Mexico and Peru: Soft Fruit Superpowers
April 18th, 2023
Via the World Economic Forum, a look at how Peru and Mexico boosted berry production hundreds of times over in just 10 years: Carlos Gereda didn’t know what he was starting when he brought some blueberries home to Peru from Chile in 2006. He wanted to know if they would grow in his native soil […]
Read more »Mexico’s Lopez Obrador Accelerates Lithium Nationalization
February 21st, 2023
Courtesy of Reuters, a report that Mexico’s President Lopez Obrador has ordered his government to step up lithium nationalization Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Saturday signed a decree handing over responsibility for lithium reserves to the energy ministry, after nationalizing lithium deposits last April. During an event in Sonora, Lopez Obrador signed the decree […]
Read more »Mexico Will Benefit From Washington’s Chip Focus
February 9th, 2023
Via Geopolitical Futures, a look at how Mexico will benefit from Washington’s focus on building a North American semiconductor supply chain: The United States is prioritizing the creation of a regional semiconductor production chain to give itself alternatives to Asian firms, especially those with ties to China. Even for the country that invented the semiconductor, […]
Read more »Billions in Oil Riches Vanish in Latin America as Pemex Stumbles
February 7th, 2023
Courtesy of Bloomberg, a report on how Pemex has seen its crude output decline almost every year since 2004 as mismanagement, debt and failing projects drag down Mexico’s oil giant: The rebound in oil prices over the last two years brought in record profits for the world’s largest crude producers, shoring up local economies and boosting jobs. Despite the fanfare, […]
Read more »U.S. Tech Firms Are Replacing Workers With Cheaper Talent In Latin America
January 17th, 2023
Via Rest of World, a look at how U.S. tech firms are replacing workers with cheaper talent in Latin America: For Andrea Campos, founder of the Mexico-based mental health app Yana, finding developer talent nowadays reminds her of the dating scene growing up in Cancún. “If you wanted a boyfriend, you had to accept the hard […]
Read more »Taiwanese Chipmakers Could Set Up Shop in Mexico
January 14th, 2023
Courtesy of the Asia Times, a report on how many Taiwanese electronic makers have moved to Mexico but chip makers need a government push: A new hub can be built for Taiwanese semiconductor makers in southern Mexico with support from the United States and Mexican governments, according to electronic makers and analysts. US President Joe […]
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.