Each week Frontier Strategy Group’s global team shares their view on key media stories, and what the implications are for businesses that operate in emerging markets. For more information about how to contact our analysts, send us an email.
Antonio Martinez on “PEMEX Chief: Mexico’s Oil Giant on Track to Meet Spending-Cut Goals”
“PEMEX suppliers will need to reevaluate their value propositions and sales targets given PEMEX’s long-term financial woes. B2G companies should also closely monitor PEMEX’s fortunes, as further capital injections by the federal government will further curtail government expenditures over the next few years.”
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Natalia Duarte on “Chile Proposes $9 Billion Infrastructure Fund “
“In efforts to jump-start Chile’s commodity-dependent economy, an infrastructure fund has been proposed to drive public works investment. If approved by Congress in the coming weeks, this proposal has the potential to increase annual growth in the medium to long term while relieving pressure from government budgets.”
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Alec Lee on “Speaker of Brazil’s Lower House Eduardo Cunha Suspended”
“The move was very much expected, and is unlikely to have repercussions for the impeachment vote in the Brazilian Senate next week. Of greater importance, however, will be the decision by the Chamber of Deputies regarding its new leader. Whoever is selected can expect to play a defining role in the success or failure of Michel Temer’s potential economic reform package.”
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Mario Gutierrez on “Speaker of Brazil’s Lower House Eduardo Cunha Suspended”
“An Argentine court has asked a judge to look into accusations of illicit enrichment against leftist former President Cristina Fernandez, state press agency Telam reported on Monday.”
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