MONTERREY, MEXICO (By editors with Energy Analytics Institute, 13.Mar.2026, Words: 271) — The following briefs are the top stories from the top media outlets on 13 Mar. 2026 across the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region and beyond, as compiled by editors from Energy Analytics Institute (EAI).
EAI has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
VENEZUELA
— Venezuela inked strategic agreements with Spanish energy Repsol. The goal is to strengthen Venezuela’s hydrocarbons sector and promote foreign investment, according to PDVSA.
— ANALYSIS: If Washington truly wants to “transform the Western Hemisphere,” as US secretary of state Marco Rubio said, it will eventually have to accept that transformation requires talking not only with friends who agree, but also with partners who challenge. That is the summit the region still needs — and the one that Shield of the Americas, this time, did not deliver.
— “with Venezuela primed for an oil boom, the workers who fled decades of repression and economic collapse are now the ideal candidates to help revive the industry. But many won’t go,” writes Bloomberg.
NORTH AMERICA
— Venture Global announced a FID and successful closing of an $8.6bn project financing for the second phase of the co.’s third project, CP2. When combined w/ the phase 1 financing for CP2 announced Jul. 2025, this brings the project’s total financing to $20.7bn – the largest standalone project financing in the US bank market, the co. announced on 13 Mar. 2026 in an official stmt.
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