It is July 23, 2026. Jorge Blas stands at Granja Escuela Nuestra Tierra, an educational farm outside San Martín de Valdeiglesias. Approximately 500 meters away, a vehicle catches fire on the M-501. “At first, we didn’t think it could reach us, partly because you never think these things are going to happen to you,” he recalls. The farm stood opposite the fire station. Naturally, he assumed that if something happened, the firefighters would extinguish it before the fire spread

On August 10th a 7.4 magnitude earthquake occurred in the Chocó Department in western Colombia. This earthquake struck a poor rural area approximately 150 miles west of Bogotá. The impact from this quake was felt in numerous major cities throughout Colombia and as far away as Panama, Ecuador and Peru. It was the largest earthquake to strike Colombia in a decade. Damage was widespread, even though the epicenter was located far from the major cities. The mayor of Cali reported

On September 2, Chevron made public new terms for its joint ventures in Venezuela. Those terms reportedly outline new fiscal, commercial, and legal conditions intended to facilitate long-term investment and expanded production. As part of the agreement, Chevron will receive new acreage in the Orinoco Belt in addition to existing acreage Chevron is already developing. This would normally be considered a standard corporate statement. However, reading this alone does not provide