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Venezuelan oppn plans showdown with Maduro

Bloomberg Venezuela’s opposition-dominated National Assembly is making a concerted effort to unseat autocratic President Nicolas Maduro, invoking constitutional measures that would seat an acting chief executive and offering blanket amnesty to military and government officials who help in bringing down the regime. In a matter of a week, Venezuela’s beaten down and divided opposition has rallied around a 35-year-old lawmaker, ...

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Saudi PIF to drive kingdom’s renewables growth

Bloomberg Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund will develop the bulk of the kingdom’s proposed renewable power projects, turning it into one of the region’s biggest utility investors. The Public Investment Fund (PIF) will be responsible for developing 70 percent of the kingdom’s renewable power capacity, Saudi Energy Minister Khalid Al-Falih said in a speech in Abu Dhabi. The rest will ...

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Opec, allies to review output cuts in March

Bloomberg Opec and its allies plan to hold a meeting in March to assess their oil-production accord in Azerbaijan, and then ministers will gather to set policy in April, according to the organisation’s top official. The body that reviews the implementation of Opec’s supply cuts, the Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee, will convene in the Azeri capital of Baku on March ...

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