TIMELINE-Hugo Chavez and Venezuela's oil industry Feb 9 (Reuters) -Venezuela on Wednesday declares the winners of an auction for rights to developmassive reserves in the Orinoco heavy oil belt, less than three years afterPresident Hugo Chavez nationalized projects in the same area. The bidding r...
However, a cascade of unforeseen events (including a strike in Venezuela and ongoing political instability in Nigeria) cause analysts to question the global market's ability to keep pace with demand, and result in oil prices as low as $70 a barrel and as high as $200, making it difficult...
Note that Saudi Arabia has the majority of OPEC reserves, followed closely by Iran and Venezuela. Outside OPEC there are other large oil reserves, including the North Sea (controlled by the UK, Norway, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands), Canada’s oil sands, and deepwater reserves off of ...
–Swiss federal health agency’s head of infectious diseases Daniel Koch said that hospitals in the country could collapse if the novel coronavirus continues rapid spread. –China’s Shanghai has extended quarentine to visitors from the UK, Switzerland, Sweden, Belgium, Norway, the Netherlands,...
By the end of 1988, Brazil and led the qualifiers along with New Granada, both having won all of their four matches so far. Argentina trailed them closely with seven points, followed by Chile, Uruguay and Peru, all tied with 4, Paraguay, Ecuador and Venezuela, tied with 3, Gr...
April 27, 2008 collapse of the government coalition following the failure of the referendum. After the dismissal of the Minister of Health, member of the Liberal Party (SZDS), the other ministers of this party resign. October 28, 2008 Undermined by the international financial crisis, Budapest ...
Mutated plant virus wipes out Canadian, Neo-Soviet crops. U.S. agribusiness crops survive due to new biological counter agent. Neo-Soviets accuse U.S. of biological warfare. 2003 Second Central American War Military: War U.S. invades Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela. The War is a disaster...