critical minerals, rare earths, and magnets is as important as building and maintaining stockpiles of advanced weapons. It also became clear that without these resources, defense and military capabilities…

The American Petroleum Institute (API) estimated that crude oil inventories in the United States rose by 2.3 million barrels in the week ending March 20. In the week prior, US crude oil inventories rose by 6.556 million barrels. Analysts had expected a draw of 1.3 million barrels in the current reporting period. Inventories in the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) have stayed at 415.4 million barrels for multiple weeks in a row as of the week ending March 20. This is 310.1 million barrels shy of maximum capacity. US production fell for the fourth…

Nuevas reglas de la Administración de Donald Trump sumarán al menos 150.000 trabajadores agrícolas extranjeros con visas temporales H-2A en Estados Unidos, pero también han reducido sus salarios en hasta 32 %, revela el Economic Policy Institute este martes, Día Nacional de la Agricultura....

24 de marzo de 2026.- El presidente del Instituto Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología (Inameh), Reidy Zambrano, informó que Venezuela se encuentra en su periodo seco, el cual inició en diciembre de 2025 y se extenderá hasta los primeros días de mayo de este 2026. El funcionario señaló que el pa...