Wes Michael Tomaselli

Independent Analyst and Consultant | Energy, Geopolitics & Latin America

[Wes Michael Tomaselli @wesleytomaselli]

Source: https://t.co/km7LqOQxv2

[Wes Michael Tomaselli @wesleytomaselli]

Good data on Cuban electric from El Pais. Grid is servicing 42% of demand.

[Wes Michael Tomaselli @wesleytomaselli]

NASA estima que casi 59.000 edificios resultaron dañados en Venezuela https://t.co/yEP45fuBGC

[Wes Michael Tomaselli @wesleytomaselli]

Brasil quer aliança com Argentina e Paraguai por exportação de etanol e biodiesel para Europa https://t.co/ZiHXVceQuA

[Wes Michael Tomaselli @wesleytomaselli]

It's a 10MW facility with 1,280 mining rigs. Part of the 80MW Amandina bioelectric plant. Reportedly going into action on 1 July 2026 in the town of Ivinhema, Mato Gross do Sul via the subsidiary Adecoagro Vale do Ivinhema S.A. Signals the direction in which Tether is pivoting its farmland acquisition: hash rate.

[Wes Michael Tomaselli @wesleytomaselli]

$AGRO So. Now that Tether owns a majority of the shares, is Adecoagro going to mine BTC?

Yes. But not in Argentina. Not in Uruguay. In Brazil:

[Wes Michael Tomaselli @wesleytomaselli]

Donald Trump is kicking out Chinese firms and keeping their tech

https://t.co/t4P7TqMrcx

[Wes Michael Tomaselli @wesleytomaselli]

USGS reckons there’s a 44% chance that 10,000 are dead in Venezuela following two powerful earthquakes.

Today, the death toll crossed above 1,400.

https://t.co/QrIJZgO6b4

[Wes Michael Tomaselli @wesleytomaselli]

In the first five months of 2026, utility-scale solar generation surpassed natural gas generation in CAISO.

Data: EIA

[Wes Michael Tomaselli @wesleytomaselli]

Noteworthy.

[Akshat Rathi @AkshatRathi]

Western countries are worried about meeting rising power demand. China is adding a Germany's worth each year...

"China expects annual increase in power demand of 600 TWh in the next 5 years -- more than Germany produces in a year. That compares to 570 TWh over the past 5 years."

[Wes Michael Tomaselli @wesleytomaselli]

Colombia’s nuclear legislation was quietly passed by lawmakers in congress the same week as the presidential election. It now heads to Petro’s desk.

[MinCiencias Colombia @MincienciasCo]

La #LeyNuclear ha culminado su trámite legislativo y queda lista para sanción presidencial.

Agradecemos al presidente del Senado, Lidio Arturo García Turbay (@Lidiosenado); al secretario general del Senado, Diego Alejandro González González; al presidente de la Cámara de Representantes, Julián David López Tenorio (@Julianlopezte); y al secretario general de la Cámara, Jaime Luis Lacouture Peñaloza (@Jaime_Lacouture), por contribuir a culminar este importante proceso institucional.

La iniciativa queda ahora lista para la sanción presidencial del presidente @petrogustavo.

Desde @MincienciasCo, como coautores de esta iniciativa, celebramos este logro construido conjuntamente entre el Congreso de la República, el Gobierno Nacional y la comunidad científica colombiana como, la Red Colombiana Nuclear (@rednuclearcol), en favor del desarrollo científico, la salud pública y la soberanía tecnológica del país

Con este avance, Colombia fortalece sus capacidades en seguridad nuclear, medicina nuclear, producción de radiofármacos, investigación científica, seguridad alimentaria y soberanía tecnológica.

🔬⚛️ La ciencia colombiana sigue avanzando.

[Wes Michael Tomaselli @wesleytomaselli]

La victoria de Abelardo De La Espriella: un giro radical hacia una nueva derecha https://t.co/3OG5siIFrD

[Wes Michael Tomaselli @wesleytomaselli]

European Union To Seek Rare Earths in Brazil to Reduce Dependence on China

https://t.co/jN92RZQsvN

[CNW @ConflictsW]

The US struck a compound in Bolivar state, Venezuela, killing the leader of Tren de Aragua (Niño Guerrero).
The strike was carried out as part of a joint mission with Venezuelan security forces and military to ‘dismantle organised crime structures’
#Venezuela

[Wes Michael Tomaselli @wesleytomaselli]

Commodity traders Trafigura Group and Vitol Group are expanding efforts to sell Venezuelan oil into Asia, a move that comes as the South American country’s production rises and the Iran war disrupts competing supplies from the Middle East.

[Francisco J. Monaldi @fmonaldi]

Trafigura, Vitol Sell More Venezuelan Oil to Asia on War Turmoil
By Lucia Kassai and Yongchang Chin
(Bloomberg) -- Commodity traders Trafigura Group and Vitol Group are expanding efforts to sell Venezuelan oil into Asia, a move that comes as the South American country’s production rises and the Iran war disrupts competing supplies from the Middle East.
Trafigura has offered Venezuelan flagship Merey 16 crude to refiners in South Korea, according to people with knowledge of the situation who asked not to be named discussing private transactions. The company also recently delivered oil to a refinery in Malaysia, the people said.
Traders had also made recent offers to India at discounts of around $6 a barrel to the Dated Brent benchmark, although it wasn’t immediately clear if any volumes had been sold to the South Asian nation, according to the people.
Trafigura offered half a million barrels of Merey 16 to South Korean fuelmakers, people with knowledge of the situation said. The oil was eventually discharged into a storage facility in South Korea in early June, data from maritime intelligence firm Kpler Ltd. show. South Korea last bought Venezuelan oil in 2011, according to the country’s customs data compiled by Bloomberg.
Trafigura declined to comment. The same vessel that delivered oil to South Korea, the Trafigura-chartered supertanker Nissos Kea, also delivered oil to a Malaysian port that serves the Melaka refinery operated by Petroliam Nasional Bhd, known as Petronas. The refinery is a major producer of asphalt, for which heavy Venezuelan oil is a well-suited feedstock.
Another supertanker, the Solana, chartered by Vitol, just unloaded 2 million barrels of Merey 16 into floating storage facilities off the coast of Malaysia. Such facilities are typically used as distribution centers, where large cargoes are broken up into smaller parcels and sold to end users. Vitol didn’t immediately return a message seeking comment.

[Wes Michael Tomaselli @wesleytomaselli]

Exclusive: Brazil to announce first panda bond issuance during China visit in June, say sources | Reuters https://t.co/mC4CVmNKxG

[Wes Michael Tomaselli @wesleytomaselli]

The back-channel bid to go soft on Maduro https://t.co/SzG18AvUtT via @politico

[Wes Michael Tomaselli @wesleytomaselli]

Solar overtook coal in US power generation in May, the first time the renewable source bested the fossil fuel in a calendar month https://t.co/VrBIksYhfO

[Wes Michael Tomaselli @wesleytomaselli]

El Niño begins. The weather phenomenon will mean significant hydrological volatility across South America in late 2026-2027.

Implications for hydroelectric and LNG.

[Javier Blas @JavierBlas]

The Japanese Meteorological Agency becomes the first major weather body to formally call the onset of El Niño phenomenon in the Pacific.

It's the first El Niño in three years, and some forecaster expect to be one of the strongest ever.

https://t.co/v6OlU9mMTu

[Wes Michael Tomaselli @wesleytomaselli]

Venezuela Deploys Troops in Mafia-Run Gold Mining Heartland

https://t.co/ce835kNcbb