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2026-01-06 • Paris’ summit shifts focus from battle to finance, with binding security guarantees. NATO boosts defense spending amid
Evening Analysis – The Gist Paris’ “Coalition of the Willing” summit moved the war’s centre of gravity from the battlefield to the balance-sheet. A leaked draft pledges “politically and legally binding” guarantees—up to and including military intervention—should Russia strike again (reuters.co…
Read More2026-01-06 • U.S. ousts Maduro, installs Delcy Rodríguez. Europe aligns with U.S. Oil market
Morning Intelligence – The Gist The overnight ouster of Nicolás Maduro by a U.S.–led “law-enforcement” raid has up-ended hemispheric politics. Caracas has installed oil czar Delcy Rodríguez as interim president, while the Swiss cabinet hurriedly froze every asset linked to Maduro worldwide, si…
Read More2026-01-05 • Washington’s swift seizure of Nicolás Maduro disrupts global energy, freezes Venezuela’s crude exports, and challenges
Evening Analysis – The Gist Washington’s lightning seizure of Nicolás Maduro—completed in 148 minutes and now before a Manhattan judge—upends not only Caracas but the global energy chessboard. Venezuela’s 770 kb/d of crude exports are effectively frozen, nudging Brent 1.2 % higher to $87.60 an…
Read More2026-01-05 • U.S. seizes Maduro, breaking post-1945 norms. UN warns of precedent. Markets
Morning Intelligence – The Gist Washington’s pre-dawn seizure of Nicolás Maduro—executed by more than 150 U.S. aircraft and Delta Force commandos—shatters the post-1945 norm against forcibly toppling a sitting head of state. UN chief António Guterres warns the raid “sets a dangerous precedent,…
Read More2026-01-04 • U.S. captures Maduro, plans to control Venezuela’s oil. Moves spark legal and international backlash,
Evening Analysis – The Gist Washington’s overnight snatch-and-grab of Nicolás Maduro—flown to New York in cuffs after Delta Force raided Caracas—upends a decade of U.S. “maximum pressure” that had failed to dislodge him. Trump now vows to “run” Venezuela and revive its 3 mb/d oil potential, a …
Read More2026-01-04 • Maduro’s extraction leaves Venezuela leaderless. Trump aims to open oil reserves, echoing Panama
Morning Intelligence – The Gist Washington’s pre-dawn extraction of Nicolás Maduro and the Supreme Court’s hasty elevation of Delcy Rodríguez leave Venezuela leader-less, law-less and flush with questions. Trump vows to “run the country” and open its 300 bn-barrel reserves to U.S. majors, even…
Read More2026-01-03 • Washington’s raid on Maduro is the biggest U.S. force use in Latin America since 1989
Evening Analysis – The Gist Washington’s pre-dawn assault that whisked Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores onto a U.S. warship is the most explosive use of U.S. force in Latin America since Panamá 1989. Reuters, AP and the Guardian all confirm the joint‐service raid and Trump’s pledge to “oversee …
Read More2026-01-03 • Russia’s missile strike on Kharkiv kills two, injures 30. Denials follow as
Morning Intelligence – The Gist Russia’s latest strike on Kharkiv—two ballistic missiles that shattered a five-storey block, killing a mother and child and injuring at least 30—confirms a chilling ratio: every 24 hours of diplomacy is matched by another civilian apartment crater. (reuters.com)…
Read More2026-01-02 • OPEC+ keeps output freeze despite oil’s 18% price drop, amid Saudi-UAE tensions
Evening Analysis – The Gist Oil’s latest plot twist is not the price slide itself but OPEC+ choosing, again, to do nothing. Sunday’s “mini-ministerial” of eight core members is set to keep the first-quarter output freeze intact despite Brent having already collapsed 18 % in 2025, its worst yea…
Read More2026-01-02 • Iran faces deadly protests over 40% inflation and a plummeting currency, echoing 197
Morning Intelligence – The Gist Iran’s currency-driven revolt has entered a lethal phase: at least seven people are dead and dozens wounded as protests over 40 % inflation and a rial that has lost 56 % of its value in six months spread from Tehran to Azna, Lordegan and Fuladshahr.(reuters.com)…
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