Financial Institutions, MTOs and Remittances in Latin America by Lenora Suki, Manager of the Program on Remittances and Development, The Earth Institute at Columbia University Until relatively recently, financial institutions […]
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Ecuador
QuitoQuito is split between the Old Town, a colonial district full of buildings with incredibly detailed and well-preserved hand-carved facades, and the New Town, where most business takes place […]
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Part VI. Japan’s Latin American Ex-Pats and their Impact on Remittances
Japan’s Latin American Ex-Pats and their Impact on Remittances by Jan Smith, Director Financial Services Practice, and Renée-Maude Lebrun, Consultant, InfoAmericas Until recently, most of the attention on remittances was […]
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Mexico
Mexico City This congested city of 20 million extends as far as the eye can see, but thankfully much of the business activity is concentrated in central colonias (neighborhoods) […]
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Part VII. Compliance Issues – An Overview
Compliance Issues – An Overview by Eduardo Vidal, Partner and Co-Chairman, Latin America Practice Group Peter Moyers, Associate, and Brendan O’Connor, Associate Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP It is estimated […]
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Panama
Panama CityAs an international crossroads for more than a century, Panama City has an easy cosmopolitan feel complete with skyscrapers and a thriving business district. The town also has a […]
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Peru
LimaFounded by Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro in 1538, Lima is one of the oldest cities in the Western Hemisphere. Situated in the middle of Peru’s desert coastline, this arid capital […]
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G. Federico Rojas, Consultant
The issue is that Hugo Chavez has been democratically elected and has the supported of the majority in the country still today. Why? Because the presidents in the past failed to bridge the gap, and thought that the uneducated poor would stand living in rich countries and just let their own lifes pass by.
Unfortunately for Venezuela, it didn`t have leaders like those in Chile or Lula now in Brazil, that do care and do a lot to do as countries in Europe, France to Germany have done ever since … and nobody got concerned about France or Germany`s views on that nobody should be poor in a rich country …
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Hazel Henderson, Calvert-Henderson Quality of Life Indicators
As a frequent visitor to Venezuela through many different regimes, including that of Hugo Chavez, I see him as genuinely trying a model of development beyond the ” Washington Consensus” . I observed the attempted coup first hand, which would have been much worse, had it succeeded, and the subsequent efforts by the Fedecamera and the PDVSA mgmt to try to unseat Chavez by destroying the economy. Since neither of these attempts by the ” oligarchs” succeeded, it’s time to give Chavez , despite some of his faults, a chance ,since he is democratically elected. So I think you might adjust your obvious bias in favor of the “Washington Consensus” orthodoxy, and admit that a new wave of resource nationalism is sweeping Latin America, not just Venezuela.
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Hugo E. Galarza, Munden, S.A. de C.V.
Yes, I agree that Hugo Chavez representes the type of Populist leader sought by the less favored of the Latin American population, regardless of which country they are in. Unfortunately, globalization needs more time to show some of the possible benefits but the working poor of LA cannot wait. The Group of 8 should pay more attention and run a PR campaign to foster a favorable view of all the economic and political changes needed to implement a full globalized economy.