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    Move will be one of first large-scale foreign investments in country since US ousted leader Nicolás Maduro in JanuaryBP has answered Donald Trump’s call for oil companies to help rebuild Venezuela’s fossil fuel industry with new plans to develop a large offshore gasfield.BP will partner with two oil firms with close links to the Trump administration to develop the second phase of the Loran gasfield, in one of the first large-scale foreign investments in Venezuela since the US ousted its leader N
     

BP to develop offshore gasfield in Venezuela with firms linked to Trump administration

14 août 2026 à 10:04

Move will be one of first large-scale foreign investments in country since US ousted leader Nicolás Maduro in January

BP has answered Donald Trump’s call for oil companies to help rebuild Venezuela’s fossil fuel industry with new plans to develop a large offshore gasfield.

BP will partner with two oil firms with close links to the Trump administration to develop the second phase of the Loran gasfield, in one of the first large-scale foreign investments in Venezuela since the US ousted its leader Nicolás Maduro in January.

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© Photograph: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters

© Photograph: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters

© Photograph: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters

Topos Azteca, a Mexican Volunteer Rescue Group, Helps With Rescue Efforts After Colombia Earthquake

13 août 2026 à 13:16
Topos Azteca, a Mexican volunteer rescue group that works worldwide and helped after the Sept. 11 attacks, arrived in Colombia after searching for survivors in Venezuela.

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A member of Topos Azteca working among the rubble on Wednesday in Cali, Colombia.

Colombia Quake Chases Teenage Venezuelan Brothers From Their New Home

10 août 2026 à 17:47
A pair of brothers who lost their mother and other family members in Venezuela and were profiled by The New York Times have now survived deadly quakes in two countries.

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Deivid Delfín, 44, with his two surviving sons, Winder, 17, left, and Deivi, 15, right, in Venezuela in June, after twin earthquakes killed the boys’ mother, younger brother and grandmother.

U.S. Squeezes Cuba Even as It Searches for a New Regime Leader

7 août 2026 à 18:35
Some officials warn that a more hard-line leader could emerge if the Trump administration moves forward with its plans.

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Cuba earlier this year. Many officials waiting in the wings in the country, like their Iranian counterparts, represent more hard-line factions.

Venezuela’s Response to Earthquakes Exposes Government’s Shortcomings

The government turned to the world to respond to twin quakes. But years of shrinking budgets and political repression weakened its ability to rescue countless people trapped in rubble.

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Dozens of volunteers and family members searched for survivors in a building at a public housing complex in Caraballeda, La Guaira state, that collapsed during back-to-back earthquakes on June 24.
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