The arrival of the floating platform Alula in Lake Maracaibo marks a new chapter in energy cooperation between China and Venezuela. The project, valued at $1 billion and led by China Concord Resources Corp (CCRC) in partnership with Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), aims to revive production in the Lago Cinco and Lagunillas Lago fields, with a target of 60,000 barrels per day by 2026.
On July 25, 2025 the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned what it called “the Cartel de los Soles” as a “Specially Designated Global Terrorist Organization.”
Venezuela’s exports rose to over 966,000 barrels per day (bpd) in August, a nine-month high, according to shipping data quoted by Reuters.
The judicial body, based in New Orleans, has blocked the application of the statute to expedite the removal of migrants…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Fox News Wednesday that military operations against drug cartels in the Caribbean will continue,.
We have probably heard a friend, family member, or acquaintance say one of these phrases (or some variation of them with a similar meaning) when “things are tough” with their business.
During a press conference, President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. armed forces had attacked a vessel that, he claimed, was carrying narcotics and had departed from Venezuela.
The recent Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit, held in China, became a highly relevant geopolitical event that transcends the borders of Central Asia. The meeting brought together leaders of major powers and emerging countries, consolidating the SCO as a space for dialogue and coordination that seeks to offer alternatives to the international order that emerged after World War II.
Diplomatic representatives agreed on advocating the principle of “non-interference” in the internal affairs of nations and rejecting the idea of…
