Venezuela

Growing volumes of Middle Eastern crude offers have also pressured prices recently

The country has changed its long-standing nationalist oil policy in a bid to entice investors

He used sensitive classified information to make wagers on the prediction market platform

The US president continued to make Venezuela the model for his vision of how to deal with Iran

It could make a decision on the flagship project by the end of this year

The country’s vast mineral reserves could support a US bid to reduce its dependence on China

Rodriguez is facing this threat just two months after taking power

OUSTED Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro asked a federal judge to dismiss drug-trafficking charges against him, claiming the US is blocking funds for his legal defence from the Venezuelan government.

In Asia, several Indian refiners have bought Venezuela’s flagship Merey crude following the US action