Multinationals Test Brazilian Pride Brazil’s nationalist urges always seem to grow stronger with the approach of a major privatization. Opposition politicians are mobilizing in congress and the courts to either […]
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Searching for a Role
The Inter-American Development Bank is trying to make private-sector lending part of its activities without neglecting its mission of alleviating poverty.
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Camisea Gets Halfway There
Peru has sold the exploration rights to its gargantuan natural gas deposit but must still find an operator willing to move the fuel.
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Stuffy Bradesco Turns on the Charm
Brazil’s quiet and conservative Banco Bradesco has assumed a more public, and so far, more popular management style.
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Coming Around Again
Bouncing back from the Oil Bust of the 1980s, new leadership in New Orleans and the Gulf South is reaching out for international business and tourism.
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Technology
Spanish Giants Unite on Internet Front Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA, Spain’s second-biggest bank, has teamed up with Telefónica, the country’s dominant telephone company, to deliver Internet banking and e-commerce […]
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Excuses and Broken Promises
Latin America has received substantial capital inflows over the last 20 years, but has failed to achieve sustained growth and development. Pedro-Pablo Kuczynski, the former Peruvian minister for energy and mines, now managing partner at Latin American Enterprise Fund Managers, a private equity firm based in Miami, argues that more investment, plus a deeper commitment on the part of governments are needed to make the region prosper.
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The Maker of Modern Mexico
President Ernesto Zedillo has steered his country out of political and economic disarray with harsh but effective policies and set an example for the rest of Latin America.
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Front Notes
Oil prices in February rose above $30 per barrel for the first time since the Gulf War in 1991, a tripling in price from the lows of late 1998. While […]
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To Market, To Market
Governments in Latin America are taking advantage of a regional economic rebound and a bull run in bonds to issue new paper. But sophistication and good timing are as important as ever.