Rodríguez met IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on September 21, and US President Donald Trump on September 22 on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.

Venezuela puts debt restructuring on hold to prioritise oil deals

LatAmOil - Latin America Oil & Gas
By IntelliNews Latam desk 23 September 2026
Venezuela's interim government under President Delcy Rodríguez has reportedly decided to postpone the restructuring of its external public debt and the obligations of state oil company Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA).
A US-funded study will map out the rules and financing Turkey needs for small modular reactors, giving American reactor makers an early foothold in a market led by Russia's Rosatom.

Turkey signs US grant deal to prepare for small nuclear reactors

REM - Renewable Energy
By Ben Aris in Berlin 23 September 2026
The US will pay for a study to help Turkey prepare the ground for small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs), as Ankara looks to cut its reliance on Russia for nuclear power.
Polo went from tropical storm to Category 5 in about a day but is forecast to stay just off Mexico's coast.

Hurricane Polo becomes second most intense eastern Pacific storm off Mexico

REM - Renewable Energy
By Ben Aris in Berlin 23 September 2026
Hurricane Polo has exploded from a tropical storm into a Category 5 hurricane in about a day off Mexico's Pacific coast, becoming the second most intense storm on record in the eastern Pacific.
The Kremlin calls for all sanctions to go as Latvia and Estonia move to sanction Usmanov and Fridman nationally.

Azerbaijan pardons French prisoner hours after EU delists Usmanov

REM - Renewable Energy
By Ben Aris in Berlin 23 September 2026
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev pardoned jailed French citizen Martin Ryan on September 23, hours after the EU dropped tycoons Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman from its sanctions list.
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