Venezuela Descends Into Chaos… Europe and US Next
It has been less than two months since I visited Caracas, Venezuela. While things were already very bad when I was there, they are now worse. Power shortages have deepened Continue Reading
Independent Audit Confirms The Falkland Islands Are A Billion-Barrel Basin
Falkland Oil Offshore Falklands oil and gas producer Rockhopper Exploration Plc has announced that its net contingent oil reserves have doubled to more than 300 million barrels, and independent experts Continue Reading
Venezuela Readies Biggest Military Exercise in Its History
Venezuela is preparing for the biggest military exercises in its history this Saturday after the South American country’s government said it’s on high alert as the opposition pushes for a Continue Reading
Venezuela Readies for ‘State of Internal Commotion’ Ahead of Civilian Unrest
As opposition to Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro intensifies, the country is now preparing for the biggest military exercises in its history this Saturday – an opportunity to flex its military Continue Reading
Rebel bombing shuts down key Colombian oil pipeline
Colombia’s second-largest oil pipeline has been taken offline by a rebel attack which spilled crude oil into the Bojaba river, this is the fourteenth such attack this year. While no Continue Reading
Oil-for-Drugs Swap: India’s Answer to Venezuela’s Unpaid Bills
Venezuela can’t pay its millions of dollars in debt to Indian pharmaceutical companies, say Indian officials, so officials are considering a proposal that would see the Latin American company swap Continue Reading
Anti-Maduro protests blocked in Venezuela, tear gas fired
Venezuelan security forces fired tear gas at protesters in Caracas on Wednesday amid nationwide rallies demanding a recall referendum to end President Nicolas Maduro’s socialist rule. In the third day Continue Reading
The ice finally begins to crack in Venezuela
Venezuela is the great failure of the western hemisphere. A large, seemingly wealthy, apparently modern and resource-rich country, only a three-hour flight from the US, is on the brink of Continue Reading
Venezuela crisis deepens
It was around noon when a food truck rolled up to a Venezuelan state-subsidized supermarket in the town of Guarenas just east of the capital. But, to the fury of Continue Reading
Venezuela Offers Discounted Oil in Battle for U.S. Refineries
Venezuela Oil Output May Go All the Way to Zero Venezuela is offering oil at the biggest discounts in seven years as the third-largest supplier to U.S. refineries fights to Continue Reading