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The Pacific Council, in partnership with Espacio Crítico, is hosting a webinar on Thursday, June 4, at 9 am PT to explore Venezuela's economic and oil sectors in the aftermath of Maduro's capture earl...

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On Jan. 29, 2026, Venezuela’s National Assembly approved a major overhaul of the law governing the oil industry, opening the sector to private investment, reducing royalties and taxes, and offering in...

Sanctions relief, a democratic transition, and deep reforms are essential to recover production.

Francisco Monaldi

Francisco Monaldi

President Trump said "we're going to get the oil flowing the way it should be" after the surprise U.S. attack. Here's what to know about Venezuela's oil sector.

President Trump wants more U.S. oil companies to "go in" to Venezuela. But there are economic, historical, and climate reasons that may not be easy. Here's what you need to know about oil in Venezuela...

The Trump Administration has gotten increasingly aggressive in its relations with Nicholas Maduro's government in Venezuela, accumulating a historic volume of US military capability in the Caribbean a...

The region is seeing a boom in fossil fuels just as the impacts of the climate crisis really bite. It’s raising thorny questions about who gets to benefit from planet-heating oil.

Despite sitting atop the world’s largest oil reserves, it’s a sad truth that Venezuela doesn’t matter for the energy markets. With production languishing near its lowest in a century, American saber-r...

Ambassador Sarah-Ann Lynch outlines Guyana’s geopolitical importance while the Baker Institute’s Francisco Monaldi analyzes the region’s energy trajectory.

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Muchas gracias por acompañarnos en esta entrevista para Energy Insights. Doctor Francisco Monaldi, director del programa...

How the social organization of Europe and China shaped their divergent economic and political trajectories over the past millennium

Vaca Muerta: ¿está en riesgo la tabla de salvación de la macro argentina? De Repsol a Néstor Kirchner y los Eskenazi, ¿intervencionismo estatal con corrupción? El especialista hizo su análisis

President Donald Trump appeared to invent a new weapon of economic statecraft on Monday by threatening what he dubbed “secondary tariffs” on countries that buy oil from Venezuela to choke off its oil ...

Its shale fields are on track to yield 1m barrels of oil per day by 2030

Nicolás Maduro se prepara para iniciar el 10 de enero su tercer período presidencial, durante el cual ha prometido consolidar el nuevo modelo económico que ha venido imponiendo en los últimos años.

L’ENFER DE CARACAS (3/6). Le régime « bolivarien » a puisé dans les caisses du géant pétrolier PDVSA. Un terrible gâchis pour le pays, qui détient les premières réserves mondiales.

Trump's Tariffs Threaten Trade War with Mexico, but Natural Gas Remains Unaffected for Now By Christopher Lenton U.S. President-elect Trump’s social media announcement that he would impose a 25% tarif...

President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday that the Panama Canal is charging “exorbitant prices and rates of passage” on US naval and merchant ships, and he demanded that fees be lowered or else Panam...

Energy regulators in Mexico are on the brink of a major transformation that could reshape the natural gas industry. Learn how recent votes in Congress may dissolve key regulatory bodies and shift powe...