Francisco J. Monaldi

Please check my op-ed for @AmerQuarterly of the @ASCOA Without Institutional Change, Venezuela’s Oil Bonanza Remains Unviable americasquarterly.org/article/withou… @BakerInstitute @CES_Baker_Inst

CHART OF THE DAY: Morgan Stanley reckons that more than half of Russian oil refinery capacity is down due to Ukrainian attacks. Typically, Russia is the world's second-largest diesel exporter - normally around 11% of global seaborne trade.

How is life after the World Cup?

Els nostres blaugranes, campions del món. 📸 @FIFAcom

NUESTROS CAMPEONES DEL MUNDO ⭐️

Felicidades a España 🇪🇸 por una victoria contundente para coronarse en un mundial en que fueron claramente el mejor equipo. !Que Viva España!

#PanoramaMundial Con Gabriela Frías (@gfrias): Los Nuevos Acuerdos Entre #Venezuela Y #EEUU Junto A Francisco Monaldi (@fmonaldi) Del @BakerInstitute / @RiceUniversity - 16 De Julio, 2026 youtu.be/btzOSSa7NiY #RT

𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝟲𝟲-𝟴𝟰 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘃𝘀 𝗔𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗮: 🇦🇷 Argentina completed 122 passes 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England completed... 3 passes

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Noticias profesionales: He sido nombrado Director del Centro de Estudios Latinoamericanos de Georgetown University. Voy a enfocar en mejorar aun más la Maestría en Estudios Latinoamericanos, parte de SFS, la mejor institucion el Relaciones Internacionales en USA.

BREAKING: China’s crude oil imports dropped -41% YoY in June, to 29 million tons or 7 million barrels per day, the lowest in 10 years. MoM, oil imports fell by -4 million tons, or -12%, to the weakest level in 8 years. Import volumes have now declined -26 million tons, or -47%, since the late-2025 peak. By comparison, the average between 2020 and 2025 was ~45 million tons per month. Meanwhile, China's seaborne crude imports stood at around 6 ⁠million barrels per day in June, with imports from the Middle East falling to their lowest in 10 years. At the same time, Iranian oil imports fell -40% MoM, to below 800,000 barrels per day. The Iran War has created a historic supply shock.

Venezuela’s interim government published long-awaited oil regulations on Thursday that effectively end the decades-long control of national oil company Petróleos de Venezuela SA, or PDVSA, over the country’s lifeblood industry. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Join us. @CES_Baker_Inst Webinar on July 29th. 2026 Statistical Review of World Energy bakerinstitute.org/event/2026-sta…

Independent wildcatters are seeking deals in Venezuela despite devastating earthquakes, moving faster than Big Oil to bet on the country's energy comeback bloomberg.com/news/features/…

Interesting results from the Bloomberg/AtlasIntel survey in Venezuela, done just after the earthquakes. 63% disapprove of Delcy Rodriguez, an increase of 16 percentage points since April. The evaluation of the government as bad/very bad has increased 20 points since February. MCM has a net positive image of +25 points vs. DR a net negative of -38 points. The government's response to the earthquake has a disapproval rate of 65% atlasintel.org/poll/latam-pul…

Resultados interesantes de la encuesta de Bloomberg/AtlasIntel en Venezuela, realizada justo después de los terremotos. El 63% desaprueba a Delcy Rodríguez, un aumento de 16 puntos porcentuales desde abril. La evaluación del gobierno como malo/muy malo ha aumentado 20 puntos desde febrero. MCM tiene una imagen neta positiva de +25 puntos versus DR que tiene un negativo neto de -38 puntos. La respuesta del gobierno al terremoto tiene una tasa de desaprobación del 65%. atlasintel.org/poll/latam-pul…

America’s $31 Trillion Economy by State 🇺🇸 visualcapitalist.com/americas-31-tr…

Nearly half of Venezuelans say holding new elections is more urgent than rebuilding after the quakes, a survey shows. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Oil rig explosion in Venezuela leaves at least 17 workers injured, sources say reuters.com/world/americas…