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The Anti-Petrostate
 • Tomas Pueyo
Peak Oil Is Coming
In early markets, hybrids always prevail because there’s not enough electric infrastructure. As it develops and people can charge their cars more…
 • Tomas Pueyo
Is the World a Better Place After the Capture of Maduro?
If the US’s capture of Venezuela’s leader, Maduro, was not for its oil, what was it for?
 • Tomas Pueyo
Is Venezuela’s Oil Worth the Hassle?
Trump claims that the abduction of Maduro is all about the oil: capturing it for US use, while keeping competitors from its benefits.
 • Tomas Pueyo
Venezuela’s Excrement
Why the country is rich in oil but destitute and authoritarian today
 • Tomas Pueyo
A Trip Around the World of Heat, Mountains, and Poverty
A new theory of why warm countries are poorer, based on a deep dive into dozens of countries across 4 continents and over 70 maps
 • Tomas Pueyo
GeoHistory Part 2 | 2025 Q4
Were the Dark Ages Dark? When Spain wanted to invade China; the US's history before the Egyptian pyramids, and more
 • Tomas Pueyo
GeoHistory Magazine Part 1 | 2025 Q4
The future of nation-states, new cities and their science, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
 • Tomas Pueyo
Shifting Power Between China, Russia, US, and EU
2025 Q4 GeoHistory
 • Tomas Pueyo
How Ancient Metals Started Civilization
What was the first metal humans used? What did the first metals have in common? What metal promoted the first intercontinental trade? How did this lead…
 • Tomas Pueyo
Why Is Argentina Poor?
The root of its economic mismanagement
Argentina’s Original Sin
How Geography and Institutions Conspired to Make Argentina Poorer
 • Tomas Pueyo
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