Category: Venezuela

An explosion at a 20-inch pipeline that provides natural gas to the PIGAP II gas reinjection plant in northern Monagas state in Venezuela was the result of a “terrorist attack,” Continue Reading

Venezuelan farmers said that they had asked the government to allow them to import diesel themselves to alleviate shortages of the fuel that are hindering food production and distribution. Diesel Continue Reading

Fearful of being robbed and scared of losing his place in a miles-long line for diesel, Daniel Trocel spent the entire night in his truck parked along the edge of Continue Reading

Since the U.S. presidential election started in earnest toward the end of 2020 there has been considerable speculation regarding President Biden’s plans for crisis-torn Venezuela. President Biden has flagged that Continue Reading

The Venezuelan National Assembly will consider reforms to the country’s oil law that will open the door to “new business models,” President Nicolas Maduro said this week, as quoted by Continue Reading

Venezuela’s crude oil exports rose last month despite Washington imposing new sanctions in January on several trading houses that worked with Caracas to export its oil. According to Tanker Trackers Continue Reading

Venezuela oil exports dropped in February after the U.S. sanctioned key trading houses and individuals that had been propping up exports of the commodity that bankrolls President Nicolas Maduro’s regime. Crude Continue Reading

 Venezuela is shipping jet fuel to Iran in return for vital gasoline imports for the South American nation as part of a swap deal agreed by the two state-run oil Continue Reading

Francisco Dallmeier is the head of the Center for Conservation and Sustainability of the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute. Cristina V. Burelli is executive director of V5 Initiative and SOSOrinoco.org. The Continue Reading