23 April 2020
Trump Administration Orders Chevron to Shutter Venezuela Operations
The latest measures followed reports of fresh dialogue between the government and the opposition.
The United States Treasury Department gave California-based oil giant Chevron until December 1 to wind down its...
Haiti in disarray as anti-government protests lead to prison breakout
Demonstrations over missing $4bn in development funds leave police overstretched, allowing 78 inmates to escape
Demonstrators flee police gunfire during protests in Port-au-Prince demanding the resignation of Jovenel Moise...
The social-democratic wing of the Democratic Party must find a way to put forth a compelling counter-vision.
Donald Trump has been hot for Venezuela for some time now. In the summer of 2017, Trump, citing George H.W. Bush’s 1989–90 invasion of Panama as a positive precedent, repeatedly pushed...
China Throws Venezuela’s Oil Industry A $5B Lifeline
By Irina Slav - Jul 04, 2018, 9:30 AM CDT
China’s Development Bank has approved a US$5-billion loan for Venezuela’s oil industry, Bloomberg reports, quoting the troubled South American country’s Finance Minister Simon Zerpa.
China Throws...
TLDR
Growing numbers are fleeing economic meltdown and political turmoil in Venezuela, where people scrounge for food and other necessities of daily life
Officials from Colombia, Ecuador and Peru will meet in Bogota next week to seek a way forward
Peru this month tightened entry rules for...
:mjcry::sadcam: prayers and thoughts go to my diaspora brehs and sistas.
Hey Massive and Friends: check on your friends and loved ones around the islands. A truly massive earthquake just rocked the islands. Prayers to all of our coli posters affected by this. Keep us posted!!!!
How the Iran sanctions drama intersects with OPEC-plus
Major states buying oil from Iran are unlikely to heed the US call to drop imports; key allies want a waiver to avoid sanctions; OPEC, meanwhile, will have trouble boosting output in the short-term; the puzzle is not solved, but there are...
http://www.atimes.com/article/oil-and-gas-geopolitics-no-shelter-from-the-storm/
There could be widespread ramifications from US energy independence and looming US sanctions on Iran and Russia; states in Central Asia could be hit hard, as well as serious possible impacts on global oil production...
HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) - China is taking its first steps towards paying for imported crude oil in yuan instead of the U.S. dollar, three people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, a key development in Beijing’s efforts to establish its currency internationally.
Shifting just part of...
Alright, I'm still learning a lot about Hugo Chavez. His death was kinda suspicious to me. I don't think he naturally got cancer. Anyway:jawalrus: I have heard mixed reviews of Chavez. We all know the drugs cartels were big in Venezuela. However, what do you think of him? Some people said...
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