Archive for February, 2010
Venezuela strays from its policy of nationalization
Venezuela has been particularly hard hit by the global recession over the last few years. Last year alone, the country experienced 27% inflation and a 2.9 percent decline in economic output. Times are tough enough, in fact, that famed “anti-capitalist and Marxist” Hugo Chávez has declared that, “Investment and experience from foreign oil firms is [...]
Indian Companies See Growth Opportunities In Latin America
Latin America gets almost zero coverage in the Indian media, who is affliced with extreme ‘SouthAsianitis’ in their news coverage. Many Indian executives have never seen a visual of the region. The occasional coverage is the annual carnaval in Rio, the World Cup every 4 years featuring plenty of LatAm teams, and the anti-yankee rants [...]
Agriculture Opportunities for India in Latin America – Speech at CII Partnership Summit
I was invited to speak at the CII Partnership Summit held in Chennai at the session on New Trade Routes. I spoke on how Latin/South America is well-positioned as the world’s agriculture outsourcing hub, and can meet India’s needs for food security. See video below: The recent price rise in food items which has caused [...]
Brazil’s Ascendency as an Oil Power
Over the next decade Brazil may become one of the largest oil producing nations in the world. In late 2007 a new and sizable oil field, dubbed the “Tupi” field, was discovered in the Santos Basin in deep water off the Brazilian coast, and it holds the promise of energy self-sufficiency for Brazil. As Dilma [...]




