China’s voracious appetite for Latinamerican commodities is turning into a great opportunity for companies in the region not only because of the huge market but also as a great financial source.
The world’s largest cargo aircraft and the largest fixed-wing, Russia’s Antonov AN 225 landed over the weekend in one of Sao Paulo’s airports, Guarulhos loaded with equipment for Brazil’s oil and gas government managed corporation Petrobras.
Chevron and Repsol YPF SA will lead development of two 15 billion US dollars projects to pump and refine Venezuelan crude after winning the country’s first oil auction since President Hugo Chavez took office 11 years ago.
AS the Ocean Guardian oil rig is scheduled to arrive in Falklands waters next week, a UK-registered start-up seismic contractor is aiming to carry out a speculative 6,000km multi-client 2D shoot on unlicensed acreage in Falklands waters.
Brazil's state-managed oil company Petrobras signed this week an agreement with the Uruguayan state oil company Ancap to explore and produce oil and natural gas on Uruguay's continental shelf.
Uruguayan president elect Jose Mujica promised to the business elite of the River Plate economic stability, standing rules of the game, low taxes, incentives and reduced risks in exchange for productive investments in the country’s economy.
More Indian companies are looking to do business in Latinamerica as they seek exposure to growing markets and a more secure investment destination, according to The Wall Street Journal.
The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), a British research institute focusing on international security, revealed that Russia in 2009 became the main exporter of weapons to Latin America thanks to the purchases made by Venezuela, but also to Brazil, Mexico, Peru and Colombia.
The new Uruguayan air terminal in Carrasco, inaugurated last November, has been included among fifteen of “the most beautiful airports in the world” according to the January edition of travel magazine “Travel+Leisure”.
French bank Credit Agricole SA will sell its Uruguayan subsidiary, Credit Uruguay Banco, to the local unit of Spain's BBVA it was confirmed in Montevideo and Madrid.