October WTI crude oil futures are trading at $86.31 late Thursday, up $4.82 or 5.91% for the week. The contract opened at $81.62, traded as low as $80.80, and reached $87.69. Friday’s session is still ahead, so the weekly result is not final. The market has already made its decision about the week. WTI rallied because the agreement traders were waiting for never appeared. The Strait of Hormuz is still operating far below normal. The ceasefire is finished. No talks are scheduled. Washington and Tehran are moving farther apart, not closer together.…

Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict Iran has warned Gulf states that any support for U.S. military operations will make them participants in the war, as the UAE cuts economic ties with Tehran. Iran says it’s tracking U.S. aircraft operating from regional bases. Abu Dhabi suspended all trade, commercial exchanges and financial transactions with Iran on Tuesday after accusing Tehran of firing two ballistic missiles toward vessels off the Emirati coast, which Iran has denied. Trump has now threatened “tremendous” economic consequences…

Israel is trying to establish a veto over where Turkey can deploy forces in Syria, and on Tuesday it bombed a Syrian airbase to enforce that. Eight strikes hit Abu al-Duhur because Israel determined that Damascus was gearing up to allow Turkish troops onto the base, despite repeated Israeli warnings against that. Turkey was not notified before the attack. The Turkish military saw Israeli aircraft flying north toward the Turkish border without knowing their target, creating what Washington viewed as a real risk of Turkish fighters being scrambled…

21-08-26.-El premier de Manitoba, Wab Kinew, lanzó este jueves un duro ataque contra el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, al calificarlo de "mala persona" e "indigno de confianza", e instó a Canadá a no apresurarse a hacer concesiones en las negociaciones comerciales con Washington. En med...

Nigeria’s Dangote Group has offered a 30% stake in a planned refinery in Kenya to East African nations, a senior economic adviser to Kenya’s President William Ruto said.  Dangote Group, the corporation of Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, plans to build a refinery in Kenya with a processing capacity of as much as 700,000 barrels per day of crude, which is estimated to cost about $17 billion. The refinery on Kenya’s Lamu Island would process crude for Kenya, Uganda, South Sudan, Rwanda, Burundi, and the democratic…

21-08-26.-Un tribunal chino condenó este jueves (20.08.2026) al fundador del gigante inmobiliario Evergrande, Xu Jiayin, a cadena perpetua por una serie de delitos que incluyen "fraude financiero" y multó al grupo con más de 2.000 millones de dólares. Antes la principal empresa de bienes raíces d...

21-08-26.-La fiscalía general de la Nación de Colombia presentó ante un juez de control de garantías a Sixto José Morales Núñez, quien fue capturado en flagrancia y es señalado de transportar munición en el municipio fronterizo de Arauca. La captura se produjo el pasado 14 de agosto, frente al Co...

21-08-26.-El activista por los derechos humanos Carlos Julio Rojas denunció durante este jueves 20 de agosto que autoridades del Servicio Nacional de Medicina y Ciencias Forenses (Senamecf) mantienen el cuerpo del preso político uruguayo venezolano José Breijo tras dos semanas de su fallecimiento. ...

21-08-26.-El secretario general del Movimiento Al Socialismo (MAS) y diputado ante la Asamblea Nacional (AN), Felipe Mujica, sostiene que «la pluralidad y la libertad de los presos políticos son fórmulas para hacer posible el diálogo». «El balance general de las mesas de diálogo nacional, entre e...

21-08-26.-El Gobierno de Venezuela recibió este jueves al nuevo coordinador residente de las Naciones Unidas (ONU) en el país, el canadiense Álvaro Rodríguez, quien asumió el cargo en sustitución de Gianluca Rampolla. El canciller venezolano, Félix Plasencia, sostuvo un encuentro con Rodríguez y ...

The new Nigerian incentives for offshore oil and gas projects have the potential to attract $50 billion in new investment in Nigeria’s offshore energy sector, the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has said. Nigeria, however, needs upskilled and additional numbers of skilled workers and employees, including in the digital industries, to take advantage of the new offshore opportunities, the regulator’s chief executive, Oritsemeyiwa Eyesan, said at a human resources conference this week. Nigeria, which aims to boost…

21-08-26.-Las excarcelaciones de presos políticos en Venezuela continúan presentándose como una concesión del Estado y no como una reparación frente a detenciones injustas y violaciones de derechos humanos, afirmó Oscar Murillo, coordinador general del Programa Venezolano de Educación-Acción en Dere...

21-08-26.- Las personas deportadas por Estados Unidos a Liberia procederán en su mayoría de países latinoamericanos, entre ellos Cuba y ‌Venezuela, dijo el jueves a Reuters el ministro de Información liberiano, en ‌una jornada en la que las autoridades recibieron el primer vuelo de deportación. E...

Iranian crude oil cargoes readily available to Chinese buyers have nearly dried up following the reinstated U.S. blockade on Iran’s oil exports, suggesting that independent Chinese refiners, the biggest buyers of Iranian crude, may have to turn to alternative supply as soon as next month. Total Iranian crude volume outside the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman is currently about 83 million barrels, down from over 100 million barrels before the U.S. reinstated the blockade in the middle of July, when the U.S.-Iran talks to make a deal collapsed,…

21-08-26.-El dirigente político Enrique Márquez presentó este jueves en Caracas una propuesta denominada «Pacto por Venezuela», con la que plantea una serie de medidas orientadas a promover la unión nacional y la reconstrucción del país. La iniciativa fue dada a conocer durante un acto celebrado ...

21-08-26.-El precio del dólar en el Banco Central de Venezuela (BCV) se cotizó este jueves 20 de agosto 2026 en Bs.779.95 por unidad según la última actualización en su página web oficial y redes sociales.    &...

Crude oil imports into China are set to rise by about 1.2 million barrels per day in the final quarter of the year from the current one, although they will likely remain lower than pre-war levels, Bloomberg has reported, citing energy consultancies. Oil purchases by Chinese refiners are climbing back towards 10 million barrels daily but may not hit that number until the end of the year, according to analysts from Rystad Energy, Energy Aspects, and FGE NexantECA. Fourth-quarter import rates could reach 9.9 million barrels daily, which would be much…

para calmar los mercados 20 de agosto de 2026.-La deuda pública estadounidense asciende ahora a la cifra récord de 40 billones de dólares (34,4 billones de euros), mientras que el Tesoro ha respondido a la presión del mercado de bonos comprometiéndose a recomprar una cantidad mucho ...

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has hailed a new offshore oil discovery by Petrobras (NYSE: PBR) near the mouth of the Amazon River as a "passport to the country's future", continuing his support for controversial oil and gas drilling in Amazon's ecologically sensitive regions. Last week, the state-run Oil & Gas giant announced it has found oil at the Morpho-1 well (Block FZA-M-59) in the mouth of the Amazon roughly 180 kilometres (112 miles) off the coast of Amapa state, “All of our studies indicate substantial potential.…

GINEBRA 20 de agosto de 2026.— Un conjunto de grupos de aficionados al fútbol de todo el mundo lanzó el jueves una petición para que Gianni Infantino renuncie a la presidencia de la FIFA tras su intento de vender las ganancias futuras de la Copa Mundial a inversores privados, informó Pre...