Economy

U.S. Investigates $2.2 Billion in Oil Market Trades Linked to Iran War

The U.S. government has launched an investigation into suspicious operations worth $2.6 billion (2.21 billion euros) in the oil market prior to announcements by U.S. President Donald Trump and a senior Iranian government official related to the Iran war. According to ABC News, the Department of Justice and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission are investigating at least four trades that bet on oil prices falling just before they did.

The New Government Will Have 72 Hours to Send a Signal to the United States: AmCham Colombia

María Claudia Lacouture, executive president of the Colombian-American Chamber (AmCham Colombia) Photo: Courtesy AmCham Colombia

Unitary Platform and Union Representatives Ratify Rejection of the New Bonus System

The Democratic Unitary Platform held a working meeting this Tuesday with the union and guild teams of the parties that make up the opposition coalition, with the aim of analyzing the impact of the latest economic measures announced by the de facto government. During the meeting, representatives of the eight political organizations also shared with labor leaders part of the roadmap that the PUD has been presenting to different sectors of the country in recent weeks.

Colombian Households Face Growing Financial Pressure: FinUp Expands Debt Negotiation Model

A practice that raises alerts is debt refinancing. Photo: iStock

Dollar in Colombia closed with a sharp rise TODAY May 7: this is how the price ended up

The dollar in Colombia once again showed significant movements this Thursday, May 7, 2026, and ended the day on the rise.

Want to travel to the 2026 World Cup? It would be 23% cheaper than four years ago due to the dollar's drop

Portafolio Journalist 05/07/2026 14:11 Updated: 05/07/2026 14:11

Venezuelan merchants asked to reactivate bank credit to boost economic growth

The Maracaibo Chamber of Commerce requests the reactivation of bank credit in the face of challenges such as inflation and the tax burden.

'Only 291 MW have entered': XM alerts to a significant lag in new electrical projects in 2026 due to the El Niño phenomenon

Electric energy Photo: Nikola Johnny Mirkovic Z - Unsplash

Maracaibo Chamber of Commerce asks to reactivate bank credit for greater growth

The Chamber of Commerce of Maracaibo, capital of the Venezuelan state of Zulia (northwest, bordering Colombia), asked this Thursday to reactivate bank credit for greater and sustained growth of its affiliates. "It is important that not everything is operational leverage, which is what companies produce with their cash flow (because) it will be limited, but that, of course, bank financing exists," said the president of the Chamber of Commerce of Maracaibo, Dino Cafoncelli, at a press conference.

The story of Canacol's fall that threatens to leave the Caribbean without gas and would hit the country

It's a difficult year for the gas sector and Colombia's energy security. Canacol Energy's decision, the second largest natural gas producer...

Bloomberg

The Venezuelan government has increased dollar sales and allowed the bolívar to weaken, thus narrowing the gap with the parallel market and easing inflationary pressure. Bloomberg The bolívar has lost 7% of its value this week, hovering around 715 per euro in the so-called intervention market, measured against the European bloc's currency. This is the largest weekly devaluation since the system was re-established at the end of March, leaving the bolívar only slightly stronger than in the informal market.

Oil falls amid optimism in negotiations between Iran and the US

The oil market is beginning "to progressively move from a scenario of major disruption to global supply to a scenario of partial normalization of energy flows," estimated John Plassard, an analyst at Cité Gestion.