Courtesy of The Financial Times, commentary that Latin America is going to outperform all other emerging markets over the next 10 years, including Asia. As the article notes: “…It seems like a crazy suggestion: Brazil may be hot, and Mexico slowly warming up, but how on earth can the likes of Argentina or Venezuela compare […]
Read more »Courtesy of The Financial Times, a detailed look at Africa’s recent growth and prospects for future success. As the article notes: “…In the half-century since colonial administrators began packing their pith helmets and heading home, sub-Saharan Africa has experienced a string of false dawns. Autocracies waxed and waned, accompanied by varying degrees of socialism, nationalism […]
Read more »Via Energy Daily, a report that the United Arab Emirates is moving into position as a possible partner in the planned 2,100-mile Nabucco pipeline to pump natural gas from the Caspian region to Europe. As the article notes: “…The Emirates is using its $328 billion sovereign wealth fund to invest in energy-rich Turkmenistan, which has […]
Read more »Courtesy of Terra Daily, a report that China is negotiating with the Persian Gulf state of Qatar to sell an additional 10 million tons of liquefied natural gas a year, on top of the 5 million it already buys. As the article notes: “…This is part of Beijing’s drive to establish strategic energy links with […]
Read more »Via Energy Daily, an update on the long discussed Iran – India – Pakistan pipeline. As the article notes: As Iran braces for a new round of U.N. sanctions over its contentious nuclear program, Pakistan has called on longtime rival India to sign on to a planned $7.6 billion natural gas pipeline from the Islamic […]
Read more »Courtesy of The Financial Times, a look at the increasingly close relationship between China and Bangladesh: “…At Hambantota, a remote fishing town on Sri Lanka’s south coast, Chinese engineers are digging a channel through the region’s pristine beaches, connecting the Indian Ocean with a vast inland pit, whose soaring concrete walls dwarf the earth-moving equipment […]
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