Blurred Boundaries: The Role of Chinese Companies in CCP Policy
October 4th, 2024
Via The Diplomat, a report on ow China’s advancement in the Central American region has largely been through Chinese companies – ones that are not usually considered among the main bearers of the CCP’s global influence: In July 2024, a joint investigation between The New York Times and The Wire China revealed the connections between Xiao Jianhua, […]
Read more »China in Central America: Just a Mirage?
August 25th, 2024
Via The Diplomat, a look at China’s presence in Central America: Although Costa Rica has recognized Beijing as its diplomatic partner since 2007, the regional avalanche in favor of China truly began with Panama in 2017, followed by El Salvador in 2018, Nicaragua in 2021, and Honduras in 2023. The rapprochements between Central American nations […]
Read more »Is Costa Rica the Silicon Valley of Latin America?
April 12th, 2024
Courtesy of the New York Times, a report on Costa Rica, a country which some call the Silicon Valley of Latin America: Americans used to think of China as a place to do business and Latin America as a place to vacation. More recently, our neighbors to the south are seen as the source of […]
Read more »Fierce Demand is Leading Companies to Look for Tech Talent in Smaller Markets Like Bucharest and Hanoi
February 25th, 2024
Courtesy of Quartz, a look at 20 “emerging markets” where companies are searching for tech talent: Despite more than 30,000 layoffs in the tech industry so far this year, some markets are actually seeing the demand for tech talent surpass supply, leading companies around the world to search for talent in smaller, “emerging markets,” according to a new report. […]
Read more »Costa Rica Again Tops List of FDI Overachievers
July 20th, 2023
Courtesy of fdi Intelligence, a look at list of FDI overachievers: Costa Rica, North Macedonia and the UAE were the world’s best foreign direct investment (FDI) performers relative to the size of their economies in 2022. In the eighth edition of fDi Intelligence’s Greenfield FDI Performance Index, Costa Rica retained its position as the country that attracts […]
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.