China Slowly Undercutting US influence in Latin America With 5 ‘New Factor’ Trade Deals
September 1st, 2022
Via South China Morning Post, an article on China’s efforts to slowly undercut US influence in Latin America with 5 ‘new factor’ trade deals with Ecuador, Uruguay, Panama, Colombia and Nicaragua, having already penned agreements with Chile, Costa Rica and Peru: China stands to secure prized natural resources while vying with the United States for allies […]
Read more »Vietnam: The World’s New Factory Is Emerging
September 1st, 2022
Via the Sunday Times, a report on Vietnam’s manufacturing surge: On any given work day, Nguyen* wakes early in his cramped rental room in a boarding house in Binh Duong, the heavily industrialised province that neighbours Ho Chi Minh City in southern Vietnam. Nguyen is one of millions of Vietnamese who work in the country’s […]
Read more »Guatemala: Fintech Capital of Hispanic America?
September 1st, 2022
Via Rest of World, a report on Guatemala’s adoption of fintech: After a little while in Guatemala City, one particular thing struck me. Every venue that allowed me to pay by card also greeted me with the option of contactless payment. Readers from the U.S. won’t bat an eyelid at this, but, as a person […]
Read more »Focusing primarily on The New Seven Sisters - the largely state owned petroleum companies from the emerging world that have become key players in the oil & gas industry as identified by Carola Hoyos, Chief Energy Correspondent for The Financial Times - but spanning other nascent opportunities around the globe that may hold potential in the years ahead, Wildcats & Black Sheep is a place for the adventurous to contemplate & evaluate the emerging markets of tomorrow.