BOGOTĂ, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 20.Jan.2026, Words: 315) â China and Venezuela have developed a deep bilateral trade relationship, which florist during the years of the presidency of late Venezuelan leader Hugo ChĂĄvez FrĂas from 1999-2013. This Chinese-Venezuelan relationship continued under NicolĂ s Maduro Moros â who took […]
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Venezuela strike canât extinguish dumpster fire in crude market: East Daley Analytics says
DENVER, COLORADO (By East Daley Analytics, 7.Jan.2026, Words: 473) â Crude oil has failed to gain traction in the days since the US launched a military strike in Venezuela, with prices hovering just above multi-year lows. Despite potential upside from the new geopolitical uncertainty, WTI has reached a threshold that could […]
China says âno country should act as the worldâs police or judge,â referring to the US
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 6.Jan.2026, Words: 504) â Chinaâs Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning spoke to reporters regarding Venezuela during her regular daily press conference in which she addressed, among other topics, measures China would consider to prevent the US from acting as the âworldâs sheriffâ? […]
EAI brief: Venezuela terminates plans to supply gas to Trinidad and TobagoÂ
BOGOTĂ, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 15.Dec.2025, Words: 156) â Venezuela has decided to terminate plans to supply natural gas to neighboring Trinidad and Tobago. The administration of Venezuelaâs president NicolĂĄs Maduro announced termination of contracts, agreements, and negotiations for the supply of gas to its nearest Caribbean […]
US seizes sanctioned oil tanker off coast of Venezuela, Trump says
WASHINGTON, DC (By Reuters, Idrees Ali, Phil Stewart, Steve Holland and Marianna Parraga, 10 Dec. 2025) â The U.S. has seized a sanctioned oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, a move that sent oil prices higher and sharply escalated tensions between Washington and Caracas. “We’ve […]
The New York Times Morning: Inside Venezuela
NEW YORK, NEW YORK (By The New York Times, Sam Sifton, 3.Dec.2025, Words: 692) â In Venezuela, President NicolĂĄs Maduro is trying to avoid the long arm of the United States, according to The New York Times Morning edition of 3 Dec. 2025. Fast dancing In response to threats from […]
Russia resumes fights to MaiquetĂa amid Trump order to close Venezuelan airspace
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 2.Dec.2025, Words: 309) â The Russian ambassador to Venezuela Sergey Melik-Bagdasarov confirmed that flights between his country and Venezuela continue to operate. “I am pleased to inform you of my return to Venezuela. Taking advantage of the newly inaugurated regular flight from […]
Maduro says Venezuela and Russia “in practice, more united than ever”Â
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 28.Oct.2025, Words: 183) â Venezuelaâs president NicolĂĄs Maduro Moros, affirmed that Venezuela and Russia are “in practice, more united than ever” regarding the promulgation of the ratification law of the Strategic Partnership Treaty between the 2 nations, signed in May 2025 […]
Maduro questions US prioritizing attacks in the Caribbean Sea, CIA plans in Venezuela
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 17.Oct.2025, Words: 355) â Venezuela’s president NicolĂĄs Maduro Moros condemned recent statements by the US government against the Caribbean country, describing them as a “gross interventionist policy aimed at achieving regime change.” This, while urging the the US to instead focus […]
Venezuela’s Maduro says military machinery being enhanced for peace, sovereignty
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 8.Oct.2025, Words: 270) â Venezuela’s president NicolĂĄs Maduro Moros, in an audio broadcast on his Telegram channel, emphasized that Operation Independence 200 to safeguard the Integral Defense Zones (ZODI) in the states of Carabobo and La Guaira was launched at midnight. […]
Venezuela foreign ministry warns of âimmoral military threatâ from US
NEW YORK, NEW YORK (By Lyndal Rowlands, Aljazeera and AFP, 27.Sep.2025, Words: 710) â Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil Pinto has told the United Nations General Assembly that the United States has an âillegal and completely immoral military threat hanging over our headsâ, as reports emerge that the US is […]
Maduro says Donald Trumpâs US lying to justify regime change in Venezuela
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 9.Sep.2025, Words: 329) â Venezuelaâs president NicolĂĄs Maduro Moros said the US imperialism was lying to justify a change of government in Venezuela, with the ultimate goal of seizing the OPEC countryâs natural resources, including its crude oil, natural gas, and […]
Venezuela ready for more FDI as bilateral trade with Colombia grows, Maduro says
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 9.Sep.2025, Words: 392) â The Venezuelan economy, anchored by the economic, political, social, and equality independence model represented by the 13 productive engines that aim to conserve the OPEC country’s development and economic growth, is ready to receive national and international […]
Official statement: ALBA-TCP declaration regarding Venezuela
CARACAS, VENEZUELA (By ALBA-TCP, 20.Aug.2025, Words: 730) â The heads of state and government of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-Peoples’ Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP), gathered in extraordinary session to issue an unanimously declaration: Now more than ever, committed to the postulates of the Proclamation of Latin America […]
GHP and DGCIM reaffirm support and loyalty to Maduro
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 9.Aug.2025, Words: 260) â Venezuelaâs commander of the Presidential Honor Guard (GHP) and director general of Military Counterintelligence (DGCIM), Maj. Gen. Javier JosĂ© Marcano TĂĄbata, reaffirmed the military component’s absolute and unwavering loyalty to Venezuelaâs president and commander-in-chief of the Bolivarian […]
Venezuela’s Maduro reveals decree declaring a state of economic emergency
SALVADOR DE BAHIA, BRAZIL (By Pedro Silva, Energy Analytics Institute, 8.Aug.2025, Words: 166) â Venezuelaâs president Nicolas Maduro Moros took action to implement an economic emergency decree that aims to  address the US blockade against Venezuela amid a global trade war. On 8 Aug. 2025, Decree No. 5,175 was published in […]
