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(Bloomberg) — Latin American governments are launching a sweeping realignment of energy and fiscal policies, warning that the surge in oil prices from the Iran war threatens regional stability. Read More
(Bloomberg) — Oil turned lower after an initial small gain, as investors assessed President Donald Trump’s ultimatum to Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and Tehran’s threat of more reprisals in the Middle East war. Read More
(Bloomberg) — Financial markets got off to a volatile start on Monday, with US equity-index futures and crude oil getting whipsawed as the war in Iran entered a fourth week with no sign of de-escalation. Read More
(Bloomberg) — Saudi Arabia had prepared and planned for the worst-case scenario for decades. So within hours of the first US and Israeli strikes on Iran which resulted in the effective closure of the crucial Strait of Hormuz waterway, the world’s biggest crude exporter rolled out a contingency plan — one that had waited 45 years to come to fruition — to keep its oil flowing. Read More
(Bloomberg) — A senior Cuban official said the country is preparing for a possible military assault as President Donald Trump increases economic pressure on the government in Havana and suggests it could be the next US target after Venezuela and Iran. Read More
(Bloomberg) — Ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains disrupted, with only a handful of Iran-linked vessels transiting the chokepoint as it enters a fourth week of effective closure. Read More
(Bloomberg) — From capturing Venezuela’s president to attacking Europe’s methane rules, President Donald Trump had created a slipstream for his oil-industry backers to expand production of fossil fuels and boost profits. Read More
(Bloomberg) — US President Donald Trump gave Iran a two-day deadline to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or have its power plants bombed. Read More
