El Salvador’s scheduled date to sell its state-run telecommunications company in July couldn’t have come at a worse time: not only were world financial markets reeling from investor jitters over […]
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A Private Affair
Private Equity Roundtable How is the current crisis affecting private equity? Is it increasing or decreasing the availability of investment opportunities? Thomas W. KeeseeIn Brazil, there […]
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Seeing the Light
Blackouts and energy rationing may finally become a thing of the past in Central America as governments continue to open up their countries’ electricity industries to the private sector. These […]
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A United Front?
Leonel Lopez Over the years, inter-country rivalry has often dampened Central America’s effort to integrate its economies into a united front that would boost cross-border investments […]
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Silver Bullet?
David Mulford As former US Treasury Undersecretary and Assistant Secretary for International Affairs from 1984-1992, David Mulford is credited with having been the chief architect of […]
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An Upstart’s Head Start
Not all companies are struggling to find financing these days. If you have a brilliant idea for technological advancement in Latin America-and you are the first to act on it-chances […]
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Sovereign Bonds
Although the Uruguay River is the only thing that physically separates Brazil from Argentina at one point, financially speaking the two countries have been worlds apart. Brazil has been struggling […]
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Bloomberg News reports on major market events
ARGENTINAOctober 1. Argentine oil and gas producers Perez Companc and YPF replace steel shares as the most heavily weighted stocks in the benchmark Merval index in a quarterly update. The […]
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The New Fundamentals
Are there any lessons to be learned from the efforts to support Brazil? What do you think we can expect with regard to Brazil?MN: There is no need to predict […]
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Brazil’s Saving Grace
Roberto de Limapresident ofSiemens Ltda Roberto de Lima is a true believer. And why shouldn’t he be? His conviction of virtually guaranteed cash flow over the […]