BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Editores Latin Petroleum, 10.Oct.2026, Words: ) — A total of 32,290 businesses have closed their doors in Argentina since the ultraliberal Javier Milei assumed the presidency in late 2013, with policies that have negatively impacted the retail sector and various industrial branches, reported El Economista. […]
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PRESS DIGEST 10Oct2026: Milei’s economic bloodbath; CUB oil debt
MONTERREY, MEXICO (By Energy Analytics Institute and Editores LatinPetroleum, 10.Oct.2026, Words: 220) — Company briefs spanning details on Petrojam, PDVSA, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Teikoku Databank, among others as well as comments from Canada’s PM Mark Carney. LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN ARGENTINA — Argentina lost 32,300 businesses and […]
ANALYSIS: RIGI, set, go … mining takes front stage in Argentina
HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Pietro D. Pitts, Editores Latin Petroleum, 18.Aug.2026, Words: 1500) — Argentina has decided that if it can’t lead the world in macroeconomic stability, it might as well overachieve in investment incentives. Enter RIGI, el Régimen de Incentivo para Grandes Inversiones or the Incentive Regime for Large Investments.
Argentine economic recovery faces a new obstacle
BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 23.Jul.2026, Words: 144) —Argentina’s economic recovery faces a new obstacle. This, as non-performing loans continue to rise, and delinquency rates on consumer loans have reached their highest level in 2 decades, according to El Financiero, jeopardizing credit’s ability to drive economic growth.
Short analysis: Shield of the Americas … a missed opportunity for real hemispheric leadership
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (By Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 13.Mar.2026, Word: 230) — In Doral, Florida, US president Donald Trump recently convened what was billed as the first-ever Shield of the Americas summit. There, Trump and his secretary of sate Marco Rubio welcomed a coalition of 13 countries seemingly “committed to freedom, security, […]
17 countries attend the Shield of the Americas summit in Doralzuela
MONTERREY, MEXICO (By editors with Energy Analytics Institute, 7.Mar.2026, Words: 233) — US president Donald J. Trump announced creation of an alliance of 17 countries in the Americas to combat and “destroy” drug cartels during the Shield of the Americas summit. US secretary of state Marco Rubio joined Trump at the […]
PRESS DIGEST 6 MAR. 2026: IOCs eye RIGI; US receives Venezuelan gold; Petrobras gas imports
MONTERREY, MEXICO (By editors with Energy Analytics Institute, 6.Mar.2026, Words: 189) — The following briefs are the top stories from the top media outlets on 9 Mar. 2026 across the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region and beyond, as compiled by editors from Energy Analytics Institute (EAI). EAI has not verified […]
EAI brief: Milei’s Argentina to pay $1bn to join Donald Trump’s Board of Peace Club
SALVADOR DE BAHIA, BRAZIL (By Pedro Silva, Energy Analytics Institute, 23.Jan.2026, Words: 91) — Argentina, which agreed to deals with the US for up to $40bn, will now pay the US $1bn in a move by the South American country to join US president Donald Trump’s Board of Peace Club. RELATED: […]
Argentina doesn’t endorse final G20 document in Johannesburg
BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 22.Nov.2025, Words: 221) — Argentina did not endorse the final document circulated during the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Johannesburg. This decision by Argentina stems from the breakdown of the consensus rules governing the G20’s operations, as well as from substantive differences regarding […]
US and Argentina issues joint framework statement
WASHINGTON, DC (By The White House, 13.Nov.2025, Words: 912) — US president Donald J. Trump and president Javier Milei reaffirm the strategic alliance between the US and the Argentine Republic (Argentina), grounded in shared democratic values and a common vision for free enterprise, private initiative, and open markets. In pursuit of […]
Milei triumphs in Argentine midterm elections closely watched by Washington
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA (By Isabel Debre, AP, 27.Oct.2025, Words: 1,200) — Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei won decisive victories in key districts in midterm elections Sunday, clinching a crucial vote of confidence that strengthens his ability to carry out his radical free-market experiment with billions of dollars in backing from the Trump administration. In […]
RIGI boasts Argentine investments of over $15.7bn
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 24.Oct.2025, Words: 151) — The national government of Argentina, through the Incentive Regime for Large Investments or RIGI, has attracted investments in various strategic sectors that exceed $15.7bn. RIGI is a tool designed to encourage large investments in strategic sectors and provides […]
Republican lawmaker Fischer urges Trump to reconsider $20bn swap with Argentina’s Milei
HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Isaac Silvestre, Energy Analytics Institute, 21.Oct.2025, Words: 35) — Republican Senator Deb Fischer of Nebraska urged US president Donald Trump to reconsider his proposal to buy beef from Argentina. RELATED: US president Donald Trump to lend $20bn to Argentina’s Milei
Argentina boasts 8 projects under RIGI presented and approved
SALVADOR DE BAHIA, BRAZIL (By Pedro Silva, Energy Analytics Institute, 17.Oct.2025, Words: 117) — Since the regulation in Oct. 2024 related to the Incentive Regime for Large Investments, or RIGI by its Spanish acronym, 8 projects with investors over $200mn each have already been presented and approved. To date, projects […]
US aims to raise $20bn ‘facility’ to support Argentina’s struggling economy
WASHINGTON, DC (By AFP and Reuters, 15.Oct.2025, Words: 578) — The head of the United States Treasury, Scott Bessent, has announced he is working to corral the private sector around a new $20bn “facility” to support Argentina’s embattled economy. “We are working on a $20bn facility that would be adjacent to our […]
Chevron supports Trump’s efforts to assist Argentina, eyes further investments
SALVADOR DE BAHIA, BRAZIL (By Pedro Silva, Energy Analytics Institute, 24.Sep.2025, Words: 172) — US-based Chevron Corporation applauds the administration of US president Donald Trump and its efforts to forge closer relations with Argentina’s president Javier Milei. This, according to Chevron CEO Michael K. Wirth.
