CARACAS, VENEZUELA (By Energy Analytics Institute, 30.Jun.2026, Words: 425) — The following briefs are compiled from varied media outlets across the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region and beyond and span company details on the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), ACNUR, NASA among others.
Energy Analytics Institute (EAI) has not verified all of these stories and therefore does not vouch for their accuracy.
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
ARGENTINA
— oil production reached a new all-time high in May: 903,700 b/d. This represents a 19.6% YOY increase, w/ Vaca Muerta accounting for 69% of that production, according to Argentina’s Energy Secretariat.
MEXICO
— the Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) reported receipt of submission on oil spill in Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, Mexico.
VENEZUELA
— CNN reported relatives are desperately searching for their loved ones after a hotel holding 100+ Venezuelans deported from the US collapsed after 2 deadly earthquakes that same evening.
— the ACNUR warned of severe food shortages, a collapse of basic services, and increased protection risks for displaced people in Venezuela.
— NASA reports 60,000 builds were impacted and damaged by the double earthquakes on 24 Jun. 2026.
— The death total from the 24 Jun. 2026 earthquakes has reached 1,719, w/ 50,000+ still reported as missing by local media outlets.
— Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado denounced the Venezuelan gov’t closed its airspace to block her return. The opposition leader has accused the authorities of closing the airspace and canceling commercial flights to “block” her return, according to El Pais Mexico.
— the coastal state of La Guaira was declared a disaster zone by the Venezuelan gov’t following 2 quakes on 24 Jun. 2026. An estimated 29% of the state’s buildings were damaged, according to an analysis by Oregon State University, w/ coastal areas among the hardest hit.
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