BLOOMBERG YPF is poised to rein in capex ambitions amid fuel controls 30-11-2022 22:29 State-run oil company YPF probably will set next year’s spending plan at the lower end of a range that executives are discussing internally.
BATTLE AGAINST INFLATION Fuel suppliers join price control scheme with 4% monthly cap 29-11-2022 11:07 Major oil firms sign up to Sergio Massa’s new price control scheme, agreeing to cap increases in a bid to tackle inflation and keep costs at the pump down.
ENERGY & INFRASTRUCTURE China nuclear deal held up over Argentina’s reactor fuel demand 19-09-2022 09:35 Buenos Aires insists on the right to manufacture the fuel; Outcome of negotiations could weigh on global nuclear market.
ECONOMIC INDICATORS Food and fuel price rises put pressure on August inflation figure 03-09-2022 15:34 Most analysts and consultancy firms expect price rises totalled at least 6% last month, with some anticipating a monthly rate that’s closer to 7%.
latin america Guatemala president warns millions could die as visits Ukraine 26-07-2022 16:34 Guatemalan president warns of potential deaths from “food crisis” caused by Russian invasion, in Ukraine visit.
Panama Protests Fresh roadblocks as Panama protesters reject deal 19-07-2022 14:13 Panama government’s deal with protesters fell through this Monday as roadblocks returned. Social groups made u-turn on agreement to end protests in return for lowered fuel costs.
Panama Protests Panama government and protesters strike deals to clear key highway 18-07-2022 13:48 Panama's government agreed to lower fuel prices to end the Panamerican Highway blockade. Indigenous-led protests have halted food transportation over the last fortnight.
Panama Protests Panama government reduces fuel prices in face of protests 14-07-2022 11:54 Panamanian protests achieve lowered fuel prices and rate-freezing for other essentials.
Brazil Elections Brazil annual inflation rate rises to 11.89% 11-07-2022 17:01 June brings accelerated inflation to Brazil, driven mainly by increased food costs, as Jair Bolsonaro’s re-election looms.
Unrest in Ecuador Ecuador talks falter after soldier killed by 'violent demonstrators' 29-06-2022 13:22 Negotiations to end more than two weeks of disruptive living cost protests by indigenous Ecuadoreans were dealt a blow Tuesday when the killing of a soldier prompted the government to suspend participation.
G7 Summit As Ukraine fallout worsens, G7 seeks to woo fence-sitters 28-06-2022 15:48 Five emerging powers, including Argentina, have become the object of the G7 industrialised powers' charm offensive, as the club of rich nations seeks broader support in their backing for Kyiv. Argentina has condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
UNREST IN ECUADOR Protesters reject Ecuador president's 'insensitive' fuel price cut 27-06-2022 13:32 Unrest continues as indigenous protesters reject a fuel price cut announced by the government as insufficient and "insensitive."
BLOOMBERG Argentina seeks spot diesel cargoes amid nationwide shortage 27-06-2022 09:15 Argentina's state-owned oil company is looking to buy diesel on the spot market as demand for the fuel is at its highest level in 12 years.
UNREST IN ECUADOR Indigenous protester dies at anti-government demos in Ecuador 22-06-2022 11:01 Indigenous protester dies in clashes with law enforcement officers as demonstrations against the Ecuadorean government head into tenth day.
COLOMBIA ELECTIONS 2022 Jubilant Gustavo Petro elected Colombia's first leftist president 20-06-2022 14:35 Ex-guerrilla Gustavo Petro elected Colombia's first ever left-wing president after defeating millionaire businessman rival Rodolfo Hernández in run-off.
Latin America Ex-guerrilla takes on maverick in race to be Colombia's president 18-06-2022 01:20 A former leftist guerrilla and a millionaire businessman will go head-to-head on Sunday hoping to become the new president of Colombia.
Colombia Election 2022 Colombians set to vote in high stakes presidential run-off 17-06-2022 18:22 Colombians vote Sunday in a presidential run-off. Opinion polls have leftist Gustavo Petro and businessman Rodolfo Hernández neck-and-neck.
COLOMBIA ELECTIONS 2022 Colombian outsider makes run-off with real shot at presidency 31-05-2022 11:18 Rodolfo Hernández, who was little known at the start of the year, surged into Colombia’s presidential run-off – and he now has a real chance at winning against leftist rival Gustavo Petro.
BLOOMBERG Colombia’s number one banker has no fear of leftist front-runner 19-05-2022 08:00 Luis Carlos Sarmiento Gutiérrez would figure to be one of the people fretting the most about the looming election of the first left-wing leader in Colombia’s modern history. But, at least publicly, he betrays little angst about the outcome of the vote this month.
AGRICULTURE Diesel shortages wreak havoc as top soy exporter starts harvest 07-04-2022 21:31 Argentina is grappling with shortages of diesel fuel that powers tractors and trucks just as the soybean and corn harvests pick up.
Analysis Will Russia's war on Ukraine help or hinder green energy transition? 10-03-2022 00:50 The transition to green fuels is more relevant than ever to reduce dependence on Russian hydrocarbons.
BLOOMBERG – INTERVIEW Colombia presidential front-runner Gustavo Petro seeks global anti-oil bloc 17-01-2022 06:59 Colombia’s presidential front-runner Gustavo Petro is calling on ideological allies across Latin America and the world to join him in forming a new bloc to lead the economy away from fossil fuels.
BLOOMBERG Argentina is first in South America to regain pre-Covid fuel demand 05-11-2021 02:17 Argentina is the first major country in Latin America to see gasoline demand recover to pre-pandemic levels.
ECONOMY Argentina bets on natural gas despite climate commitments 01-11-2021 08:00 Alberto Fernández’s government wants to significantly expand Argentina’s pipeline network after sharp growth in natural gas production in Vaca Muerta. by Javier Lewkowicz, Diálogo Chino
CRISIS IN ECUADOR Protesting Ecuadoreans block roads as fuel price crisis escalates 27-10-2021 15:55 Thousands of Ecuadoreans take to the streets throughout the country, blocking roads in protests called by indigenous organisations as nation's crisis escalates.
CRISIS IN VENEZUELA Sailing boats and cycle rickshaws in oil-rich, fuel-light Venezuela region 18-08-2021 15:13 Venezuelans are improvising to survive chronic fuel shortages in Zulia, the region that saw the birth of the nation's oil industry.
SHALE Argentina’s shale ambitions hang in the balance 20-02-2021 05:59 YPFF needs to find more than US$1 billion to spur drilling at Vaca Muerta. At stake is not only the company’s growth strategy, but the future of the shale play itself.