Patricia Garip

2 weeks ago | gasoutlook.com | Patricia Garip

The Trump administration has scuttled an incipient tie-up between gas-rich Venezuela and its gas-hungry Caribbean neighbour Trinidad and Tobago, the latest punch in a revived U.S. campaign to isolate Caracas. The U.S. Treasury Department has revoked two licenses that had authorised Trinidad to tap Venezuela’s abundant offshore gas reserves to help sustain its exports of LNG, ammonia, methanol, and other gas-based products.

3 weeks ago | americasquarterly.org | Patricia Garip

Reading Time: 3 minutesThis article is adapted from AQ’s special report on GuatemalaThe latest postcard from the gusty shores of Punta Arenas in far southern Chile shows off the same picturesque vista as a year ago: ships, whales, a crimson sunset—and few ports. The goal of transforming this region into a green energy hub and a major gateway to the Antarctic is behind schedule, but some local projects are now picking up steam.

1 month ago | americasquarterly.org | Patricia Garip

Reading Time: 5 minutesThis article is adapted from AQ’s upcoming special report on Guatemala. SANTIAGO — As China’s AI dark horse DeepSeek was trampling U.S. tech stocks in late January, this corner of South America lit up. “I think it’s phenomenal,” said David Laroze, a Chilean physicist who heads up a $10 million supercomputing project in the Atacama Desert.

1 month ago | wsj.com | Patricia Garip

A copper processing facility in Chile (Cristobal Olivares/Bloomberg News)Chile, the world´s top copper producer, is preparing to slash its official price estimate for 2025, another worrying sign for the global economy. The Chilean government will cut the estimated average price to $3.90 to $4 a pound from a current projection for the year of $4.25 a pound, according to a person familiar with the preliminary calculations. Chile will publish its revised 2025 price estimate at the end of April.

1 month ago | wsj.com | Patricia Garip

Americans are likely to swap Spanish Rioja and Norwegian salmon in favor of Chilean Carménère and Patagonian salmon as a result of differing rates in Trump's tariff plan, local producers said. Wine makers Argentina and Chile were hit with a 10% tariff in contrast to the 20% leveled against EU compe