(CFR, 9.Mar.2021) — On March 8, the Biden administration gave the first real insight into its Venezuela policy, and the news was a mixture of good policy, politics, and nonsense....
(Platts, 9.Feb.2021) — Emboldened by the change in US presidency, Iran is pushing more oil onto the market, even as sanctions remain in place, as it looks ahead to a...
(US State Department, 27.Jan.2021) — Remarks to the Press from US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken from the Press Briefing Room in Washington, DC. MR PRICE: Good afternoon. Welcome...
(The White House, 27.Jan.2021) — Biden-Harris Administration Commits on Climate Change – Creating Jobs, Building Infrastructure, and Delivering Environmental Justice Today, President Biden will take executive action to tackle the...
(Argus, 20.Jan.2021) — The new US administration is considering whether to reinstate Venezuelan crude-for-diesel swaps and ease a key sanctions waiver, but policy reversals alone would not be enough to...
(AP, 19.Jan.2021) — The Trump administration issued a parting shot at Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Tuesday, announcing a sweeping round of stiff financial sanctions that target a network accused...
(Reuters, 18.Jan.2021) — Representatives of fuel suppliers to Venezuela, importers of Venezuelan oil and advocacy groups said this month they plan to press the incoming administration of U.S. President-elect Joe...
(Energy Analytics Institute, 6.Jan.2021) — EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen comments on US elections and recognition of Joe Biden as the next US president. “I believe in the...
(Bloomberg, 18.Dec.2020) — President-elect Joe Biden’s advisers are preparing to negotiate with Nicolas Maduro’s regime in Venezuela in an effort to end the Western Hemisphere’s worst economic and humanitarian crisis,...
(Reuters, 14.Dec.2020) — Donald Trump was clear with Latin America during his four-year administration: don’t do business with China. The message failed to hit home. As President-elect Joe Biden readies...
(Argus, 14.Dec.2020) — Washington's failure in the past two years to force regime change in Caracas by means of severe sanctions gives the incoming US administration of president-elect Joe Biden...
(Reuters, 3.Dec.2020) — Venezuela's ruling Socialist Party would consider reforming the country's oil law if it retakes control of the legislature after the Dec. 6 election, Nicolas Maduro Guerra, son...
(Reuters, 2.Dec.2020) — India wants to diversify its oil imports, including the resumption of supplies from Iran and Venezuela, after U.S. President-elect Joe Biden takes office, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan...
(Bloomberg, 18.Nov.2020) — Chevron’s willingness to keep a foothold in oil-rich Venezuela will now be a thorny political issue for President-elect Joe Biden to sort out. The U.S. Treasury Department...
(Argus, 30.Oct.2020) — The region's recovery from Covid-19 will depend heavily on who is dictating US policy, writes Patricia Garip. Waves of political chaos that recurrently engulf Latin America were...
(WoodMac, 21.Oct.2020) — The 2020 elections bring US energy policy to a clear fork in the road. A second term for President Donald Trump would mean a continuation of the...