Category: Argentina

  • Money Troubles & Major Wins

    Money Troubles & Major Wins

    This week, we’re covering some countries with money troubles and others celebrating major wins: In Nigeria, the NNPC finally admitted to what everyone already knew: It’s having some serious money troubles, one of Cyprus’s energy problems may just have a solution thanks to Energy Minister George Papanastasiou and a small town in Argentina gave the…

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  • Drama Brokers

    Drama Brokers

    This week, our newsletter covers Libya’s new roadmap to elections, Azerbaijan’s president criticism of the EU and a new climate partnership between Brazil and the US.

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  • Argentina & Brazil: Presidential Divorce, Energy Wedding?

    Argentina & Brazil: Presidential Divorce, Energy Wedding?

    Presidents Milei and Lula are not on speaking terms, but can energy integration in the Mercosur bloc move ahead nonetheless, driven by private sector initiative?

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  • Little Victories

    Little Victories

    This week in our newsletter, we cover Javier Milei’s first legislative win, South Africa’s cabinet picks, and party loyalty in Indonesia.

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  • Party Defections, Opposition Sniping, Brand-New Bids

    Party Defections, Opposition Sniping, Brand-New Bids

    This week, our newsletter covers the new face emerging in Mozambique’s electoral landscape, President Milei’s struggle against Congressional opposition in Argentina, and Algeria’s upcoming bid round — its first in a decade.

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  • Electric Elections

    Electric Elections

    This week, it’s all about elections. Claudia Sheinbaum won Mexico’s presidential elections comfortably, while Narendra Modi won a third term as India’s prime minister, though his party underperformed significantly. Meanwhile, South Africa’s elections saw record low turnout, and the ruling ANC has been backed into a coalition corner.

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  • Power Struggles

    Power Struggles

    This week, we cover Petrobras’s new CEO (its 10th in as many years!), North Africa-Europe competition over green hydrogen and pesky power outages in Cote d’Ivoire.

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  • Mining for Everything, Everywhere (All at Once)

    Mining for Everything, Everywhere (All at Once)

    This week’s newsletter focuses on mining across different regions: Argentina, Chile and Bolivia, as well as Cote d’Ivoire and the United States.

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  • Lithium Triangle: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

    Lithium Triangle: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

    Argentina, Bolivia and Chile have two things in common. One is geographical: they share sections of the Andes range of mountains. The other is geological and becomes economic: together, they have more than half of the world’s lithium reserves. Lithium, at least until technological prowess finds a better way, is crucial for the energy transition.

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  • Libya’s UN Envoy Out, Milei’s Baby Steps, Glencore Woos Nigeria

    Libya’s UN Envoy Out, Milei’s Baby Steps, Glencore Woos Nigeria

    This week, our newsletter covers a significant resignation in Libya, slow but significant legislative progress for the Milei administration in Argentina, and a high-profile meeting in Nigeria.

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