COLOMBIA ELECTIONS 2022 Jubilant Gustavo Petro elected Colombia's first leftist president 20-06-2022 14:35 Ex-guerrilla Gustavo Petro elected Colombia's first ever left-wing president after defeating millionaire businessman rival Rodolfo Hernández in run-off.
Latin America Ex-guerrilla takes on maverick in race to be Colombia's president 18-06-2022 01:20 A former leftist guerrilla and a millionaire businessman will go head-to-head on Sunday hoping to become the new president of Colombia.
Colombia Election 2022 Colombians set to vote in high stakes presidential run-off 17-06-2022 18:22 Colombians vote Sunday in a presidential run-off. Opinion polls have leftist Gustavo Petro and businessman Rodolfo Hernández neck-and-neck.
COLOMBIA ELECTIONS 2022 Colombian outsider makes run-off with real shot at presidency 31-05-2022 11:18 Rodolfo Hernández, who was little known at the start of the year, surged into Colombia’s presidential run-off – and he now has a real chance at winning against leftist rival Gustavo Petro.
BLOOMBERG Colombia’s number one banker has no fear of leftist front-runner 19-05-2022 08:00 Luis Carlos Sarmiento Gutiérrez would figure to be one of the people fretting the most about the looming election of the first left-wing leader in Colombia’s modern history. But, at least publicly, he betrays little angst about the outcome of the vote this month.
As I see it The new energy crisis could suit Argentina 11-03-2022 11:30 Fossil fuels are back in fashion. Western leaders are now searching frantically for exploitable oil and gas deposits that are beyond Putin’s reach. by James Neilson
Analysis Will Russia's war on Ukraine help or hinder green energy transition? 10-03-2022 00:50 The transition to green fuels is more relevant than ever to reduce dependence on Russian hydrocarbons.
BLOOMBERG – INTERVIEW Colombia presidential front-runner Gustavo Petro seeks global anti-oil bloc 17-01-2022 06:59 Colombia’s presidential front-runner Gustavo Petro is calling on ideological allies across Latin America and the world to join him in forming a new bloc to lead the economy away from fossil fuels.
Energy & Environment Climate crisis puts oil in the crosshairs, but dependence persists 27-12-2021 23:20 The climate crisis has put the end of oil onto the agenda, but achieving that is a colossal task given the world economy's deep dependence on petroleum.
INTERVIEW Rafael Grossi: Climate crisis could give nuclear energy a second wind 08-11-2021 12:50 As the climate crisis deepens and the need to transition away from fossil fuels becomes more urgent, attitudes to nuclear energy may be shifting, says Rafael Mariano Grossi, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency
ENVIRONMENT CO₂ reaches its highest level in more than four million years 08-06-2021 15:43 Based on geological evidence collected over the six decades scientists have been tracking atmospheric CO₂, this year's peak appears to be the highest in as long as 4.5 million years.
Climate Change Progressive climate policy can reduce extreme poverty, says study 27-04-2021 13:07 Researchers at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) have found that ambitious climate policies could reduce extreme poverty in developing countries if governments opted for robust taxes on emitters that were then fairly distributed to help the poor.
SCIENCE & NATURE Fossil of giant 70m year-old fish found in Patagonia 07-07-2020 01:52 Paleontologists find the remains of a predator fish that was more than six meters long near Lago Colhué Huapial in Chubut Province.