Delcy Rodríguez has moved swiftly to court foreign investors and overhaul the country's legal framework and military leadership since Nicolás Maduro's ouster in January, but questions over her democratic intentions persist.

Venezuela opens for business, but investors weigh promise against reality

LatAmOil - Latin America Oil & Gas
By Marco Cacciati 1 April 2026
Reforms to oil, mining and financial laws have accelerated since the fall of Maduro, but legal ambiguity, institutional weakness and unresolved questions over democracy are tempering enthusiasm among investors, Orinoco Research says.

EBRD considers $223.5mn financing for AMEA Power to complete Egypt battery storage projects

REM - Renewable Energy
By bna Cairo bureau 1 April 2026

Iran pushes ahead with solar and wind plants

REM - Renewable Energy
By bnm Tehran bureau 1 April 2026
Iran is building four solar plants and a wind farm targeting 100MW as the war batters the power grid, with the first phase due online by July 2026 amid repeated strikes on electricity infrastructure.
Ukraine has been hitting the leading Russia oil export terminals of Primorsk and Ust-Luga continuously for more than a week to try and prevent the Kremlin from capitalising on the spike in oil prices.

Ust-Luga and Primorsk to their lowest levels since pre-war time

FSUOGM - Former Soviet Union Oil & Gas
By Ben Aris in Berlin 1 April 2026
Russia has lost over $1bn in oil export revenues Ukraine’s week-long attacks on its two most important Baltic Sea ports of Ust-Luga and Primorsk. Weekly shipments through both ports have fallen by two-thirds.
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