The Future of Natural Gas in South America
Latin America is one of the most dynamic regions for the development of natural gas markets at the global, regional and national levels.
Latin America is one of the most dynamic regions for the development of natural gas markets at the global, regional and national levels.
The chaos has reached unimaginable dimensions after Hugo Chávez's “physical departure” and the arrival, orchestrated by the deceased, of Nicolás Maduro.
The implementation of the Paris Agreement and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) offer significant opportunities for Spanish investors while supporting Latin American countries in the achievement of low-carbon and resilient development. Institutional, knowledge and infrastructure challenges require attention to maximise these opportunities.
Even though the Paris Climate Agreement will not enter into force until 2020, Latin America should continue to develop and implement its climate policies.
Venezuela is moving into a period of transition, but the question is how, who with and whence. The answers are anybody’s guess.
The grand tragedy of the Kirchners' era of governance is the failure to have exploited the tail wind of the golden years of booming commodity exports. A fair part of what was then accrued was subsequently dissipated in populist policies that failed to allow an increase in national savings or the accumulation of greater social capital for investment in the future.
Rattled by political turmoil and in the midst of severe stagflation, Brazil is really ‘playing with fire’. Urgent measures are needed to reduce the fiscal deficit along with key structural reforms to reduce the size of the government.
The strengthening of ties between China and Latin America has a double-edged impact on Spanish interests.
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