BARTER: The country, Venezuela is hit by international economic sanctions which drastically reduce the number of customers for its oil Nicolas Maduro is trying to get around the international sanctions that hit his country’s oil sector. The Venezuelan president on Sunday offered “oil for vaccines” as his country faces a second wave of coronavirus. With this barter proposal, the head […]
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FUEL SHORTAGES: Venezuela experiences one of the worst fuel shortages in its history The first of the five oil tankers sent by Iran to Venezuela to supply fuels entered the waters of this country on Saturday, escorted by military ships of Venezuelan forces, announced the Minister of Petroleum Tareck El Aissami. The tanker from “our sister the Islamic Republic of Iran” […]
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DIPLOMACY: Since May 2nd, roadblocks have been erected by the police in the rue de Caracas where the residence of the French ambassador is located. To protest against the treatment inflicted on its diplomatic representation in Caracas, France summoned, on Wednesday, the Venezuela ambassador to Paris, against a backdrop of tensions with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, French diplomacy announced on Thursday. “France expresses […]
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The Chinese firm, Huawei, number two worldwide smartphone, is forced to change the operating system because of US sanctions. The Chinese telecoms giant Huawei threatened to lose its access to Android because of US sanctions, presented Friday 9th August 2019 a new operating system that must equip its mobile phones. The system, dubbed “HarmonyOS”, was introduced by Executive Director […]
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Donald Trump spoke of the possibility of a war against Tehran “that would not last very long,” taking the opposite of his counterpart Iran. Donald Trump spoke of the possibility of a war against Tehran “that would not last very long”, taking the opposite of his counterpart Iran, which seemed to play appeasement. The US president […]
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French bank Credit Agricole has agreed to pay 800 … French bank Credit Agricole has agreed to pay $ 800 million to the US authorities to close regulators investigating violations of embargoes against Iran and Sudan, said on Monday AFP a source close to the matter. This agreement could be announced as early as Tuesday […]
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The agreement on the Iranian nuclear situation suggests a lifting of economic and financial sanctions in early 2016 and the opening of a market where already French Groups are eyeing up the market … Two weeks after the signing of the agreement on the Iran nuclear situation, the prospect of the lifting of the embargo is […]
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