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Tackling risk in Latin America: Podcast Series

Latin America is a key area of interest for both miners and investors but the continent has a varied risk landscape that needs to be understood ahead of any investment decision. In this three-part podcast series, we speak with Verisk Maplecroft analysts Jimena Blanco and Eileen Gavin about the key issues evolving currently in three of the most intriguing addresses:

Part 1: Peru

A mining-friendly president and a series of reforms designed in part to encourage investment is a welcome shift in ideology for resources firms looking at Peru, but how those changes play out in a practical sense is unlikely to be without its challenges.

Listen to Part.1

Part 2: Columbia

The demobilisation of the FARC guerrilla group has lowered the overall terror threat in Colombia but the risk to resources firms is on the rise.

Listen to Part.2

Part 3: Chile

The double-edged sword of potential regulatory changes.

Listen to Part.3

About Verisk Maplecroft

Verisk Maplecroft is a global, above-ground risk consultancy that helps organisations make fully risk-adjusted decisions. The firm uses data-driven solutions to offer global scope, granular detail and singular insight into the primary political risk, human rights, economic and environmental issues impacting organisational resilience, sustainable sourcing and the investment landscape.

Jimena Blanco leads Verisk Maplecroft's Americas research team, with regional and thematic experts based in the UK and Mexico. She is the Americas expert on Brazil and the Southern Cone, and frequently provides advice to multinational companies and multilateral institutions on political risk in Latin America. She participates in diplomatic, academic and business forums, addressing issues of regional and country-specific concern. Jimena also makes regular contributions to the British and foreign media.

Eileen Gavin is a senior analyst covering country, industry and custom research in the Americas team. Her current focus is Venezuela, Peru and Ecuador but she has global experience. Her previous work experience includes working as a country risk editor in the Latin America and Caribbean department of the Economist Intelligence Unit. She was also editor at Latin American Newsletters for eight years. Eileen has an MA in International Relations, from Dublin City University in Ireland.