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The Speyside Latin America team analyzes the seismic shift in Venezuela following the U.S. military operation "Operation Absolute Resolve" and the arrest of Nicolás Maduro in January 2026. This event has triggered a Crisis management scenario, resulting in a transitional government under Delcy Rodríguez subject to direct U.S. oversight. With the world's largest proven oil reserves of 303 billion barrels and vast critical mineral deposits, Venezuela presents high-stakes opportunities for investors in high growth and emerging markets. Our analysis covers the immediate bullish reaction in the energy sector—with major gains for companies like Chevron and Halliburton—and the strategic race to secure assets in the Orinoco Mining Arc. Navigating this volatile landscape requires robust Corporate Affairs strategies to manage regulatory changes and complex stakeholder engagement.
Public Affairs

Venezuela's Transition: Maduro's Capture, Legal Framework, and the Race for Strategic Resources.

The Speyside Latin America team analyzes the seismic shift in Venezuela following the U.S. military operation "Operation Absolute Resolve" and the arrest of Nicolás Maduro in January 2026. This event has triggered a Crisis management scenario, resulting in a transitional government under Delcy Rodríguez subject to direct U.S. oversight. With the world's largest proven oil reserves of 303 billion barrels and vast critical mineral deposits, Venezuela presents high-stakes opportunities for investors in high growth and emerging markets. Our analysis covers the immediate bullish reaction in the energy sector—with major gains for companies like Chevron and Halliburton—and the strategic race to secure assets in the Orinoco Mining Arc. Navigating this volatile landscape requires robust Corporate Affairs strategies to manage regulatory changes and complex stakeholder engagement.
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Our Head for the Andean and South Cone Region, part of the Speyside Latin America team, breaks down the million-dollar question in Corporate Affairs: measuring PR. We argue against vanity metrics, focusing instead on impact. Our Speyside Communications strategy, powered by our proprietary in.sight tool, analyzes the landscape in high-growth and emerging markets to build a roadmap that ensures our content is meaningful and drives real business outcomes.
Public Relations

In PR, measure what matters

Our Head for the Andean and South Cone Region, part of the Speyside Latin America team, breaks down the million-dollar question in Corporate Affairs: measuring PR. We argue against vanity metrics, focusing instead on impact. Our Speyside Communications strategy, powered by our proprietary in.sight tool, analyzes the landscape in high-growth and emerging markets to build a roadmap that ensures our content is meaningful and drives real business outcomes.
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The Speyside Latin America team is analyzing President Petro's complex energy transition in Colombia, a key high-growth and emerging market. The government's plan to halt new oil exploration and impose new taxes on the Speyside Mining Latin America and energy sectors creates significant fiscal risks. This environment demands sophisticated Corporate Affairs and strategic insights, which our Speyside Power team is actively monitoring.
Public Affairs

The challenges ahead for President Petro’s energy transition

The Speyside Latin America team is analyzing President Petro's complex energy transition in Colombia, a key high-growth and emerging market. The government's plan to halt new oil exploration and impose new taxes on the Speyside Mining Latin America and energy sectors creates significant fiscal risks. This environment demands sophisticated Corporate Affairs and strategic insights, which our Speyside Power team is actively monitoring.
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The Speyside Asia Pacific team is analyzing the overlooked economic significance of the recent US delegation to ASEAN, one of the world's most critical high-growth and emerging markets. While the new IPEF framework is criticized as "toothless," our analysis shows it’s a pragmatic “fresh start” for US re-engagement amid the US-China rivalry. This evolving landscape requires sophisticated Corporate Affairs strategies to navigate new opportunities in digital trade and regulatory alignment.
Public Affairs

Beyond Taiwan tensions, what are the broader policy implications to Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Asia?

The Speyside Asia Pacific team is analyzing the overlooked economic significance of the recent US delegation to ASEAN, one of the world's most critical high-growth and emerging markets. While the new IPEF framework is criticized as "toothless," our analysis shows it’s a pragmatic “fresh start” for US re-engagement amid the US-China rivalry. This evolving landscape requires sophisticated Corporate Affairs strategies to navigate new opportunities in digital trade and regulatory alignment.
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The Speyside Asia Pacific team is closely monitoring the escalating political instability in Thailand, a key high-growth and emerging market. Although the PM survived a no-confidence vote, it revealed deep schisms within the ruling elite. With a critical court ruling on the PM's term limit imminent, the country faces significant uncertainty, demanding sophisticated Corporate Affairs strategies to navigate the road to the next election.
Public Affairs

Thai cabinet survives no-confidence vote but greater challenges lie ahead

The Speyside Asia Pacific team is closely monitoring the escalating political instability in Thailand, a key high-growth and emerging market. Although the PM survived a no-confidence vote, it revealed deep schisms within the ruling elite. With a critical court ruling on the PM's term limit imminent, the country faces significant uncertainty, demanding sophisticated Corporate Affairs strategies to navigate the road to the next election.
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The Speyside Asia Pacific team is analyzing the aftermath of India's stringent COVID lockdown, a major crisis management event in one of the world's key high-growth and emerging markets. While the economic package is insufficient, the government is strategically using the crisis to push significant structural reforms (agri, mining, defense). This evolving, complex policy landscape—including the ambiguous "self-reliant" push—requires sophisticated Corporate Affairs engagement.
Public Affairs

India starts to get back to work: what can we expect?

