Assessing the winners and losers from the oil price spike

The recent spike in oil prices will impact on different economies within Latin America in different ways.

Although it is difficult to say with any great precision, the biggest winner is likely to be the Venezuelan

government while the biggest loser will probably be Chilean consumers.

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