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🇻🇪🇺🇸The United States restores sanctions on Venezuela due to non-compliance of the Barbados Agreement:

The United States reestablished sanctions against Venezuelan oil and gas and gave a deadline until May 31 for American companies to close operations in this matter.

This was established in General Ligency 44A, which replaced number 44, which had eased sanctions for six months on the condition that the commitments signed in Barbados last October were fulfilled.

In this sense, the Administration of President Joe Biden assured that "the United States will continue to evaluate the sanctions policy towards Venezuela in light of the actions taken by Maduro and his representatives as the country approaches the July 28 elections." .

OFAC clarifies that interested companies may request specific permits to operate in Venezuela and these requests will be studied "case by case." Chevron's license to operate in Venezuela is not affected by this decision.

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YPF (the Argentine oil company which is 51% owned by the Argentine state and 49% private) and Petronas will export LNG from Río Negro, Argentine energy exports continue to massively grow.

The president and CEO, Horacio Marín, announced that the company will begin exporting LNG in partnership with the Malaysian Petronas starting in 2026 from Punta Colorada.

Through the Vaca Muerta oil fields, two out of every three barrels of oil in the country leave the Neuquén Basin. The region's production exceeded 450,000 barrels per day, levels not seen in more than 20 years. Shale crude oil reached 357,000 barrels per day

Today YPF also announced that it will build a mega pipeline and confirmed that Vaca Muerta Sud will be put out to tender in the coming months further increasing extraction and refining capacity.

It's an excellent time for the energy industry in the country, and it's certainly giving a lot of headwind to the Milei administration in it's on-going fight to mantain the zero deficit.

Crypto guru and Cardano co-founder Charles Hoskinson (@IOHK_Charles) endorses RFK Jr., saying he’s the best person to back this November.

https://twitter.com/RobertKennedyJr/status/1780726997020508562

BREAKING! The 911 outage is Nationwide. Please check w your local news station to find out if your area is affected.

Latest List of Layoffs Over Last 4 Months:

1. Twitch: 35% of workforce
2. Hasbro: 20% of workforce
3. Spotify: 17% of workforce
4. Levi's: 15% of workforce
5. Zerox: 15% of workforce
6. Qualtrics: 14% of workforce
7. Wayfair: 13% of workforce
8. Tesla: 10% of workforce
9. Duolingo: 10% of workforce
10. Washington Post: 10% of workforce
11. Snapchat: 10% of workforce
12. eBay: 9% of workforce
13. PayPal: 9% of workforce
14. Business Insider: 8% of workforce
15. Charles Schwab: 6% of workforce
16. Macy's: 4% of workforce
17. Blackrock: 3% of workforce
18. Citigroup: 20,000 employees
19. UPS: 12,000 employees
20. Cisco: "Thousands" of employees

In 2024, we have already seen 74,000 tech layoffs alone with well over 200,000 across all industries.

Last month, the US added a whopping 691,000 part-time jobs while LOSING 6,000 full-time jobs.

Is the labor market finally starting to soften?

https://twitter.com/KobeissiLetter/status/1780584351006134543?s=19

👮‍♂️ 🇩🇪 🇷🇺 Germany arrests men who allegedly spied on U.S. military sites for Russia in sabotage plot to undermine Ukraine aid

🔶️ Dieter S. is suspected to be a former fighter for pro-Kremlin forces in eastern Ukraine and is accused of making arrangements for an explosive or arson attack in Germany.

🔶️ The German Foreign Ministry confirmed that it it had on Thursday summoned the Russian ambassador to Berlin in light of the arrests.

🔶️ "Against this background, the accused stated to his counterpart that he was willing to use explosion and arson attacks especially on infrastructure used for military purposes and industrial sites in Germany," it added. "To prepare, Dieter S. collected information about potential attack targets, including U.S. military facilities," it said.

🔶️ Germany has become the second-biggest supplier of weapons to Ukraine after the U.S., but the country has been engaged in a fierce debate over whether it should be doing more.

🔶️ Germany’s top security official, Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, said in a statement that this was "a particularly serious case of suspected spy activity for Putin’s criminal regime."

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/germany-arrests-russia-spy-sabotage-plot-us-military-sites-ukraine-aid-rcna148331

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BREAKING: Israel officially launches attack on Iran.

BREAKING: Israel has conducted airstrikes on targets in Iran, Syria & Iraq, per ABC

An Israeli missile strike targeted a site in Iran early Friday morning, according to ABC News. The report came shortly after local sources reported explosions in Isfahan in central Iran, in the As-Suwayda Governorate of southern Syria, and in the Baghdad area and Babil Governorate of Iraq early Friday morning.

Videos reportedly from Isfahan appeared to show Iranian air defenses activated in the skies over the area.

The Iranian semi-official Fars News Agency reported that an explosion was heard in Qahjavarestan, east of Isfahan and near the Isfahan International Airport. Fars stressed that the cause of the explosion was unknown as of yet. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-797866