Investors increased short-term default expectations to 54% Bonds fell in October as political standoff intensified Venezuela, which has the largest crude reserves on the planet, has defied predictions of default Continue Reading
Some U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday appeared wary about the foreign policy implications of making it too easy for foreign governments to be sued in U.S. courts as they Continue Reading
I’ve been writing over the last several months about the world’s top natural gas play — the growing demand center of Argentina. And this week, things got even tighter in Continue Reading
Some Venezuelan city dwellers are trying to grow their own produce to offset the country’s severe shortages following socialist President Nicolás Maduro’s calls for “food sovereignty.” But in a country Continue Reading
Venezuela’s opposition has agreed to suspend a national protest and delay a parliamentary trial against President Nicolás Maduro, after the Vatican stepped up its effort to cool the country’s heated Continue Reading
The chances of success for any concerted effort to curb global oil supply are getting slimmer by the day, it seems. OPEC members are arguing among themselves who will need Continue Reading
Venezuela’s Socialist government, a vocal critic of the dollar’s global dominance, has hired the exclusive supplier of U.S. currency paper to provide the bulk of its new bank notes. Earlier Continue Reading
The Panama Canal is likely to attract up to 15 percent more tonnage next year after an upgrade which means it can now accommodate gas tankers previously too large to Continue Reading
In a curious convergence of events on the same day last week, four Venezuelan provincial courts issued identical rulings, state governors quickly hit Twitter to celebrate, then the election board Continue Reading
Venezuela’s opposition stepped up its dispute with the socialist government on Wednesday with mass street protests, calls for a general strike on Friday and a fresh march on the presidential Continue Reading
