"Parece ser un esfuerzo de la Casa Blanca…para tratar de aumentar la producción de Venezuela y llevar el petróleo venezolano al mercado global", dijo el vicepresidente de AS/COA.
"[The Western Hemisphere] is a region that Russia believes that if it can sow some instability and volatility that will negatively impact U.S. interests," said AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth to NPR.
"The challenges for Venezuela to increase [oil] production are huge," said AS/COA's Guillermo Zubillaga to the Miami Herald.
The region's private sector needs to step up, but governments can make it easier.
Rising demand for the commodity should be a boon for the region, but the path ahead isn’t straightforward, explains Luna Lithium’s Emily Hersh.
Use of renewable energy is rising, although politics may get in the way, an expert says.
El viceministro de minas discutió los planes y proyectos de su ministerio para el sector central a la economía peruana.
