FEATURE Oil expats desperately needed in Venezuela don't want to go home Yesterday 11:20 Expats are torn between a desire to rebuild their homeland and preserving the hard-won prosperity they’ve achieved abroad, for themselves and their families.
VENEZUELA OIL INDUSTRY US eases Venezuela sanctions after oil sector reforms 30-01-2026 09:11 Venezuela adopts reform package that will open up its nationalised oil sector to private investment; Delcy Rodríguez moves to appease the United States and Donald Trump following the toppling of leader Nicolas Maduro.
CHANGE IN VENEZUELA? Venezuela looks to woo US oil majors with new US-educated investment czar 20-01-2026 18:34 Interim leader Delcy Rodríguez names US-educated banker Calixto Ortega Sánchez as new head of Venezuela's main investment agency, an apparent overture to US investors.
BEYOND THE HEADLINES Is Vaca Muerta now a dead cow – and EU-Mercosur deal a cherubic baby? 17-01-2026 00:12 Today will go down as a historic day with the world’s biggest free-trade area numbering over 700 million consumers signed into being in the Paraguayan capital of Asunción. by Michael Soltys
VENEZUELAN OIL INDUSTRY Trump says United States could run Venezuela and its oil for years 08-01-2026 14:52 Trump says in New York Times interview that the US would be running Venezuela and extracting its oil for years. “We will rebuild it in a very profitable way,” he told the newspaper.
Trump ousts Maduro Argentina backs Trump’s plan to ‘run’ Venezuela, downplays call for elections 07-01-2026 17:31 Casa Rosada accepts that elements of Maduro regime will remain in place in Venezuela and do not view calls for free elections as viable; Milei, who has cooled on Machado’s potential leadership of nation, will back Trump’s intervention in upcoming Davos speech.
OIL & GAS United States says it will control Venezuela oil exports indefinitely 07-01-2026 17:06 Trump administration plans to control future sales of Venezuelan oil and hold the proceeds in US accounts.
PROFILE: DELCY RODRÍGUEZ Venezuela’s new leader is the oil industry’s long-time ally 06-01-2026 13:52 Delcy Rodríguez oversees Venezuela’s oil apparatus and has decades of relationships among the remaining socialist stronghold in government.
CRISIS IN VENEZUELA The US and Venezuela's vast oil reserves: key questions 04-01-2026 14:53 Venezuela has the largest proven reserves in the world, with 303.221 billion barrels, according to OPEC
ENERGY & GAS Bolivia natural gas shortage sends economy teetering 09-10-2024 13:57 Bolivia's once powerful natural gas industry is now on the verge of collapse as a result of a lack of investment and maintenance. The fall of the state-supported industry has sent shockwaves through Bolivia's economy.
AMERICAS Venezuela's Maduro says talks to resume with United States 02-07-2024 11:09 Nicolás Maduro on Monday announced the resumption of dialogue with the United States.