Energy & Commodities Archives - Americas Quarterly

What Venezuela’s Hydrocarbon Reform Won’t Fix

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 The cases of Syria, Sudan, and Iraq serve as historical references.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.

Extended blackouts reflect what might be the nation’s worst collapse since independence.

Over the past five decades, the continent has become a soy-growing behemoth. But is the boom over?

Without political change, the country’s lack of action on climate and the environment represents a huge opportunity cost, an expert writes.

The region has the ideal mix of these vital inputs for green technology—but low prices and permitting lags stand in the way.