Archive for the ‘Chile’ Category

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 […]

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Chile’s New Reality: From Tiger to Sloth
August 13th, 2021

Via, an article on Chile: In the past, Chile was considered a rare economic success story in emerging markets,  in the same vein as the high-growth “Tigers”  of East Asia. After the neo-liberal reforms introduced by the “Chicago Boys” of the military dictatorship (1973-1990), Chile enjoyed high GDP growth and significant improvements in social indicators. […]

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Wildcats & Black Sheep is a personal interest blog dedicated to the identification and evaluation of maverick investment opportunities arising in frontier - and, what some may consider to be, “rogue” or “black sheep” - markets around the world.

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.

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