17+ hour, 56+ min ago   (792+ words) Yesterday’s subject line: “'The false peace is over' - Colombia” A hundred-year concession is longer than any Venezuela granted in the oil century that made it. The terms are known from briefings, not from a document. The oil arrangement between the…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (428+ words) Did Venezuela sell its soul to the Trump administration? A dubious oil deal in which the United States may be taking much of the South American country’s rich oil reserves is a bad proposition for any government, unless its survival…...

23+ hour, 35+ min ago   (763+ words) Catherine Sadler practised law for fourteen years before she started writing about it. She trained at a City firm, qualified into commercial litigation, and spent the bulk of her career at a mid-sized practice handling regulatory disputes, professional negligence, and…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1643+ words) Latin America Brief: Venezuelans Aren’t Happy With the U.S. Oil Deal Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Latin America Brief. The highlights this week: The United States announces a stake in Venezuela’s oil, four South American countries agree to cooperate on…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (250+ words) The president has claimed the deal is the biggest in history, but Venezuelans fear the country is becoming ‘51st state in all but name’ It was “a predatory move” that reeked of old-school colonialism, said Le Monde (Paris). Last week, in…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (565+ words) Home > Markets > Coinbase Co-Founder’s Venezuela Oil Deal Could Ripple Across Bitcoin and Crypto Fred Ehrsam’s Venezuela oil venture is creating an unusual bridge between crypto wealth and the global energy market. The Coinbase co-founder has spent months in Caracas as…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (949+ words) Cryptocurrency billionaire Fred Ehrsam spent months living in a luxury hotel in Caracas, building a rolodex of connections in a long-shot bid to become one of Venezuela’s biggest oil producers. Without a track record in oil and gas, the 38-year-old…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (1002+ words) What I'm hearing from energy insiders It was one of the most eye-opening and fascinating business trips in my 30-year career: the opportunity to travel to Venezuela to witness firsthand the signing of oil deals between the government in Caracas…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (574+ words) DALLAS, Texas — The 30-minute U.S. military operation that removed Nicolás Maduro from power has helped clear the way for a sweeping expansion of Venezuela’s battered energy sector, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said, sharing that the country’s national energy production will…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (62+ words) Energy chief says American military muscle helped open door to investment in Venezuela Fox News Energy chief says American military muscle helped open door to investment in Venezuela Energy Secretary Chris Wright told Fox News Digital that the military actions…...