El derrumbe del techo de la Jet Set discoteca de Santo Domingo, en la República Dominicana, ocurrido este martes, con al menos 113 muertos y más de cien heridos, es el suceso más grave registrado en discotecas y salas de fiesta del mundo, desde 2013. En Brasil, el 27 de enero de 2013, en la disco...

Numbers Report – April 11, 2025In the latest edition of the Numbers Report, we will take a look at some of the most interesting figures put out this week in the energy and metals sectors. Each week we’ll dig into some data and provide a bit of explanation on what drives the numbers. Let’s take a look.1. Kazakhstan’s Cheating Becomes OPEC+’s Headache - OPEC+’s decision to speed up its production unwinding in May-July has served the oil group a trick, as collapsing prices only aggravated member countries’…

Crude oil futures endured a relentless sell-off this week as escalating trade tensions between the U.S. and China deepened fears of an economic slowdown, triggering a widespread reassessment of demand expectations. The fallout from tit-for-tat tariffs—now reaching an astonishing 145% on Chinese goods—has severely undermined confidence in the global consumption outlook, particularly from China, the world’s second-largest crude importer. Investor sentiment took a hit early in the week as oil prices plunged nearly 4% on Monday alone,…

Politics, Geopolitics, & Conflict Trump has accused Mexico of violating a 1944 water treaty by failing to deliver enough water to Texas, harming farmers in the south and leading to the closure of a sugar mill. Trump is threatening tariffs over the issue, also mentioning sanctions (however, tariffs and sanctions seem to be conjoined in the administration).  We are keeping a close eye on developments between Israel and Turkey, who are at dangerous odds over the future of Syria, with both external actors now homing in on Assad’s old…

If this week’s volatility wasn’t enough for you, the weekend promises to cook up even more market catalysts to ensure a manic Monday. As the market spins in a kaleidoscope of newsflashes about tariffs, more tariffs, postponement of tariffs (allegedly influenced by a hedge fund billionaire), more tariff threats, recession, crashing oil prices, and a dismal outlook for demand, the only thing that's certain is that this is far from over.  And this is all taking place against the backdrop of a barrage of geopolitical developments,…

11 de abril de 2025.- Una mujer identificada como Danellys Mayerling Flores Hacha, de 41 años de edad, fue detenida por presuntamente

El Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores dominicano informó este viernes que fue aprobada la emisión de facilidades de entrada al país con el fin de que familiares de venezolanos fallecidos en el derrumbe de la discoteca Jet Set puedan gestionar el traslado de los restos hacia su país de origen. En...

Venezuelan state-owned oil firm PDVSA has revoked authorizations to U.S. supermajor Chevron to load and export crude from Venezuela this month, following the Trump Administration’s increased sanctions on Venezuelan oil exports and tariffs on its oil buyers, Reuters reports, quoting sources familiar with the matter. The Trump Administration has already revoked Chevron’s license to operate in Venezuela and export oil from its oilfields, with May 27 the deadline for Chevron to wind down its operations in the South American country.…

Looking back, I realize that I started talking in these pages about some degree of correction and volatility in markets caused by the possibility of a recession, or at least the fear of one, five weeks ago. I don’t, however, claim that that makes me a genius. In fact, I would say that you would have to be pretty dumb not to have seen this coming. Whatever you may think of him, Donald Trump is somebody who very often does what he has said he will do, and he never stopped saying on the campaign trail that he would impose tariffs on America’s…

Los gobiernos de Estados Unidos y El Salvador  han sometido a más de 200 venezolanos a desaparición forzada y detención arbitraria, señaló hoy Human Rights Watch. El 15 de marzo de 2025, el gobierno estadounidense

Just ahead of the production increase beginning in April, the OPEC+ group boosted its oil production to an eight-month high in March, according to the Platts OPEC+ Survey from S&P Global Commodity Insights. The total oil production from the alliance rose to 41.04 million barrels per day (bpd) in March, up by 30,000 bpd from February. The producers in OPEC+ who have quotas busted their overall output ceiling by a massive 319,000 bpd, according to the Platts survey. Kazakhstan remained the producer, exceeding its quota the most. The OPEC+ producer,…

En el último adiós que decenas de personas le rindieron este jueves al merenguero Rubby Pérez, fallecido en el accidente de la discoteca Jet Set el martes pasado, se destacó la bandera venezolana junto a la dominicana sobre su ataúd. De acuerdo con la crónica hecha por medios de com...

El presidente francés anunció este miércoles que su país podría reconocer al Estado palestino "en junio" durante una conferencia que copresidirá junto a Arabia Saudita en la sede de la ONU Nueva York y que permitiría, según el mandatario, que varios países reconozcan a Israel. La can...

Las bolsas europeas iniciaron la jornada del jueves con un fuerte impulso, celebrando la decisión del presidente estadounidense Donald Trump de suspender por 90 días sus aranceles "recíprocos" a todos los países, excepto China. El DAX alemán lideró las subidas con un rebote del 8,2% ...

A pesar de la presión de la jerarquía militar, un grupo de casi 1.000 reservistas del ejército israelí denunció una guerra que no parece terminar en Gaza, haciendo pública una carta este 10 de abril. Exigen la devolución de los rehenes, incluso si eso significa el fin de la guerra contra Hamás...

El ejército de Israel dijo el viernes que despedirá a los reservistas de la Fuerza Aérea que firmaron una carta condenando la guerra en Gaza, acusándola de servir solo a intereses políticos y de no de llevar a los rehenes de regreso a casa. En un comunicado a The Associated Press, u...

Compradores del petróleo venezolano reanudaron la carga de crudo en buques tanque tras una pausa de una semana en los puertos del país, luego que el Gobierno de Estados Unidos anunciara la imposición de aranceles a quienes lo importen. De acuerdo con un artículo de la agencia Reuter...

El presidente del Gobierno español, Pedro Sánchez, visitó este viernes China, un país que calificó de "socio imprescindible para enfrentar los desafíos globales" y con el que defendió seguir desarrollando las relaciones tanto españolas como europeas pese a la batalla comercial inicia...

European Union member states on Friday agreed to give more flexibility to the natural gas storage goals by expanding the period in which countries should have 90% full storage ahead of the winter and could deviate by up to 10% from the filling target. The EU supported the European Commission’s proposal to extend the gas storage regulation by two years. But EU member states also want more flexibility in reaching the filling target to avoid price spikes if market conditions are tight. Today, the representatives of the EU member states approved…

Se estima para este viernes 11 de abril, cielo parcialmente nublado y zonas despejadas en gran parte del territorio nacional, excepto Amazonas, Bolívar, la Guayana Esequiba, Delta Amacuro, Guárico, Cojedes, Falcón, Apure, Barinas y Zulia, donde se prevé desarrollo nuboso con precipitación de intensi...