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Venezuelan teen ‘nabbed’ with cocaine at Mahaica
Guyana Chronicle
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July 18, 2025
AT about 17:00hrs on Wednesday, police ranks on motorcycle patrol duty at Helena #2 Mahaica, East Coast Demerara, contacted an 18-year-old Venezuelan construction worker, who was standing on a bridge with a black one-strap bag hanging around his...
Venezuelan Economy Registers 17 Consecutive Quarters of Growth
teleSUR
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Photo: Venezuelan Presidential Press Office July 17, 2025 Hour: 8:14 pm In a remarkable turn of events, Venezuela’s economy has demonstrated resilience and strength, logging 17 consecutive quarters of growth. Despite the challenges presented by...
The Growing Global Interest in the Venezuela-Colombia Binational Economic Zone
teleSUR
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July 17, 2025 Hour: 8:56 pm In recent developments, the establishment of the first Binational Economic Zone between Venezuela and Colombia has captured significant global attention. This initiative, underscored by Venezuelan President Nicolas...
Trump Admin Hits Tren De Aragua Leaders With Sanctions As Venezuelan Gang Infiltrates U.S.
Daily Wire
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July 17, 2025
The Trump administration announced sanctions against the leader of Tren de Aragua and other top lieutenants on Thursday amid a broader effort to choke off the transnational criminal organization’s access to cash. The Treasury Department’s Office...
Venezuelan arrested with cocaine at Helena
News Room
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July 17, 2025
Police on motorcycle patrol at Helena #2, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara, have arrested an 18-year-old Venezuelan national after he was allegedly found with cocaine in his possession. Reports indicate that around 17:00 hrs on Wednesday, ranks...
U.S. sanctions 6 leaders and affiliates of Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua
CBS News
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Federal authorities sanctioned six leaders and affiliates of Tren de Aragua on Thursday, the latest step in the United States' ongoing effort to target members of the Venezuelan gang. The Treasury Department announced sanctions against Hector...
Venezuela and Colombia discuss joint border trade zone
MercoPress
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Thursday, July 17th 2025 - 09:54 UTC A formal agreement is yet to be signed although both governments seem to be keen on the idea Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván Gil met with his Colombian counterpart, Rosa Yolanda Villavicencio, in Bogotá to...
Trump Administration Hits Tren de Aragua with Sweeping Sanctions in Bid to Dismantle Venezuelan Criminal Network
[your]NEWS
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July 17, 2025
The sanctions target gang boss Hector Guerrero Flores and five other senior members involved in transnational crime, narcotics, and human trafficking. By yourNEWS Media Newsroom The Trump administration announced Thursday it has placed financial...
Nigeria Breaks OPEC Production Cap For Second Time In 2025
Biz Watch Nigeria
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July 17, 2025
Nigeria has once again surpassed its crude oil production quota set by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), reaching a daily output of 1.505 million barrels in June 2025. According to the July 2025 edition of OPEC’s...
Venezuelan and Colombian Diplomats Discuss Strengthening Bilateral Trade
teleSUR
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Yvan Gil (L) and Rosa Villavicencio (R), July 16, Bogota, Colombia. Photo: FM July 16, 2025 Hour: 2:10 pm On Wednesday, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil and Colombia’s acting Foreign Minister Rosa Villavicencio held a meeting in Bogota, where...
Nigeria’s Oil Production Rises Above OPEC Quota
News Investigators Nigeria
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July 16, 2025
News Investigators/ Nigeria has in June exceeded its Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) quota of 1.5 million barrels per day (bpd) crude oil production, the second time in 2025. OPEC’s Monthly Oil Market Report (MOMR) for...
Shipping sanctions in the balance as EU mulls price cap and Trump touts Russia bill
Lloyd's List
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THE EU is slowly edging closer to a compromise agreement on its latest package of Russian sanctions that may — or may not — see a lowered, or potentially floating, oil price cap emerge. But the internal and external opposition that could yet...
Why Tether, the crypto giant, bought a South American agriculture company
World Energy News - Connecticut
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Tether, world's biggest digital assets company and crypto powerhouse, has leveraged its recent acquisition to make a strategic move for the multi-trillion dollars a year commodities trade. The company wants to integrate its stablecoin - a digital...
Ambassador of Belarus A.Molchan meets with the Minister of Tourism of Venezuela
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus
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12 July 2025 On July 11, 2025 the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Andrei Molchan, met with the Minister of Tourism of Venezuela, Leticia Gomez Hernandez. During the...
Illegal mining, logging operations shut down as Guyana ramps up protection of natural resources
News Room
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July 15, 2025
In a coordinated push to safeguard its natural resources and sovereignty, Guyana has intensified surveillance and enforcement operations across land, river and sea to combat illegal logging, mining and maritime crimes. These efforts have resulted...
Gas flaring created 389m tonnes of carbon pollution last year, report finds
The Guardian
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July 18, 2025
The fossil fuel industry pumped an extra 389m tonnes of carbon pollution into the atmosphere last year by needlessly flaring gas, a World Bank report has found, describing it as an “enormous waste” of fuel that heats the planet by about as much as...
A Silent Emergency Is Unfolding on the Colombia-Venezuela Border
Caracas Chronicles
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July 14, 2025
The images of thousands of people stuck on the Venezuelan side of the Simón Bolívar International Bridge, waiting to enter Colombia, are no longer common. Nor are the crowds of people walking en masse, as seen years ago. But those who still cross...
Soybeans follow bean oil, corn consolidates
Brownfield Ag News
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July 17, 2025
Market News Soybeans follow bean oil, corn consolidates Soybeans were higher on short covering and technical buying, along with spillover support from the strength in bean oil. Beans continue to monitor weather, which looks mostly favorable over...
Venezuela Seeks Industrial Takeoff: Projected 11% Growth for 2025
teleSUR
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In March of this year, President Maduro closed the Expo Metal 2025 and also launched the Mining and Basic Industries Motor (Photo: CVG Ferrominera Orinoco). July 8, 2025 Hour: 6:55 pm Official figures point to an ambitious goal: an 11% industrial...
Lost in the Rhetorical Mirage of Middle-Income Aspirations Without a Sustainable Economic Security Foundation Part -2
New Spotlight Nepal
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(Continued from Part-1) Nepal Entrapped by Super-Nationalism: A Costly Illusion Without Pragmatic Transformation. Nepal desperately needs a bold and realistic development vision transformation for long-term economic prosperity.T he opportunities...