Regional

It is of critical importance that with just two years away from ‘first oil’ the Government of Guyana focuses on strengthening its legislative framework so that it can effectively fight corruption. This is the advice being shared by Thiago de...

The outlook for the Latin American oil and gas industry is stable, Moody's Investors Service says in a new report. Over the next 12 to 18 months, favorable economic and regulatory environments will support solid operating results for the...

(Amsterdam News) Jamaica is fancying its chances of becoming the latest Caribbean Community nation after Guyana to find commercial quantities of oil and gas in the wake of encouraging indications from the most recent round of offshore surveys. Jamaican authorities...

(BBC) Venezuela has expelled the senior US representative in the country amid an international backlash against Nicolás Maduro's re-election as president. Mr. Maduro announced the expulsion of charge d'affaires Todd Robinson as his victory in Sunday's vote was being proclaimed...

(CNN) Socialist President Nicolas Maduro has won another six years in power in crisis-hit Venezuela, in an election that the political opposition and foreign powers have denounced as a sham. Many eligible voters boycotted Sunday's polling, bringing turnout to a lackluster 46%,...

An official familiar with the Guyana-Venezuela border controversy and the move to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for a hearing and resolution of the matter believes that all efforts should be made by Guyana to green-light as much...

(Reuters) Venezuela's leftist leader Nicolas Maduro won a new six-year term on Sunday, but his main rivals disavowed the election alleging massive irregularities in a process critics decried as a farce propping up a dictatorship. Victory for the 55-year-old former...

Participation in Venezuela’s controversial presidential election on Sunday was at 32.3 percent by 6 p.m. as most polling stations began closing, according to an election board source. Turnout at Venezuela’s last presidential election in 2015 was 80 percent, but the...

(BBC) After years of turmoil which at one point saw almost daily street protests, President Nicolas Maduro is looking to consolidate his power. The opposition, however, refuses to even take part. Who's going to win? Most analysts agree that President Maduro is...

Trinidad and Tobago is no longer an attractive place for petrochemical companies to launch new processing plants, Loop reports. Speaking at a media briefing in Point Lisas on Thursday, CEO of the Caribbean Nitrogen Company Limited (CNC), Jerome Dookie, said...