Rousseff’s Visit to Washington
Rousseff’s upcoming visit presents an important opportunity to advance the global climate agenda.
Rousseff’s upcoming visit presents an important opportunity to advance the global climate agenda.
Firms across Latin America are complaining about the difficulties of recruiting workers with the technical skills their businesses demand. Lack of adequate skills is becoming a bottleneck for growth in technologically complex industries, harming government efforts to increase investment in strategic sectors of the economy. In Mexico, the energy reform creates opportunities to generate new jobs and educate and train workers in specialized skillsets, but the country will also face challenges in meeting additional demand for skilled labor.
Facing growing competition for a shrinking US market, Latin American crude oil producers are being forced to seek new export markets.
Conflicts over energy and natural resources are leading to social turmoil and posing serious challenges for investment projects all over Latin America.
Conflicts over energy and natural resources are leading to social turmoil and posing serious challenges for investment projects all over Latin America. To better manage such conflicts, Latin American governments must step up their involvement in the consultation process and communicate more effectively with local communities about potential social, environmental and economic impacts, according to a new report by the Inter-American Dialogue.
High electricity costs are a critical impediment to economic growth and competitiveness in Central America and the Caribbean.
Mexico has no shortage of skilled workers but needs to better align the qualifications of its graduates with the needs of the energy sector.
The surge in unconventional oil and gas production in North America has dramatically shifted energy markets in the Americas.
The surge in unconventional oil and gas production in North America has dramatically shifted energy markets in the Americas, with important implications for Latin America and the Caribbean. A new report by Lisa Viscidi, Director of the Energy, Climate Change and Extractive Industries Program at the Inter-American Dialogue, examines the factors behind rising oil demand and the growing deficit in refining capacity in Latin America, as well as the geopolitical implications of increasing US oil product exports to the region.
Crude oil exports from Latin America to the US have plummeted as oil production in the region has slumped while demand is on the rise.
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Lower prices may also have an upside for the region’s biggest exporters, as high-cost producers in competing Canada take a hit.
In December, world leaders will travel to Lima, Peru to participate in United Nations COP 20 talks.
Argentina’s nascent shale industry is one of the most promising frontiers for unconventional oil and gas development outside of the US.
With crude oil prices down 25 percent since June and holding at roughly $86 a barrel on Tuesday, Venezuela is getting nervous.