CSR Blog: China’s Incursion into Energy Sectors of Latin American Hydrocarbon Giants

By Matthew Hughes As part of China’s “energy diplomacy” to “secure long-term access to energy resources,” most of its investments in Latin America have been in resources and energy,[1] especially among the region’s hydrocarbon giants Brazil (which produced 3.67 million BPD of petroleum and other liquids in 2019), Mexico (1.92 million BPD), and Venezuela (0.93 …