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April 8, 2025
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth told reporters in Panama on Tuesday that the United States would retake the Panama Canal back from Chinese influence. Hegseth promised to intensify security cooperation with Panamanian forces after talks with the government of Panama.
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April 8, 2025
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth will get a closer look at the Panama Canal as he begins a rare trip to Central America, a nation that is still uneasy about President Donald Trump’s threats to take the canal back. Hegseth is the first U.S. Defense Secretary to visit Panama in decades.
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March 27, 2025
The company announced on Thursday that Bolivia's energy company YPFB will receive a total five cargoes of diesel and gasoline through Chile before April 4. Three of these cargoes are expected to be imported directly from Houston. YPFB confirmed on Thursday the origin of the goods…
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March 25, 2025
Chicago wheat futures eased Tuesday after the United States announced that it has reached agreements with Russia, Ukraine and other countries to ensure safe navigation on the Black Sea. Analysts predicted a large South American soybean crop and corn prices also dropped.
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March 25, 2025
Renata Baruzzi said that the head of Petrobras' engineering, technology, and innovation department, Brazil, should be analyzing the appeal filed by India Shapoorjipallonji Energy this week in order to charter an off-shore oil production vessel.
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March 25, 2025
Chicago wheat futures eased Tuesday after the United States announced that it has reached agreements with Russia, Ukraine and other countries to ensure safe navigation on the Black Sea. Analysts predicted a large South American soybean crop and corn prices also dropped.
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March 24, 2025
Donald Trump, the U.S. president, said Monday that any country buying oil or gas in Venezuela would be charged a 25% duty on all trades with the United States. The "secondary tariffs" will go into effect on April 2nd, Trump stated in a Truth Social posting.
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March 13, 2025
Next week, Argentina will begin a process to tender for 5-6 LNG cargoes to meet the gas demand in the coming winter of southern hemisphere. The bid process for five or six shipments will begin on March 17. Source: "The plan is to receive bids during the week of the 25th," said the source.
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March 13, 2025
Analysts and traders said that China will receive record soybean imports during the second quarter after delays in Brazilian shipments, and slow customs clearances, caused a shortage of supply, forcing several processors into a halt. According to a five-firm average…
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March 10, 2025
European traders reported on Monday that Algeria's state grain agency OAIC had issued a tender for the international purchase of milling wheat. The deadline to submit price offers for the tender is March 12th, with all offers valid until March 13th.
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February 26, 2025
Transpetro is the logistics division of Brazil's Petrobras. It reported on Wednesday a 74% rise in its net profit in 2024. This was despite the fact that the parent company's profit dropped due to non-recurring incidents in the period. Transpetro…
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February 26, 2025
In the last few weeks, a group of Brazilian transgenders women has been learning the samba as they prepare for the Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro. The women will be leading the last section of a parade in support of Paraiso do Tuiuti samba school…
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February 22, 2025
Transpetro is the logistics division of Brazil's Petrobras. It will launch an auction for four new tanks around 2025. Transpetro's chief Sergio Bacci said that the company hopes to include nine more in its strategic plan from 2026-2030. Bacci…
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February 21, 2025
Two sources familiar with the matter have confirmed that Brazil's state oil company Petrobras may cancel a tender for a production, storage and offloading vessel from India's Shapoorji pallonji Energy. Sources claim that the state-run company…
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February 17, 2025
Transpetro is a unit of Brazil’s state-run Petrobras. It has launched an international bid to contract eight tankers, and will launch another 13 by the end next year. The tenders form part of ongoing plans for Transpetro to renew its fleet and boost the country's shipping sector.
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February 17, 2025
Transpetro is a unit of Brazil’s state-run Petrobras. It has announced a tender to contract eight gas tankers, as part of its ongoing plans to replace the vessel fleet. Transpetro said that this move would triple its capacity to transport LPG and enable it to move Ammonia.
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February 13, 2025
In a dramatic video, a humpback whale briefly sucked a kayaker into its mouth before spitting it out. Last weekend, the kayaker Adrian Simancas was with his father in the waters off Punta Arenas when the whale surfaced, scooping him up into its mouth.
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February 2, 2025
Marco Rubio, the top Trump administration diplomat, began his first overseas visit to Panama on Sunday. He was scheduled to meet Panamanian president Jose Raul Mulino and discuss U.S. concern about Chinese companies that could affect U.S. shipping…
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January 31, 2025
Mauricio Clever-Carone, U.S. Special Envoy for Latin America said that China's presence near the Panama Canal was a concern to Panama's national security, just days before the top U.S. diplomat Marco Rubio visited the country. Rubio is scheduled to depart for his first overseas trip on Saturday.
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January 31, 2025
Kazmunaigaz, a subsidiary of Kazmunaigaz Group (KMG), awarded Geneva-based BGN up 520,000 metric tonnes per month of CPC Blend in an auction for supply until 2025. Sources say that KMG sold CPC Blend Oil sourced from Tengizchevroil - an operator…
