CAF excludes Venezuela from $1 billion climate financing package for the region

The Daily Journal.- The Board of Directors of CAF — Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean — approved a $3.5 billion financing package comprising 15 operations across 10 countries in the region, with funds targeting infrastructure, sustainable mobility, energy transition, social development and climate action. Venezuela does not appear among the direct beneficiaries […]

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Colombia considers importing gas from Venezuela to ease shortage amid El Niño

The Daily Journal. — The Colombian government is evaluating several alternatives to offset the natural gas supply deficit in its domestic market amid the effects of the El Niño climate phenomenon, including importing gas from Venezuela, Minister of Mines and Energy María Nohemí Arboleda said. Speaking at a forum organized by the National Association of […]

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El Niño shuts down the Atlantic’s engines: historic calm echoes the 2015 cyclone drought

The Daily Journal.- The North Atlantic basin is experiencing an unprecedented period of meteorological calm in the modern era. Despite entering the traditionally most active months of the year, a dominant climate factor has dramatically slowed the formation of major storms. Climate experts examining global weather records point to a direct explanation: the Atlantic has […]

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El Niño wants to “play hard,” and Venezuela must prepare

Food production, power generation, and access to water could suffer if this phenomenon becomes extreme. Models indicate that it will. Vanessa Davies El Niño is no game. It never is under normal conditions, and much less so during this period, which promises to be fiercer than usual. Colloquially dubbed a Super El Niño, but defined […]

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Not Even the Threat of a “Super El Niño” Makes Droughts Sexy Disasters

Everything points to unusually warm Pacific waters during the 2026–2027 period, which for Venezuela means less water and more heat. International organizations urge countries to prepare. Vanessa Davies No photographs capture the delivery of household goods to replace what people lost. Politicians cannot kiss grandmothers for the cameras. No rivers drag away vehicles, and no […]

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