International investment in Cuba is extending beyond the realm of tourism into areas such as banking, construction, infrastructure, mining and energy. But the challenge for the country, suggests Hermenegildo Altozano, partner at Lovells in Madrid, is to press ahead with the process in the face of the long-standing US restrictive policy and regulations vis-Ã -vis Cuba.
Latin America is seeing an upturn in oil and gas projects, on a scale never before seen, say Bruno Ciuffetelli and Miguel Zaldivar at Hogan & Hartson.
A rapidly expanding economy, a growing population, and rising global fuel costs, mean that questions over security and supply are inevitably affecting Brazilian energy planning, say Eduardo Soares, Débora Yanasse and Otávio Falchero,