Bessent and Trump stand ready to support Argentina and Milei with $20bn swap line
ATLANTA, GEORGIA (By Chad Archey, Energy Analytics Institute, 24.Sep.2025, Words: 439) — US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent and US president Donald Trump say they are ready to stand with Argentina’s president Javier Milei in a show of political support for the far right leader. This, as the Treasury is reportedly […]
EAI brief: US president Donald Trump to lend $20bn to Argentina’s Javier Milei
ATLANTA, GEORGIA (By Chad Archey, Energy Analytics Institute, 24.Sep.2025, Words: 125) — The US Treasury is currently in negotiations with Argentine officials for a $20bn swap line with the Central Bank. “We are working in close coordination with the Argentine government to prevent excessive volatility,” US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent […]
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EAI brief: Argentina’s inflation in Jun. 2025 reached 1.6% [tables]
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 14.Jul.2025, Words: 136) — Javier Milei, in his first year as president of Argentina, has reeled in inflation and reversed the free fall of the South American country’s currency, the peso. And, through Jun. 2025, the inflation trend, which has been […]
EAI brief: 3 projects approved for $9,575mn under Argentina’s RIGI framework
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 11.Jul.2025, Words: 185) — Argentina’s Energy Secretariat revealed 3 energy projects were approved for $9,575mn within the framework of the country’s new investment incentive regime for large investments, known as RIGI by its Spanish acronym. RIGI’s regulatory framework aims to attract […]
ANALYSIS: Infrastructure investment shows investors faith in Javier Milei, RIGI
HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 10.Jul.2025, Words: 368) — Energy Analytics Institute (EAI) views as positive the recent announcement of a $2bn financing deal in Argentina. Said deal was announced by VMOS SA, which signed a loan agreement to finance construction of the Vaca Muerta South […]
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EAI brief: India’s PM Narendra Modi classifies visit with Argentina’s Milei as “excellent” [photos]
HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Isaac Silvestre, Energy Analytics Institute, 5.Jul.2025, Words: 133) — India’s prime minister Narendra Modi visited Argentina’s president Javier Milei in Buenos Aires for a round of state-to-state meetings, which the leader of the Asian country called “excellent.” “We are marking 75 years of India-Argentina diplomatic relations and […]
Argentina’s president Javier Milei says Argentina to appeal Preska ruling against YPF
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 30.Jun.2025, Words: 200) — Argentina’s president Javier Milei said a ruling against the Argentine state in the case of the expropriation of Buenos Aires-based YPF SA was in effect a ruling against Alexi Kicillof that would be appealed. State-owned YPF is […]
Dissecting Y-P-F: pipelines to help reduce Vaca Muerta bottlenecks
HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 13.Apr.2025, Words: 1,365) — Argentina’s plans to significantly boost Vaca Muerta crude oil and natural gas production to support a massive 300% increase in energy exports from now until the end of the decade will depend in great part on the […]
US Treasury’s Bessent to visit with Javier Milei and Luis Caputo in Buenos Aires
ATLANTA, GEORGIA (Chad Archey, Energy Analytics Institute, 10.Apr.2025, Words: 280) — US Secretary of the Treasury Scott K.H. Bessent will depart early next week for Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he is expected to engage with both government and private sector leaders and affirm the US’ full support for Argentina’s bold […]
CERAWeek: Aleph’s Daniel Dreizzen on Argentina’s Draw, Vaca Muerta and Argentina LNG
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 13.Mar.2025) — Aleph Energy managing director Daniel Dreizzen sat down with Energy Analytics Institute (EAI) for a brief chat during a breakfast hosted by IAPG Houston on the sides lines of CERAWeek by S&P Global in Houston, Texas. What follows are excerpts […]
Argentina Reports Energy Surplus of $5.668bn in 2024
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 21.Jan.2025) — Argentina reported a commercial energy balance surplus of $5.668bn in 2024, the highest such surplus in 18 years, according to the country’s Energy Secretariat. In 2024, Argentina’s energy exports were $9.677bn, while its energy imports were $4.009bn, the Energy Secretariat […]
LatAm NRG Heard: Mexico 2nd Energy Sector Laws, Drill Baby Drill’s Return
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 17.Jan.2025) — LatAm and other NRG highlights, headlines and “heard on the street,” for the week ended 17 Jan. 2025. —Argentina: The gov’t of president Javier Milei is starting the privatization process for Argentina’s national highways and routes.
