Given the Venezuelan president’s health, concerns over the future of preferential oil agreements have emerged in Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Jamaica—the three largest Petrocaribe recipients.
Energy & Commodities
“After a decade of copying and adapting, [the BRICs] have to move on to a new decade of designing, formulating, and innovating," says Troyjo in an AS/COA interview.
Developing the energy sector in the Americas could lead to deepened regional cooperation and increased competitiveness, a Council of the Americas panel concluded.
En esta mesa sobra las perspectivas económicas del Perú para el 2012, economistas...
On November 6, Brazil’s House of Representatives will decide on a controversial bill that could shift distribution of oil royalties from producing states to the rest of the country.
Brazil and the United States need to overcome acrimony over agricultural agreements, write COA's Eric Farnsworth and Valeria Souza Cruz. In an AS/COA Viewpoint, they make the case that Washington should reexamine U.S. cotton subsidies as a step toward a common bilateral agenda.
While large petroleum reserves hold promise, challenges frustrate production goals and limit exports.