Venezuela cracks down ahead of protest
A Roman Catholic priest has trekked hundreds of miles from his parish. Tribesmen marched barefoot from the southern Amazon jungle carrying spears. They will be joined by disabled activists from Continue Reading
Venezuela Cracks Down on Opposition Before Massive Rally
President Nicolás Maduro has intensified a crackdown on opponents ahead of Thursday’s major opposition rally to demand a referendum on his rule amid a deepening economic crisis. On Tuesday, police Continue Reading
Colombian peace deal with FARC won’t cure oil industry’s problems: analysts
Analysts and industry sources are skeptical that the peace agreement announced this week between the Colombian government and a rebel group with which it has been at war for a Continue Reading
Exclusive: Venezuela’s oil imports slump on payment woes, economic meltdown
Venezuela has not been able to import all the crude and fuel it needs this year to cover shortfalls at oilfields and refineries as state-run PDVSA struggles to pay suppliers Continue Reading
Is Doomsday Inevitable For Venezuela?
Venezuela is facing the worst economic and humanitarian crisis in its history. Venezuela has been hit by the 24 months collapse in oil prices. Its economy is expected to shrink Continue Reading
Venezuela’s decline prompts exodus
Even without money and a stable job since his arrival in Colombia in early July, Eduardo — not his real name — has regained most of the weight he had Continue Reading
Can Bolivia Capitalize On Its Huge Lithium Reserves?
Bolivia, one of the poorest countries in Latin America, has began shipping lithium to China in what is considered the first step towards fulfilling its ambitions to becoming the world’s Continue Reading
Global oil market faces less Venezuela supply in 2017: Columbia University
Venezuela, traditionally a prominent oil exporter, will make a sharply smaller contribution to the global oil market in 2017 as an acute political and economic crisis affects its crude production, Continue Reading
Venezuela Oil Exports Seen Falling as Economic Woes Worsen
Nation seeing steep crude-output drop: Columbia University Risk to international oil exports from the country is growing The long decline in Venezuela’s oil production is becoming a supply risk for Continue Reading
Venezuela’s Maduro says $70 oil would be balanced price
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro speaks during his weekly broadcast ”En contacto con Maduro” (In contact with Maduro) in Caracas, Venezuela August 9, 2016. Miraflores Palace/Handout via Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro Continue Reading