The United States’ Missed Opportunity in Latin America
February 20th, 2024
Courtesy of Foreign Affairs, a look at U.S.’s missed opportunity to prioritize investing in Latin America: When policymakers consider national security, they tend to think first of military capabilities: the weaponry and ammunition a country possesses, the state of its armed forces, its border defenses, its surveillance and cybersecurity. Since 2020, however, U.S. national security […]
Read more »China’s Economic Slowdown Is a Wakeup Call for Latin America
February 9th, 2024
Via World Politics Review, a report on the impact that China’s economic slowdown may have upon Latin America: Over the past two decades, as China’s breakneck economic growth turned it into the engine of the global economy, Beijing became an increasingly powerful player in Latin America. It displaced the United States, long the top trading […]
Read more »MercadoLibre: The ‘Amazon of Latin America’
February 6th, 2024
Courtesy of Fortune, an article on MercadoLibre, Latin America’s tech titan that was inspired by eBay and later launched a lucrative payments business akin to PayPal. It’s now worth roughly the equivalent of the two U.S. tech giants combined: When Marcos Galperin started online marketplace MercadoLibre in a parking garage, he wasn’t trying to evoke the origin […]
Read more »Milei Suspends Plan to Privatize Argentina State Oil Company YPF
January 28th, 2024
Via Bloomberg, a report that new Argentinian President Milei has suspended plans to privatize Argentina State Oil Company YPF: Surrendering control of oil firm abandoned in haggle over bill Libertarian had targeted divestments to shrink government The privatization of state-run oil company YPF SA is no longer included in sweeping reforms that President Javier Milei is trying to get approved […]
Read more »China’s Shifting Ties in Latin America
January 8th, 2024
Via The Wire China, an interview with Alicia García-Herrero on China’s shifting ties in Latin America: Q: When we talk about “Latin America” we mean roughly 20 countries stretching from the Texan border to Antarctica. That makes for a lot of variety in their approaches to China. Can you outline the different camps? A: I […]
Read more »Argentina Pulls Out of Plans to Join BRICS Bloc
January 1st, 2024
Courtesy of BBC, a report that Argentina’s new President, Javier Milei, has withdrawn the country from its planned entry into the expanding Brics club of nations: Argentina’s new President, Javier Milei, has withdrawn the country from its planned entry into the expanding Brics club of nations: In a letter to the leaders of Brazil, Russia, […]
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.