Copper futures soared as much as 17% on Tuesday, their largest intraday gain in at least three decades, after former President Donald Trump announced a 50% import tariff on the industrial metal. Speaking at a Cabinet meeting, Trump confirmed plans to impose new duties on copper, part of a broader tariff push targeting metals, semiconductors, and pharmaceuticals. “We’re going to make it 50%,” Trump said when asked about the copper rate. The announcement immediately jolted markets, highlighting how sensitive the global copper supply…

El Gobierno de El Salvador ha admitido a investigadores de la Oficina del Alto Comisionado de la ONU para los Derechos Humanos que es la Administración de Donald Trump quien mantiene el control sobre

8 de julio de 2025.- Mientras se definen los últimos movimientos judiciales para vender Citgo Petroleum en Estados Unidos, crecen las voces que denuncian este proceso como el desenlace de una estrategia de saqueo sistemático. La filial de PDVSA, que durante años representó uno de los activos m...

Martes, 08 de julio de 2025. Avanza la tregua entre Irán e Israel, después de la guerra de los doce días, donde finalmente tuvo que intervenir EEUU, dejando "un mundo en pausa en Oriente Medio", ha afirmado Alfredo Jalife, analista geopolítico. Y mientras, China avanza con los países del sureste as...

8 de julio de 2025.- El Ejecutivo nacional, en conjunto con autoridades regionales y municipales, desplegó una operación prioritaria para atender la emergencia provocada por las intensas precipitaciones que han afectado diversas zonas del estado Barinas. Según reportes oficiales, este nivel de...

El Ministerio de Salud de Gaza denunció este miércoles el asesinato de Marwan Al Sultán, director del Hospital Indonesio, junto a su familia, tras un ataque perpetrado por drones de la entidad sionista contra su edificio de residencia, que también dejó como saldo más fallecidos y heridos. ...

8 de julio de 2025.- La Corte de Apelaciones de Temuco, capital de La Araucanía, en Chile, confirmó las sentencias dictadas contra antiguos oficiales y soldados del ejército de Chile por la ejecución extrajudicial de dos civiles en octubre de 1973. La decisión recayó sobre el entonces capitán Ser...

Oil prices climbed Tuesday, hovering near two-week highs as markets absorbed the impact of a larger-than-expected OPEC+ production increase and ongoing uncertainty around US trade policy. As of mid-afternoon, Brent crude was up 89 cents at $70.47 per barrel, while US West Texas Intermediate rose 80 cents to $68.73. Both benchmarks are on track for their highest close since June 24. OPEC+ on Saturday approved a 548,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) production hike for August, outpacing the 411,000 bpd monthly increases seen earlier this summer. The move…

Oil prices climbed Tuesday, hovering near two-week highs as markets absorbed the impact of a larger-than-expected OPEC+ production increase and ongoing uncertainty around US trade policy. As of mid-afternoon, Brent crude was up 89 cents at $70.47 per barrel, while US West Texas Intermediate rose 80 cents to $68.73. Both benchmarks are on track for their highest close since June 24. OPEC+ on Saturday approved a 548,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) production hike for August, outpacing the 411,000 bpd monthly increases seen earlier this summer. The move…

Relations between the five Central Asian countries and Afghanistan are warming as plans move ahead for new rail links, increased trade and creating opportunities for ordinary Afghans.  Central Asian states are prioritizing bringing Afghanistan back into the economic fold with increased connectivity and trade focused on practical cooperation that serves their economic interests and, ultimately, helps improve regional security, analysts say.  “We try to look on Afghanistan more pragmatically because if we build a wall around Afghanistan,…

Martes, 08 de julio de 2025. Estas imágenes corresponden al lanzamiento de prueba del nuevo misil hipersónico de capacidad nuclear, capaz de alcanzar 20 veces la velocidad del sonido y de romper los sistemas de defensa antiaéreos. [yt=_0GOwMUJiIQ]...

El primer ministro israelí, Benjamín Netanyahu, anunció este martes que ha propuesto al presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, para el Premio Nobel de la Paz, mientras Israel sigue avanzando en

Oil prices have inched up, but the EIA says don’t get used to it. The July Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) raised its 2025 Brent forecast by $3 to $69/bbl, citing a spike in geopolitical risk from the mid-June Iran nuclear conflict. But that bump is expected to be short-lived. With inventories building, the agency sees Brent falling to $58/bbl in 2026—a dollar lower than last month’s projection. Meanwhile, U.S. crude output is peaking. Production averaged just over 13.4 million bpd in Q2, an all-time high, but is expected to…

Oil prices have inched up, but the EIA says don’t get used to it. The July Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) raised its 2025 Brent forecast by $3 to $69/bbl, citing a spike in geopolitical risk from the mid-June Iran nuclear conflict. But that bump is expected to be short-lived. With inventories building, the agency sees Brent falling to $58/bbl in 2026—a dollar lower than last month’s projection. Meanwhile, U.S. crude output is peaking. Production averaged just over 13.4 million bpd in Q2, an all-time high, but is expected to…

8 de julio de 2025.- Este martes, la vicepresidenta de la República, Delcy Rodríguez, arribó a Viena, capital de Austria, para participar en el 9° Seminario Internacional de la Organización de Países Exportadores de Petróleo (OPEP). Rodríguez fue recibida por el secretario General de la OPEP, Ha...

US President Donald Trump on July 7 said the United States will send more weapons to Ukraine to help the war-torn country defend itself against Russian attacks. “We're going to send some more weapons. We have to," Trump told reporters at the White House. “They have to be able to defend themselves. They're getting hit very hard now.” The United States will send primarily defensive weapons, he said, speaking at the start of a dinner with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. "At President Trump's direction, the Department of…

8 de julio de 2025.- Pobladores de la localidad panameña de Changuinola (Bocas del Toro), estimaron que la represión policial un día como hoy pero de 2010 encontró un escenario similar en la respuesta del actual Ejecutivo contra manifestaciones populares. En marchas por las principales arterias d...

The bilateral relationship between the U.S. and Colombia has continued to worsen, with both countries recalling their top diplomats last week amid an alleged plot against Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro. Washington acted first, recalling charge d’affaires John McNamara on Thursday, with State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce saying the move was taken “following baseless and reprehensible statements from the highest levels of the government of Colombia.” Hours later, President Petro announced he was calling home ambassador…

Japanese car manufacturing giant Nissan Motor is revising down production plans for its new Leaf series electric vehicle as the Chinese controls on exports of rare earth elements have created a shortage of car parts, Kyodo News reported on Tuesday. The setback for Nissan’s new EV is the latest in a series of hurdles that carmakers globally have faced since China announced export controls of rare earths in early April. Suzuki Motor, another Japanese giant, has reportedly halted production of its flagship Swift subcompact because of supply…

Japanese car manufacturing giant Nissan Motor is revising down production plans for its new Leaf series electric vehicle as the Chinese controls on exports of rare earth elements have created a shortage of car parts, Kyodo News reported on Tuesday. The setback for Nissan’s new EV is the latest in a series of hurdles that carmakers globally have faced since China announced export controls of rare earths in early April. Suzuki Motor, another Japanese giant, has reportedly halted production of its flagship Swift subcompact because of supply…