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Venezuela: Two leaders, one resource, no democracy

by Anna Thorner | Mar 7, 2024 | William Jewell College

The story of Venezuela’s descent into autocracy is not one tale; it is two stories linked together by little more than a transfer of power and an overreliance upon the volatile oil industry to promote the growth of a nation. Hugo Chavez took charge of a democracy that...

Hungary’s Orban Suspicious of EU Ban on Russian Crude Oil

by CUNVEREN19@KU.EDU.TR | Jun 11, 2022 | Koç University

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban (Photo by: The Russian Presidential Press and Information Office) Viktor Orban should be taken seriously as sanctions against Russia may affect the trade globally as Russia is one of the most...

Biden’s Oil Reserve Plan Does Not Bode for the Environment

by Kwali Jenkins | Apr 24, 2022 | Suffolk University

After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, oil and gasoline prices skyrocketed to ludicrous amounts of money, with a barrel of oil costing around $100 per barrel and gasoline prices slowly creeping up past $4 per gallon. President Joe Biden attempts to order a release...

Oil Prices turn to the negatives. What does this mean for our economy?

by Jacob Gunderson-Crowley | Apr 25, 2020 | Suffolk University

          This week, Aldo Flores, former deputy secretary of energy for hydrocarbons at Mexico’s ministry of energy, and Marianne Kah, former chief economist for ConocoPhillips, organized an event to discuss the oil markets...

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