Delcy Rodríguez, the acting president of Venezuela, spoke at an energy conference in Maracaibo, Venezuela, on October 17th. Rodríguez stated that Venezuela's oil industry would receive approximately $76 billion in investments over the next five years. Rodríguez also stated that 61 agreements had been completed with a further 44 currently under discussion. Amongst the agreements discussed was one with the U.S. that covered 17 oil fields. Only a week prior, at the annual assemb

It is July 23, 2026. Jorge Blas stands at Granja Escuela Nuestra Tierra, an educational farm outside San Martín de Valdeiglesias. Approximately 500 meters away, a vehicle catches fire on the M-501. “At first, we didn’t think it could reach us, partly because you never think these things are going to happen to you,” he recalls. The farm stood opposite the fire station. Naturally, he assumed that if something happened, the firefighters would extinguish it before the fire spread

On August 10th a 7.4 magnitude earthquake occurred in the Chocó Department in western Colombia. This earthquake struck a poor rural area approximately 150 miles west of Bogotá. The impact from this quake was felt in numerous major cities throughout Colombia and as far away as Panama, Ecuador and Peru. It was the largest earthquake to strike Colombia in a decade. Damage was widespread, even though the epicenter was located far from the major cities. The mayor of Cali reported