Maduro says ongoing conspiracies look to undermine Venezuelaâs peace
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 7.Aug.2025, Words: 250) â Venezuelaâs president NicolĂĄs Maduro Moros warned authorities present at the Federal Council of Government (CFG) about the ongoing conspiracies to undermine the country’s peace and called for the defeat of the criminal gangs that still exist and […]
White House gives Chevron green light to resume oil production in Venezuela: Politico
WASHINGTON, DC (By Politico, Ben Lefebvre and Isa DomĂnguez, 28.Jul.2025, Words: 167) â The Trump administration will allow U.S. energy giant Chevron to resume production of crude oil in Venezuela, a source familiar with the situation said Thursday. The White House move represents a reversal of its previous decision to […]
Maduro: the cradle of the liberators of the Americas “does not depend on anyone”
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 27.Jul.2025, Words: 210) â Amid municipal elections in Venezuela, the countryâs president NicolĂĄs Maduro Moros emphasized that in the face of the “bipolar” policy of the US government that it was necessary to act with what he called the “Bolivarian peace […]
Marco Rubio says US standing with the Venezuelan people
WASHINGTON, DC (By US Secretary of State, 27.Jul.2025, Words: 194) â One year since dictator NicolĂĄs Maduro defied the will of the Venezuelan people by baselessly declaring himself the winner, the US remains firm in its unwavering support to Venezuelaâs restoration of democratic order and justice. Maduro is not the President […]
Maduro says Venezuela does not need licenses to produce oil
HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 25.Jul.2025, Words: 192) â Venezuela’s president NicolĂĄs Maduro Moros said his country does not need a license to produce crude oil. This, he said as despite all the oil sector sanctions imposed by the US, that his has increased its production. […]
US Treasury sanctions Venezuelan cartel headed by Maduro: OFAC
WASHINGTON, DC (By OFAC, 25.Jul.2025, Words: 960) â Today, the Department of the Treasuryâs Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned the Cartel de los Soles (a.k.a. Cartel of the Suns) as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist. Cartel de los Soles is a Venezuela-based criminal group headed by Nicolas Maduro Moros and other […]
Venezuela’s Maduro predicts GDP growth of 9% for 2H:25
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 22.Jul.2025, Words: 176) â Venezuela’s gross domestic product (GDP) registered an increase of over 6% in the second-quarter 2025, while economic growth of at least 9% is expected in the third-quarter 2025 and fourth-quarter 2025. RELATED: Maduro says Venezuela looks to become […]
Venezuela and China consolidate alliance to develop “Global South AI”
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 14.Jul.2025, Words: 287) â Venezuela consolidated an alliance with the People’s Republic of China to develop an artificial intelligence (AI) platform unique to the citizens of the Global South. The purpose of the initiative is to “counteract the bias in dominant […]
EAI brief: Venezuelan officers receive military training in Russia and Cuba
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 8.Jul.2025, Words: 185) â Venezuela’s president NicolĂĄs Maduro Moros praised the training of 19 Venezuelan officers in the Russian Federation and the Republic of Cuba. This, during a joint graduation ceremony for military academies. “We need to manage and maintain the […]
Maduro says armed group captured trying to enter Venezuela from Trinidad
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 4.Jun.2025, Words: 154) â Venezuela’s president NicolĂĄs Maduro announced that an armed group had been captured in the eastern part of the OPEC-member country on 2 Jun. 2025. Maduro said the criminals (half of whom were Colombian) were planning to enter Venezuela […]
Maduro activates monitoring room to over see Venezuela’s hydrocarbon sector
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 30.May.2025, Words: 255) â Venezuela’s president NicolĂĄs Maduro activated a new situational control and monitoring room within Venezuela’s Hydrocarbons Ministry. The aim is to better monitor Venezuela’s hydrocarbon sector activities, which is arguably the heart of the OPEC country’s economy.Â
Maduro says government to allocate resources for development of Essequibo territory
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 27.May.2025, Words: 335) â Venezuela’s president NicolĂĄs Maduro Moros said his government will continue work on the constitutional and legal recovery of the Guayana Esequiba state or disputed Essequibo territory. This, after Venezuelan citizens went to the polls on 25 May 2025 […]
Maduro says election marks birth of new sovereignty over “Guayana Esequiba”
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 26.May.2025, Words: 200) â Venezuela’s president NicolĂĄs Maduro Moros said the Sunday 25 May 2025 election saw the selection of the first governor of (Guayana Esequiba) or Guyana Essequibo. This, he said, marked the birth of Venezuela’s “new sovereignty” over that territory. […]
Maduro denounces “terrorist attacks” to Venezuelan electric grid
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 6.May.2025, Words: 171) â  Venezuela’s president NicolĂĄs Maduro Moros denounced what he labeled as terrorist attacks targeting the National Electric System (SEN), which affected four 230 kV towers in the Magdaleno sector, in the Zamora municipality of Aragua state. According to Maduro, the […]
Negotiations Fail to Renew Venezuela Sanctions Relief License
(S&P Global, 17.Apr.2024) â A few hours before the expiration of a temporary oil and gas sanctions relief license, the governments of Venezuela and the United States continue to negotiate without success its renewal under the requirement of holding competitive presidential elections on July 28, Venezuelan officials said. “Today at […]
Venezuela Says 23,319 Wells Have 1.4 MMb/d Recovery Potential
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 5.Jun.2018) â Venezuelaâs Oil Minister Manuel Quevedo says the state oil company has identified 23,319 wells which have potential to recover Venezuelaâs oil production by 1.426 million barrels per day (MMb/d). Quevedo, who also serves as the president of PDVSA, made the announcement in La […]