What Will AMLO and Bolsonaro Do To Energy Markets?

CSIS Center for Strategic & International Studies

New leaders in Mexico and Brazil may mean big changes to their respective energy sectors. Lisa Viscidi tells Richard Miles of CSIS that a Mexican delay on offshore bidding could have a major impact, but that Brazil is likely to maintain the status quo. Venezuela could take years to recover production once it emerges from its current crisis, given the massive investment required to reverse declining oil output.

Listen to the full episode of 35 West, the podcast of the CSIS Americas Program, here.

[embed]https://soundcloud.com/csis-57169780/what-will-amlo-and-bolsonaro-do-to-energy-markets[/embed]


Suggested Content

US-Brazil Relations: Expect More Conflict

President Lula da Silva triumphantly announced that he and his Turkish counterpart had persuaded Iran to shift a major part of its uranium enrichment program overseas—an objective that had previously eluded the US and other world powers. Washington, however, was not applauding.

˙Peter Hakim

Hugo Stay Home

Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan president, has clearly been enticed by the Libyan drama, where his longtime friend and ally, Muammar al-Qaddafi, is under siege from rebel forces.

˙Michael Shifter