Energy & Commodities Archives - Americas Quarterly

A Latin American Model for Dealing with Rising Gasoline Prices

How Uruguay’s forward-looking policies on renewable energy and electric vehicles have mitigated the effects of the Iran war

A series of recent irregularities calls for stricter governance and closer monitoring of a thriving sector, writes an expert.

Having enough electricity is key to the nation’s post-Maduro recovery. Two experts offer a way forward.

A surge of investment in the region is set to intensify, even as the hemisphere turns rightward.

Updating the nation’s oil law is a necessary starting point, but its impact will most likely fade quickly, an expert writes.

Sanctions relief, a democratic transition, and deep reforms are essential to recover production.

A longtime PDVSA executive discusses what political and economic steps are necessary for the Venezuelan oil industry to begin its long recovery

Washington has three ways to provide sanctions relief to the country and PDVSA. The cases of Syria, Sudan, and Iraq serve as historical references.

Jennifer Geerlings-Simons promises a novel blueprint for a delicate opportunity.

The country could see a relatively rapid recovery of some oil production, depending on the leadership that emerges.

As Washington seeks to loosen China’s grip on high-tech and defense supply chains, Brasília holds a strategic play.

Mounting debt and declining production have put the state-owned oil company on a precarious path.

SQM’s new state partnership faces growing scrutiny amid rising global competition for one of the world’s most critical minerals.

An energy and finance expert sees opportunities in decarbonization, carbon markets and biofuels.

Successive administrations’ delay has run up a steep bill for citizens to pay, highlighting the cost of bad public policy, writes an expert.