Some Parts of Milei’s Capital Buenos Aires Without Energy Amid Summer Heat
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 17.Jan.2025) — Argentina’s President Javier Milei is going through a brutal heat wave, which has left many citizens, especially in the country’s capital Buenos Aires, without energy. The heat wave, early in Argentina’s summer, could force the country to eye emergency energy […]
The Milei way: ¡Viva la libertad, carajo!, RIGI, Vaca Muerta and Argentine LNG exports
HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 15.Jan.2025, Words: 951) — For energy investors pondering Argentina’s massive Vaca Muerta shale play potential and other opportunity sets, just brace yourself for president Javier Milei’s catchphrase: “¡Viva la libertad, carajo!” or “Long live freedom, damn it!” Oh yeah, then there’s […]
Argentina’s Hydrocarbon Sector Takes Baby Steps in 2024, Bigger Steps to Come in 2025
(Camilo Ciruzzi , Energy Analytics Institute, 11.Dec.2024) — Efforts by Argentina’s president Javier Milei have resulted in a more flexible regulatory framework and to the benefit of his South American country’s hydrocarbon sector as strategic projects continue to inch forward. No surprise, Argentina’s crude oil and natural gas sectors are […]
TotalEnergies CEO to Argentina’s Javier Milei: “We Want Our Money Back”
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Energy Analytics Institute, 31.Oct.2024) — TotalEnergies chairman and CEO Patrick Pouyanné told analysts during the company’s third-quarter 2024 (3Q:24) webcast that the French company wants its money in Argentina. “Argentina is a specific country where you cannot repatriate dividends freely. So as long as it remains the same, […]
Diverging Paths: Argentina Versus Brazil’s Energy Policies
(Rystad, 29.Aug.2024) — Argentina and Brazil are the two largest economies on the South American continent, and both are places that foreign investors have been cautiously eyeing for some time now. For many years both countries pursued a similar path while sharing a similar government ideology in their respective capitals. Now, […]
Milei’s Impact on Argentina’s Energy Landscape Outlook
(Energy Workforce & Technology Council, 29.Feb.2024) — Promising drastic change to Argentina’s government and economy, President Javier Milei has run into political speed bumps impacting the oil and gas industry in one of the largest shale patches in the Western hemisphere. Energy Workforce’s Latin America Chapter is eager to engage […]
IMF Unlocks $4.7bn for Argentina Amid Economic Crisis
(Al Jazeera, 11.Jan.2024) — Argentina and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have finalised an agreement to release $4.7bn as part of a debt restructuring plan for the troubled South American nation. Latin America’s third-biggest economy is facing dire economic challenges after decades of debt and financial mismanagement, with inflation surpassing 160 percent […]
IMF Grants Argentina Access to $4.7bn
(IMF, 10.Jan.2024) — An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team, led by Luis Cubeddu, Deputy Director of the Western Hemisphere Department and Ashvin Ahuja, Mission Chief for Argentina, issued the following statement in Buenos Aires today following the conclusion of discussions on the seventh review of the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) […]
Argentina’s Milei to Prohibit Rehiring Public Workers
(Energy Analytics Institute, 26.Dec.2023) — Argentina’s president Javier Milei published a decree that prohibits the renewal of jobs of public workers hired in 2023. The decision is part of adjustments by Milei intended to reduce state spending, Venezuela’s daily El Universal reported 26 Dec. 2023 citing data from Argentina’s La […]
President Elect Milei to Shake up Argentina’s Oil Industry
(WooMac, 28.Nov.2023) — Addressing the election of Javier Milei as President of Argentina, Adrian Lara, principal analyst, said “Elected President Javier Milei and his advisors are signalling the importance the oil and gas sector has in their plans for the overall Argentinian economy, however, their success in deregulating the sector […]
Trump Tells President-elect Javier Milei he Plans to Visit Buenos Aires
(AP, 23.Nov.2023) — Former President Donald Trump has told Argentina’s President-elect Javier Milei that he plans to travel to the South American country so the two can meet, Milei’s office said Thursday. The office did not give a date for when Trump intends to be in Buenos Aires. The inauguration of Milei, […]
Argentina’s Incoming Administration Faces Challenges
(S&P Global Ratings, 21.Nov.2023) — Economic imbalances in Argentina provide complex conditions for the Milei administration even before he takes office, S&P Global Ratings said in an article published today titled “Argentina’s Incoming Administration Faces Difficult Economic Policy Implementation.” Javier Milei, of La Libertad Avanza (LLA), won a historic and […]