Americas: Nicaragua’s President Ortega to secure controversial re-election on 7 November Sectors: all Key Risks: political instability; civil unrest; arbitrary detentions; crackdown on political opposition In Nicaragua, leftist President Daniel Ortega is expected to secure a fourth consecutive presidential term in the highly controversial 7 November general elections. The vote is set to be neither free nor fair […]
Our Director of Growth and Engagement, Claire Fleming talks gender balance and how we are choosing to challenge. I’m not sure what the outside perspective is on the gender demographics of the international risk sector but can hazard a guess that the majority of you would not anticipate a balanced gender landscape. I’d like to […]
Americas: Venezuela’s Maduro to further consolidate power as new legislative period begins Sectors: all Key Risks: political instability; violent unrest; protests; economic risks In Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro’s regime will further consolidate its power once the 2021-2026 legislative period begins on 5 January, while the opposition, led by partially recognised interim president Juan Guaido, appears set […]
Americas: Venezuela’s controversial legislative elections to take place amid opposition boycott Sectors: all Key Risks: political stability; election-related unrest In Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro’s regime is set to take control of the National Assembly (NA) in a highly controversial legislative election scheduled for 6 December. The NA is the only state institution controlled by the opposition […]
Americas: Dominican Republic to head to the polls amid COVID-19 Sectors: all Key Risks: political stability; election-related unrest In the Dominican Republic, general elections are expected to take place on 5 July amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The vote, originally scheduled for 17 May, was postponed due to the spread of the virus. According to the […]
A Code. The final lockdown blog. I think you should be able to sum up what you live by in paragraph. Otherwise, you could look like one of those people on Facebook that re-posts a motivational quote every day – searchers. They want to follow; be something but don’t know what. They want change but […]
Americas: Argentina unlikely to modify debt restructuring offer as default looms Sectors: all Key Risks: sovereign default In Argentina, the government appears ready to extend the 8 May deadline it has imposed on holders of US$66.2bln of foreign debt to accept a restructuring proposal which has been already rejected by the main creditor groups. The extension would […]
Mind F&$k In general, people have negative thoughts because they suffer and because they have fears. Humans, unlike animals, can derive from their present circumstances and believe that they can predict the future. When things are going well, the future looks bright, and when they are not, it seems dark. It’s human nature, we love […]
Can’t or Won’t. Can’t = Cannot. Won’t = Will Not. “Troy, what are you on about? Where are you heading with this?” Week four of lockdown and some people are beginning to break down. We spend so much time on making ourselves comfortable that we tend to forget what real hardship is. Lockdown is not […]
#2: Stoicism Stoicism is an ancient Greek philosophy which teaches the development of self-control and fortitude as a means of overcoming destructive emotions. Really? A philosophy lesson from a guy that did a four-year security degree in eight-years? A lesson, no – ideas, yes! A friend asked me, “how do you stay focused, in times […]
Isolation One minute your life is more or less normal, wake up, work, gym, weekends, the pub, meeting your friends, family time, shopping, and then overnight, it changes. You’re told to isolate, and the words social distancing are introduced. Social what? We are social creature. Tribal by nature. How do I survive […]
Claire Fleming, Associate Director, AKE International As an industry, oil and gas has defied the odds – forced in recent years to rally and evolve to meet new and lean market conditions imposed by the downturn; and to respond with greater agility to wider economic, environmental, ethical and societal drivers. Although in the short term […]
