Seeds of Success: Rise of Peru’s Billion-Dollar Blueberry Sector
August 6th, 2024
Via Latinometrics, a look at Peru’s blueberry sector: Carlos Gereda was the spark that lit Peru’s blueberry boom of the past decade. He asked a simple question: “Can blueberries grow in Peru?” In 2006, he brought 14 varieties from Chile to see which ones adapted well to the Peruvian climate. He may have taken inspiration […]
Read more »China and Peru: Forging Stronger Economic and Tech Ties – Starting With Chancay Port
July 18th, 2024
Via South China Morning Post, an article on closer ties between China and Peru: Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Peruvian counterpart Dina Boluarte have agreed to strengthen economic and technology ties between their two nations, including joint efforts in building a Pacific trade hub. As part of Boluarte’s first state visit to China, the […]
Read more »Peru Follows the Money to China
June 17th, 2024
Via Geopolitical Futures, a look at Peru’s pursuit of Chinese investment: Peruvian President Dina Boluarte will pay a weeklong visit to China at the end of June – the first head of state to do so in nearly a decade. While there, she will meet with the CEOs of Huawei and BYD and with principals […]
Read more »Peru Learns to Read the Fine Print in China Deals
May 13th, 2024
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, a report on how a mistaken provision in a Peru agreement has given Beijing control of a key port: Pity the Peruvian negotiators who, five years ago, signed an agreement with the Chinese giant Cosco Shipping Ports. The agreement was about the Port of Chancay, located near Lima, which was to […]
Read more »China Woos Argentina, Bolivia and Peru to Advance Belt and Road
May 2nd, 2024
Via Nikkei Asia, a report on Beijing’s efforts to advance BRI in South America: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has met with counterparts from Argentina, Peru and Bolivia in the past week, as Beijing intensifies efforts to court Latin American countries through its Belt and Road infrastructure-building initiative. Wang met with Argentine Foreign Minister Diana Mondino […]
Read more »Chinese Mega Port Developer Fights Back As Peru Moves To Scrap Exclusivity Over Peru’s “Shanghai”
March 27th, 2024
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on China megaport builder’s criticism as Lima reverses course on its exclusive right to operate the controversial Chancay project: A Chinese state-owned shipping company building one of Latin America’s biggest deepwater ports has criticised a move by the Peruvian government to remove its exclusive right to operate the […]
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.