For decades, the idea that Germany’s gold reserves - some of the largest in the world - might not be safe in the vaults of the New York Federal Reserve would have seemed like the stuff of conspiracy theories. But as the political landscape shifts in Washington - and questions have been raised as to what's actually in US vaults, some German lawmakers are beginning to wonder aloud: Is their gold still secure? Germany holds the second-largest hoard of gold on the planet, surpassed only by the United States itself. Roughly 37 percent of that…

2 de abril de 2025.- Las reglas básicas de la administración del presidente estadounidense Donald Trump son peligrosamente claras y devastadoras y han pasado a preocupar al personal de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU) en Nueva York. Si eres un manifestante propalestino que denuncia la...

2 de abril de 2025.- Conversamos con Paco Ignacio Taibo II sobre la vida y la práctica revolucionaria de Pancho Villa. A través de su análisis, exploramos el papel del legendario líder de la Revolución Mexicana, sus orígenes, su visión de justicia social y su apuesta por la transformación radi...

2 de abril de 2025.- El jefe de Estado venezolano, Nicolás Maduro, designó al vicepresidente de los Consejos Comunales y Comunas del Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela (PSUV), Jorge Arreaza, como rector de Universidad Nacional de las Comunas. Maduro instruyó, también, establecer y diseñar las ...

US lawmakers and experts at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing underscored a rare bipartisan consensus -- preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons as a top priority. However, divisions remain over how far Washington should go in applying pressure versus pursuing diplomacy. Republican lawmakers strongly supported the Donald Trump administration’s decision to reinstate the “maximum pressure” campaign that defined his Iran policy during his first term as US president. “The maximum pressure campaign devastated Iran’s…

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright is reinstating the so-called Deferred Resignation Program (DRP) to incentivize employees to leave voluntarily before layoffs begin as part of the Trump Administration’s push to reduce the federal workforce and bureaucracy. “This is a difficult but necessary effort to make government more efficient and accountable. In conducting any such exercise, it is important to consider how optimization initiatives could impact DOE personnel,” Secretary Wright wrote in a memo to staff obtained by POLITICO’s…

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright is reinstating the so-called Deferred Resignation Program (DRP) to incentivize employees to leave voluntarily before layoffs begin as part of the Trump Administration’s push to reduce the federal workforce and bureaucracy. “This is a difficult but necessary effort to make government more efficient and accountable. In conducting any such exercise, it is important to consider how optimization initiatives could impact DOE personnel,” Secretary Wright wrote in a memo to staff obtained by POLITICO’s…

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright is reinstating the so-called Deferred Resignation Program (DRP) to incentivize employees to leave voluntarily before layoffs begin as part of the Trump Administration’s push to reduce the federal workforce and bureaucracy. “This is a difficult but necessary effort to make government more efficient and accountable. In conducting any such exercise, it is important to consider how optimization initiatives could impact DOE personnel,” Secretary Wright wrote in a memo to staff obtained by POLITICO’s…

Mientras las tensiones políticas se mantienen elevadas, el petróleo de Venezuela encuentra una vía de escape hacia EEUU. Los recientes datos de la Administración de Información Energética de Estados Unidos (EIA, por sus siglas en inglés) de enero de 2025 pintan un cuadro sorprendente: las expo...

Crude oil inventories in the United States saw a large increase of 6.2 million barrels during the week ending March 28, according to new data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration released on Wednesday. Crude oil prices were trading up prior to the crude data release by the U.S. Energy Information Administration after the American Petroleum Institute (API) reported on Tuesday a build of 6.037 million barrels in U.S. crude oil inventories amid a small gasoline draw. The Brent benchmark was trading up 0.01% at 10:28 a.m. ET at $74.50—a…

Russia has ordered a 90-day halt to one of several berths at the port of Novorossiysk, its key Black Sea oil export route, a day after it ordered the temporary shutdown of two of three moorings at the key export terminal for Kazakhstan’s oil. Transneft, the Russian pipeline monopoly, announced on Wednesday that the ongoing safety checks from Russia’s transportation authority resulted in an order for a 90-day halt to oil loading at berth 8 at the Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port (NCSP). Russia’s Federal Agency for Transport Supervision…

Russia has ordered a 90-day halt to one of several berths at the port of Novorossiysk, its key Black Sea oil export route, a day after it ordered the temporary shutdown of two of three moorings at the key export terminal for Kazakhstan’s oil. Transneft, the Russian pipeline monopoly, announced on Wednesday that the ongoing safety checks from Russia’s transportation authority resulted in an order for a 90-day halt to oil loading at berth 8 at the Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port (NCSP). Russia’s Federal Agency for Transport Supervision…

El presidente Donald Trump notificó a Repsol y a otras petroleras asociadas con la empresa estatal Petróleos de Venezuela Sociedad Anónima (PDVSA) para que sus permisos para exportar crudo y derivados desde ese país queden cancelados. Esto es una estrategia para endurecer las sanciones contra ...

Víctor Andrés Ortega Burbano, un joven con discapacidad por atrofia muscular en el brazo derecho, se encuentra entre el grupo de los 17 venezolanos enviados el pasado domingo al Cent...

Global seaborne crude oil flows rose in March from February, just ahead of the supply increase coming from OPEC+ in April, oil flows tracking data by Bloomberg showed on Wednesday. Global crude exports averaged 39.92 million barrels per day (bpd) in March, up by 119,000 bpd from February levels, according to the observed shipments tracked by Bloomberg. Flows from Brazil, Canada, and Russia jumped last month from a month earlier, while crude flows from the United States and the North Sea saw large decreases. Shipments from the world’s top…

Una comisión del Gobierno Bolivariano de Venezuela, conformada por la Superintendencia Nacional de Zonas Económicas Especiales (Sunazee), y el Centro Internacional de Inversión Productivas (CIIP), visitó la República Popular China, con el propósito de promover la inversión y desarrollo de las ...

La Superintendencia Nacional para la Defensa de los Derechos Socioeconómicos (Sundde) informó sobre la ampliación en la supervisión a los comercios por el cobro de productos a tasa no oficial. En este sentido, realizó la activación de "puntos justos" para actuar de manera inmediata a...

Energy ministers of the OPEC+ producers will discuss in a Thursday call the importance of sticking to the oil production quotas under the deal, delegates from the alliance told Bloomberg on Wednesday. In every press release for years, the OPEC+ group has been stressing how important sticking to the quotas is. Overproduction has partly negated the bullish effects of the cuts on the oil market. The alliance is beginning the easing of the cuts this month, adding 138,000 barrels per day (bpd) to combined production. However, all OPEC+ calculations…

Energy ministers of the OPEC+ producers will discuss in a Thursday call the importance of sticking to the oil production quotas under the deal, delegates from the alliance told Bloomberg on Wednesday. In every press release for years, the OPEC+ group has been stressing how important sticking to the quotas is. Overproduction has partly negated the bullish effects of the cuts on the oil market. The alliance is beginning the easing of the cuts this month, adding 138,000 barrels per day (bpd) to combined production. However, all OPEC+ calculations…

Energy ministers of the OPEC+ producers will discuss in a Thursday call the importance of sticking to the oil production quotas under the deal, delegates from the alliance told Bloomberg on Wednesday. In every press release for years, the OPEC+ group has been stressing how important sticking to the quotas is. Overproduction has partly negated the bullish effects of the cuts on the oil market. The alliance is beginning the easing of the cuts this month, adding 138,000 barrels per day (bpd) to combined production. However, all OPEC+ calculations…