ENERGY & GAS Javier Milei seeks free oil markets by law in shale-rich Argentina 29-12-2023 21:23 Milei wants to unshackle crude exports and leave local fuel prices at the whim of market forces.
GOVERNMENT MEASURES Argentina fixes oil price at US$56 a barrel to put inflation in check 18-08-2023 14:27 Argentina has fixed the price of oil received by drillers at US$56 as it scrambles to stop inflation getting further out of control after this week’s currency devaluation.
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.
Bloomberg Drought, soaring fertiliser costs push Argentine farmers to grow more soy 22-09-2022 11:13 Farmers are grappling with a third straight year of withering drought ahead of the growing season, but this year they have a new strategy to beat it: plant soybeans.
Latin America Indigenous protests cost Ecuador US$1 billion, central bank says 05-07-2022 10:00 Days of protests over the cost of living by indigenous Ecuadoreans could cost the country at least US$1 billion, claims nation's central bank.
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.
BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO Brazil's Bolsonaro fires third Petrobras chief as fuel prices soar 24-05-2022 08:56 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro dismisses president of state oil giant Petrobras – who had been in the job for only 40 days.