ASSESSMENTS
South America and the Energy Merry-Go-Round
Sep 28, 2017 | 17:39 GMT
![Over the past year Brazilian President Michel Temer and his administration have been moving to cut restrictions on oil and gas production.](https://worldview.stratfor.com/sites/default/files/styles/2x1_full/public/guanabara.jpg?itok=Ds6qCjEv)
An oil platform rests temporarily in Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro. Brazil's president has been trying to boost oil and gas production by trimming government regulations.
(YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/Getty Images)
Highlights
- Policy shifts in Argentina and Brazil will change the energy situation in the Southern Cone and beyond over the next five years.
- Elections in Argentina and Brazil in the coming two years could bring further change to the energy regulations of both countries.
- As Argentina and Brazil become less dependent on Bolivia's natural gas, the Bolivian government in La Paz will try to normalize relations with Chile.
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