The Speyside Asia Pacific team is analyzing the aftermath of India's stringent COVID lockdown, a major crisis management event in one of the world's key high-growth and emerging markets. While the economic package is insufficient, the government is strategically using the crisis to push significant structural reforms (agri, mining, defense). This evolving, complex policy landscape—including the ambiguous "self-reliant" push—requires sophisticated Corporate Affairs engagement.
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The Speyside Healthcare team is highlighting the urgent need to integrate self-care into policy, a shift that could save global health systems $120 billion annually. Our analysis, which is critical for high-growth and emerging markets like Speyside Latin America, shows that a successful self-care strategy must be built on three pillars: a long-term government vision, mandatory health education, and digitalization. This is a core focus of our Corporate Affairs practice as we help clients navigate the post-pandemic healthcare landscape.
Healthcare

Self-care as a key pillar on healthcare systems sustainability in emerging countries

The Speyside Healthcare team is highlighting the urgent need to integrate self-care into policy, a shift that could save global health systems $120 billion annually. Our analysis, which is critical for high-growth and emerging markets like Speyside Latin America, shows that a successful self-care strategy must be built on three pillars: a long-term government vision, mandatory health education, and digitalization. This is a core focus of our Corporate Affairs practice as we help clients navigate the post-pandemic healthcare landscape.
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The Speyside Latin America team details our specialized approach to healthcare communications in the region's complex regulatory landscape. Our Speyside Healthcare practice succeeds by integrating Corporate Affairs with Communications, focusing on patient needs, and leveraging both traditional and new media platforms. This holistic strategy is essential for navigating these high-growth and emerging markets successfully.
Public Affairs

Communicating for the health sector in Latin America

The Speyside Latin America team details our specialized approach to healthcare communications in the region's complex regulatory landscape. Our Speyside Healthcare practice succeeds by integrating Corporate Affairs with Communications, focusing on patient needs, and leveraging both traditional and new media platforms. This holistic strategy is essential for navigating these high-growth and emerging markets successfully.
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The Speyside Asia Pacific team is analyzing the RCEP launch, but sees the real story in the battle for digital trade standards in Southeast Asia, one of the world's fastest-growing high-growth and emerging markets. While RCEP's data governance rules are weak, China is aggressively pushing its "digital sovereignty" model. Western companies need a more sophisticated Corporate Affairs strategy than just warning about risks; they must offer a holistic, localized alternative.
Public Affairs

Southeast Asia: the frontline of an evolving digital trade landscape

The Speyside Asia Pacific team is analyzing the RCEP launch, but sees the real story in the battle for digital trade standards in Southeast Asia, one of the world's fastest-growing high-growth and emerging markets. While RCEP's data governance rules are weak, China is aggressively pushing its "digital sovereignty" model. Western companies need a more sophisticated Corporate Affairs strategy than just warning about risks; they must offer a holistic, localized alternative.
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The Speyside Team analyzes the collapse of two mining dams in Brazil—Mariana (2015) and Brumadinho (2019)—that serve as a critical lesson in crisis management. Vale’s lack of crisis preparedness, transparency, and stakeholder communication severely damaged its reputation. Poor risk management, delayed responses, and ignored warnings worsened public perception. In high-growth and emerging markets, proactive Corporate Affairs and robust risk assessment are not optional; they are essential for survival.
Latin America

The High Cost of Poor Stakeholder Management on Brazil’s Energy and Mining sectors

The Speyside Team analyzes the collapse of two mining dams in Brazil—Mariana (2015) and Brumadinho (2019)—that serve as a critical lesson in crisis management. Vale’s lack of crisis preparedness, transparency, and stakeholder communication severely damaged its reputation. Poor risk management, delayed responses, and ignored warnings worsened public perception. In high-growth and emerging markets, proactive Corporate Affairs and robust risk assessment are not optional; they are essential for survival.
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The Speyside Central Eastern Europe team is analyzing a surprising shift: Hungary’s opposition won key local elections, including the Budapest mayoralty, breaking Fidesz’s decade-long dominance. Scandals, a weak campaign, and unified opposition helped drive the upset. This development underscores the need for sophisticated Corporate Affairs and government relations strategies to navigate the inevitable friction between the national government and new opposition-led municipalities.
Public Affairs

The Illusion of Orbán’s Invincibility is Broken

The Speyside Central Eastern Europe team is analyzing a surprising shift: Hungary’s opposition won key local elections, including the Budapest mayoralty, breaking Fidesz’s decade-long dominance. Scandals, a weak campaign, and unified opposition helped drive the upset. This development underscores the need for sophisticated Corporate Affairs and government relations strategies to navigate the inevitable friction between the national government and new opposition-led municipalities.
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The Speyside corporate affairs team in Africa is closely analyzing the Eskom crisis in South Africa, one of the continent's key high-growth markets. While the utility's implosion requires serious crisis management, our analysis shows the real investment opportunity is not in the distant privatization of Eskom itself. Instead, President Ramaphosa's pragmatic reforms are creating significant opportunities in the Power & Renewables sector by opening the market for Independent Power Producers (IPPs) and off-grid C&I solar. Navigating these new openings will require sophisticated Corporate Affairs strategies to engage with the liberalization of small-scale generation.
Public Affairs

How does South Africa’s energy crisis really impact investment?

The Speyside corporate affairs team in Africa is closely analyzing the Eskom crisis in South Africa, one of the continent's key high-growth markets. While the utility's implosion requires serious crisis management, our analysis shows the real investment opportunity is not in the distant privatization of Eskom itself. Instead, President Ramaphosa's pragmatic reforms are creating significant opportunities in the Power & Renewables sector by opening the market for Independent Power Producers (IPPs) and off-grid C&I solar. Navigating these new openings will require sophisticated Corporate Affairs strategies to engage with the liberalization of small-scale generation.
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