Crude oil began trade this year with a dip, despite the news about U.S. strikes on Venezuela and the taking of President Nicolas Maduro to the U.S. Normally, such events would have pushed oil higher, but not this year. This year, oil prices will need a much more major disruption to rebound – and so will gas prices. Brent crude was trading at a little over $60 per barrel at the start of the first full trading week of 2026, after President Trump announced the capture of the Venezuelan president, accompanied by statements regarding the country’s…

“Las aventuras militares cuestan dinero”:  5 de enero de 2026.-Con Estados Unidos endeudado por 38 billones de dólares, el presidente Trump ha decidido que es el momento de que la Casa Blanca también "dirija" otro país. Si bien Estados Unidos no incu...

The shock-and-awe capture of Nicolas Maduro by the United States, which was the culmination of the U.S. pressure on Venezuela in recent months, ended a tumultuous chapter in the history of the South American nation sitting on 17% of the world’s proven oil reserves. Maduro’s arrest and the installation of a U.S.-compliant leadership in Caracas open another chapter in Venezuela’s history, which could be equally tumultuous and, in these early days, face uncertainties and operational challenges. U.S. President Donald Trump wants the…

5 de enero de 2026.-El presidente critica a Trump y califica las amenazas estadounidenses de injerencia indebida en los asuntos internos de Colombia según el derecho internacional, Informó haljazeera.com. El presidente colombiano Gustavo Petro afirma que tomaría las armas por s...

With more than 40 companies having now registered their interest in Libya’s first oil field licensing round since the removal of Muammar Gaddafi as leader in 2011, the National Oil Corporation (NOC) is confident it can lift oil production to 2 million barrels per day (bpd) by 2028, according to the latest statements from the organisation. The expressions of interest in the 22 offshore and onshore blocks to be licensed follow last year’s agreements between the NOC and Great Britain’s Shell and BP to assess Libya’s exploration…

5 de enero de 2026.-Fuentes de la Casa Blanca han revelado al Washington Post por qué el presidente Donald Trump descartó la posibilidad de que la ganadora del Premio Nobel de la Paz, María Corina Machado, fuera la próxima líder venezolana, lo que incluso tomó por sorpresa a los partidarios de...

If you’ve been watching global headlines lately, it would be easy to assume oil prices would be sky-high: a major oil-reserve country mired in crisis, sanctions on perennial producers, regional conflicts simmering, and social unrest in several exporters. And yet Brent and WTI have been languishing around $60 a barrel, a level that, a decade ago, most analysts would have dismissed as impossible in such conditions What’s happening? At first glance, the logic of oil pricing should be straightforward: supply risk should mean higher prices.…

La medida, con efecto inmediato, busca prevenir la salida de activos ilícitos de Venezuela, según declaró el Consejo Federal Suizo el lunes. El consejo indicó que si las investigaciones revelan que los fondos fueron adquiridos ilícitamente, "Suiza se esforzará por utilizarlos en beneficio...

Will the electric utility distribution monopolies (”discos”) remain financially viable over the longer term? That is the question, and not an idle one.  When the government broke up the Bell Systemm (some of you may remember that formerly ubiquitous entity) in the 1980s, it assumed (as did most investors) that the local exchange (the telephone equivalent of the disco) had an unassailable regulated monopoly. Technology (the internet and cell phones) changed that picture, and today only 30% of the population utilizes local exchange…

Top US officials have been eager to capitalize on the Trump-ordered military raid on Caracas, which saw the Venezuelan capital bombed and its longtime socialist leader, Nicolás Maduro, captured without major incident and transferred to US soil, where he's facing federal drug charges related to narco-trafficking and gun-running. Hawkish pundits are already clamoring for more muscular action targeting Tehran (and other supposed 'rogue' actors) at a moment of ongoing economic protests in Iran, pressuring Islamic Republic leaders. Trump is issuing…

5 de enero de 2026.- La Asamblea Nacional juramentó este día como Presidenta Encargada de Venezuela a Delcy Rodríguez, tras el secuestro del jefe de Estado, Nicolás Maduro, y la primera dama, Cilia Flores, siendo así la primera mujer en asumir dicho cargo. Esto, tras el fallo del Tribunal Supremo...