The report published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) states that Venezuela ended 2024 with growth driven by oil expansion, but the country faces an uncertain 2025 following the withdrawal of Chevron’s and other oil companies’ licenses.
The visit occurs in a global context dominated by geopolitical competition between the United States and China. While Washington reimposes oil sanctions aimed at isolating the government of Nicolás Maduro, Beijing maintains its strategic support, evidencing a bet to strengthen its influence in Latin America and the Caribbean, consolidate its access to energy resources at preferential prices and erode American hegemony in the hemisphere.
In recent days, Nayib Bukele visited the United States. Photo: Presidential House of El Salvador Guacamaya, April 21, 2026. Salvadoran…
Amid the recent revocation of oil licenses for Western companies, and the imposition of secondary tariffs for buyers of Venezuelan crude, Executive Vice President Delcy Rodríguez met with Chinese Ambassador to Venezuela Lan Hu to review and “deepen” bilateral agreements.
In a context of geoeconomic tensions and accelerating rhetoric around the energy transition, Russia has solidified its strategic roadmap for the energy sector through 2050. Approved in April 2024, this document not only redefines domestic priorities but also articulates a forceful narrative about the future of global power. Through the case of Rosneft, the state-owned oil giant, a structural challenge to the Western-led energy and financial model emerges, posing both a conceptual and practical test for the international order.
With a 12% lead and over 94% of votes counted, Daniel Noboa has declared victory in the presidential runoff. His rival, Luisa González, has denounced “grotesque fraud” and demanded a recount, amid a climate of polarization that transcends borders and ties into the geopolitical rivalry between the U.S. and China.
Caracas woke up hot that Thursday, April 11, 2002—or so many have recounted. Not just from the sun heating the asphalt in the eastern part of the capital, but from a tension so thick it could be cut with a knife. For days, the entire country had been torn between shouts, marches, presidential broadcasts, and a bitter clash between irreconcilable visions of the nation. Polarization wasn’t just a buzzword. It was a reality you could breathe, scream, fear, sense, and live. A reality that, though denied, still lingers in the conflict.
The IX Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) concluded with the signing of the Tegucigalpa Declaration, reaffirming the commitment to sovereignty, non-interference, and the rejection of unilateral coercive measures. Honduras handed over the pro tempore presidency to Colombia, which will seek to expand the bloc’s influence amid trade tensions and in solidarity with Venezuela, Cuba, and Palestine.
In an unexpected shift in the global trade war, U.S. President Donald Trump has yielded to market pressures and announced a partial 90-day truce, during which he will suspend the imposition of new tariffs.
The White House confirms the move after Beijing maintained its retaliatory tariffs, while China consolidates its digital yuan to challenge the dominance of the dollar.
