oil

President-elect Donald Trump told reporters during a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago residence that the US won’t need Venezuelan oil while he’s president.  President Trump’s comments come as rumors swirl over his administration’s policy towards Dictator Nicolas Maduro’s regime.  According to the Wall Street Journal, Trump had been facing pressure from oil executives to continue […]

Venezuelan President-elect Edmundo Gonzalez assured attendees at the World Strategic Forum he intends to challenge Dictator Nicolas Maduro by returning to Venezuela for his presidential inauguration on January 10th.  Speaking to Florida International University’s Adam Smith Center for Economic Freedom’s director, Carlos Diaz Rosillo, Gonzalez explained he would travel to Venezuela from Spain, where he […]

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has alerted Venezuelan Dictator Nicolas Maduro is targeting her 84-year old mother. Machado explained that, for the third time on Sunday, December 1st, “agents of the Maduro regime are harassing my mother in her home. Armed, hooded, and with sirens blasting at full volume.” Venezuela’s recent presidential elections have […]

US Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Jim Risch (R-ID) are accusing President Joe Biden of ignoring the law by failing to impose sanctions on illicit purchasers of Iranian oil.  The Senators allege that President Biden has not imposed new sanctions despite being required to do so by the Stop Harboring Iranian Petroleum (SHIP) Act. The […]

Venezuelan Dictator Nicolas Maduro’s government has been accused by the UN’s Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuelan Human Rights violations of committing crimes against humanity.  Following Dictator Maduro’s defeat in July’s presidential elections, Maduro has directed his government to persecute political opponents employing a series of criminal and violent tactics.  According to the UN’s report, […]

President Joe Biden has levied new sanctions on Iran following the latter’s wave of missile attacks against Israel.  Iran recently directly attacked Israel with over 300 ballistic missiles and drones, most of which were deflected by the latter with the US’ and allies’ aid.  President Biden’s sanctions attempt to punish Iran for their destabilizing bellicose […]

A massive oil spill in the Red Sea has been successfully averted thanks to European naval forces.  The impending oil spill was set to occur after Houthi terrorist forces struck oil tanker MV SOUNION, forcing its crew’s evacuation and setting fires onboard.  EU Naval Forces ASPIDES reported their ships towed the SOUNION to safety.  “Under […]

US President Joe Biden’s Venezuela policy is receiving renewed criticism from conservatives following increased reports of Venezuelan criminal activity within the US. Numerous reports have recently linked Tren de Aragua, Venezuela’s largest gang, to over 100 criminal events in the US. One such case included a shooting of New York Police officers on June 3rd […]

US coastal waters could be renamed after former President Donald Trump if an initiative by Representative Greg Steube (R-FL) is enacted. Representative Steube introduced legislation to rename the US Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) into the ‘Donald John Trump Exclusive Economic Zone of the United States.’ If Steube’s bill passes, any reference to the EEZ in […]

US Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Rick Scott (R-FL) co-authored a letter along with Senate Republican colleagues responding to President Joe Biden’s proposed Federal Supplier Climate Risks and Resilience Rule (Contractor Climate Rule),  The Contractor Climate Rule would require all companies receiving more than $50 million in annual public contracts to set emissions reduction targets.  […]

The White House has refused to reveal whether lifted oil sanctions for Venezuela will be renewed as the deadline to make such a decision nears.  President Joe Biden is reportedly expected to not reinstate oil sanctions imposed on Venezuela during President Donald Trump’s term.  Biden lifted sanctions on Venezuela’s oil and gold sectors in exchange […]

President Joe Biden is expected to not reinstate oil sanctions imposed on Venezuela during President Donald Trump’s term, according to recent reports.  Renewing sanctions on Venezuelan oil exports would raise domestic gasoline prices given OPEC production cuts have increased American reliance on alternative sources, such as Venezuela.  Consequently, US officials are reportedly concerned that limiting […]

Senate Democrats and Republicans are at loggerheads over recently announced mergers in the oil industry.  Last year, reports emerged of  planned mergers between Exxon and Chevron with Pioneer Natural Resources and Hess Corporation, respectively. Exxon and Chevron are the two largest oil companies in the United States. Exxon has claimed the merger “represents an opportunity […]

As a sanctions relief deadline looms, conservatives are renewing calls for President Joe Biden to reinstate previously lifted sanctions on Venezuela.  In October of last year, the Biden Administration lifted sanctions on Venezuela’s oil and gold sectors in exchange for assurances Venezuelan Dictator Nicolas Maduro would hold fair elections. As Dictator Maduro jailed opposition figures […]

Venezuelan opposition party Democratic Unitary Platform (DUP) announced Tuesday they were unable to register their preferred candidate for Venezuela’s upcoming presidential elections.  The announcement arrived after months of failed negotiations between President Joe Biden’s administration, Venezuelan regime leader Nicolas Maduro, and DUP officials.   President Biden had spearheaded an effort to convince Maduro’s regime to permit […]

US Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) was joined by a delegation of Senate Republicans this week in an effort to oppose President Joe Biden’s administration’s announced taxation plans for energy producers.  On March 11, 2024, the US Treasury Department unveiled its General Explanations of the Administration's Fiscal Year 2025 Revenue Proposals (Green Book).  The Green Book […]

US Representative Maria-Elvira Salazar (R-FL) will lead a House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee hearing into the fight for freedom in Venezuela this Wednesday, January 7th.  The hearing will feature Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado as the main witness.  Machado overwhelmingly won the Venezuelan opposition party’s recent primary elections. However, Venezuelan Dictator Nicolas Maduro’s […]

US Representative Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) sent a bipartisan letter to President Joe Biden requesting that he increase its administration’s sanctions on Iran.  According to Representative Moskowitz’s office, President Biden’s “lax sanctions policy” has resulted in “ over $88 billion flowing into Iran’s coffers.” Iran’s funding of foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs) across the Middle East has […]