It is our pleasure to invite you to Maplecroft Latin America Presentation.

There is no fees imposed for this program.

Speaker Jimena Blanco will present the key geopolitical hot spots and their implications for oil markets of Latin America.

Speaker Profile
Jimena leads Verisk Maplecroft's Americas research team, with regional and thematic experts based in the UK and Mexico. She is the Americas expert on Brazil and the Southern Cone, and frequently provides advice to multinational companies and multilateral institutions on political risk in Latin America.

Agenda

Introduction

• Are historical assumptions on Latin America's political trends still valid?
• Common drivers of above ground risk – Insecurity, unstable economic growth cycles, and corruption driving political polarisation and falling support for democracy and representative political systems.
• O&G sector-specific risk trends through the lens of Maplecroft's Extractives Risk Index and Corporate Exposure tool.

2018 - End of the electoral super-cycle and policy implications for O&G in major producer countries

• Mexico – Bidding outlook in AMLO's first year in government; Expected evolution of regulatory risks during his sexenio; Macroeconomic challenges and outlook.
• Colombia – Policy reform outlook for energy investors; Security challenges and trend analysis through Maplecroft's terrorism dataset.
• Brazil – Government and legislative composition and stability in 2019; O&G regulatory outlook; Economic reform and growth forecast.

2019 - Political renewal and government stability

• Argentina – Challenges of 2019 general election uncertainty for O&G foreign investors; Austerity's impact on the reduction of energy subsidies, the IMF deal and growth outlook in the last year of Macri's presidency.
• Peru - Political stability of the Vizcarra administration; Progress of ongoing O&G legislative reform; Macroeconomic outlook.