Covering Latin American energy for Bloomberg from Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Joined September 2010
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Brazil is welcoming Venezuelan migrants with open arms – and jobs. In doing so, it’s giving the newcomers a foothold in society, all while powering its mighty agricultural-exporting machine bloomberg.com/graphics/2023-… via @bbgvisualdata
One big obstacle is standing in the way of Brazil’s transition to electric vehicles – and it isn’t oil. It’s sugar bloomberg.com/news/features/… via @business
Brazil has cheap wind power and a prime location for export to Europe, and it's working to capitalize on a green energy demand surge bloomberg.com/news/features/… via @business
Drug trafficking proceeds increasingly are getting laundered into illegal logging, ranching and gold mining in the Amazon, accelerating deforestation, the UN says bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @business
Brazil's state-owned oil giant is using captured carbon to extract more offshore oil and transport natural gas to shore without corroding its pipelines bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @business
Running low on natural gas to export and suddenly unable to borrow from bond markets, Bolivia is in trouble bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @economics
Oil exploration setbacks in one South American country show how difficult finding oil can be, putting governments on notice that there could be future supply crunches— even as they transition to clean energy bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @markets
Putin's plan to cut oil production is a show of strength, but all is not well in Fortress Russia, writes @ClaraDFMarques bloomberg.com/opinion/articl… via @opinion
Models of collapsing oil demand look increasingly at odds with short-term trends, writes @JavierBlas bloomberg.com/opinion/articl… via @opinion
Leading candidates in Brazil's presidential election have diverging plans for the state-controlled oil giant bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @bpolitics
Rio de Janeiro’s “Hortas Cariocas” program is designed to make organic food more accessible. And it’s about to get a lot bigger bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @citylab
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The city of Zaruma is sitting on top of one of the richest gold deposits in the world. As illegal miners run rampant underground, the city is collapsing into their sinkholes trib.al/804JjmO
Decades of illegal mining went unchecked in one Ecuador town — then a sinkhole swallowed downtown bloomberg.com/features/2022-… via @business
Brazil says RenovaBio is an important part of its plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Its critics aren't so sure bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @business
Expensive offshore exploration setbacks for international oil majors including Shell and Exxon are throwing cold water on their plans to turn Brazil into a profit center bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @markets
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“Whenever it rains, we fear for our lives.” India's landslides show the hazards that come with clean energy trib.al/JTWDojx
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Here's how Brazil's dry spell could affect your breakfast
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NEW: Brazil’s crops have been scorched, frozen and dried out by the worst drought in a century—sparking food inflation all over the globe
Read The Big Take trib.al/v4s0z3d
With deep sadness I've learned that Russ Dallen passed away last week. He was a kind and generous soul, passionate about Venezuela, and always found time to help journalists like myself. My heart goes out to his family. May he rest in peace. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…