Francisco J. Monaldi

Director, Latin America Energy Program & Wallace S. Wilson Fellow @CES_Baker_Inst @BakerInstitute @RiceUniversity | International Faculty @IESA | 🇻🇪 🇦🇷 🇮🇹

[Francisco J. Monaldi @fmonaldi]

Please check my op-ed for @AmerQuarterly of the @ASCOA

Without Institutional Change, Venezuela’s Oil Bonanza Remains Unviable
https://t.co/2oXVFwPeYT

@BakerInstitute @CES_Baker_Inst

[Francisco J. Monaldi @fmonaldi]

Great piece by @anneapplebaum with my commentary

https://t.co/HG5V22ANyp

[Francisco J. Monaldi @fmonaldi]

With my commentary

Experts Cast Doubt on Venezuela’s Longtime Claim of 300 Billion Barrels of Reserve Oil

https://t.co/3ZVGwqNfWB

[Visual Capitalist @VisualCap]

Ranked: The World’s Largest Economies in 2026 🌍 

https://t.co/jhNLyXiBvH

[Reuters Venezuela @ReutersVzla]

Venezuela's PDVSA to appoint new boards to US units PDV Holding and Citgo, counsel says
Oct 21 (Reuters) - Authorities at Venezuela's oil company PDVSA are working to appoint new boards of directors to its US units PDV Holding and Citgo

[ProPublica @propublica]

New: The Trump administration committed the U.S. to taking a large stake in a Venezuelan company, some of whose owners and investors are shielded from public view. The exact details of the agreement over oil fields had remained unclear — until now. https://t.co/HP8iTvF6hE

[BlackMaps 🗺️ @maps_black]

🇦🇷⛽️ | Nuevo record histórico en producción de petroleo de Argentina que se acerca al millón de barriles

En agosto de 2026 produjo 943.000 barriles por día

El país entra al top 20 de mayores productores del mundo

[Reuters Venezuela @ReutersVzla]

Rubio says US to discuss refining more Venezuelan crude with India's Reliance
MUMBAI, Oct 20 (Reuters) - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday the United States will talk with India's Reliance RELI.NS about refining more Venezuelan crude.

[Francisco J. Monaldi @fmonaldi]

https://t.co/y8sxgzcdIv

[Bloomberg @business]

Citgo, the Venezuelan-owned, US-based refiner, has raised its 2026 operating profit outlook by $2 billion because of surging fuel margins, according to a document seen by Bloomberg News https://t.co/PheWPmODW5

[Francisco J. Monaldi @fmonaldi]

Check out our @CES_Baker_Inst publication ENERGY INSIGHTS
https://t.co/I70td4SSUs

[Baker Institute Center for Energy Studies @CES_Baker_Inst]

How are global energy pathways evolving? Watch @SPGlobal’s Sebastian Borgarello share his perspective during the “Multidimensional Global Energy Pathways” panel at CES’ Annual Energy Summit.

[Marianna Párraga @mariannaparraga]

Reuters- Oilfield service firms including Weatherford, Baker Hughes, ​Halliburton and SLB are advertising dozens of jobs in Venezuela, their websites show, an early sign that a US-backed plan ‌to rebuild the country's oil industry is gaining some traction https://t.co/g870tMO6OA

[Guillermo Arcay Finlay @GuillermoArcayF]

Volvió CADIVI y su corrupción.

En 9 meses de 2026 se fugaron casi 2 mil millones de dólares en diferencial cambiario que se le regala a amigos, familia y a quien Delcy quiera comprar.

Esta vez los bancos tienen margen para decidir a quién regalarle el dinero (y el rabo de paja). Y así Delcy esta logrando meter a la élite financiera en su barco.

Estar con Delcy es recibir permiso de saquear al país.

La unificación cambiaria acabaría con esto, y debe suceder inmediatamente.

[Hanno Lustig @HannoLustig]

You could teach a whole semester class just refuting all of his clownish claims about economics. But, surely, one day, he's going to realize that the only way for France to preserve its welfare state is for its for GDP to grow. Just hope that the French electorate doesn't put him in charge between now and then.

[Francisco J. Monaldi @fmonaldi]

Join us! Next week.
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[Francisco J. Monaldi @fmonaldi]

Un gran gusto ser entrevistado por @LeonKrauze y colaborar de nuevo con @Letras_Libres

[Francisco J. Monaldi @fmonaldi]

Producción de Venezuela estancada,

[Xavi Ruiz @xruiztru]

Brazil, a country with a striking North vs South divide.

[Ecoanalítica @ecoanalitica]

#GraficoDeLaSemana 📊 El crédito bancario en Venezuela representa apenas el 3,4% del PIB, abismalmente lejos de Chile (75,3%) o Colombia (46,1%).

Con un encaje legal de ~73% y penalizaciones de hasta 144%, la política del BCV inmoviliza la liquidez y frena el financiamiento productivo.

Lee el análisis completo en el enlace ⬇️
https://t.co/UNHt1V0R5W

[Miles Kimball @mileskimball]

This is an amazing graph.

h/t @noahpinion https://t.co/6NYckC4BaE