Experts in the News

“Forcing the energy transition, not only in a country or in a sector, but on the entire planet and its economy is a bold and very risky experiment,” wrote nonresident fellow Luis A. Pacheco in a recent commentary. The full piece, which cautions against moving too quickly away from fossil fuels, is available in Spanish in La Gran Aldea.

The legislation that nationalized Venezuela's oil industry almost 50 years ago — called LOREICH — is part of a story without a happy ending, wrote nonresident fellow Luis A. Pacheco, in an article exploring its place in the country's oil history.