The real begins declining again. Markets are still wary about the idea of a freely floating currency. Concern is growing about the government’s mounitng debt burden and the slow pace of reforms.
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Building the Foundations
Mention Brazil, Mexico or Argentina to intellectual property owners a few years ago and exasperation was the mildest response you could have expected. But times have changed. International trade agreements such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta), the existence of the World Trade Organization (WTO), and the realization that multinationals need to see strong intellectual property regimes before investing, have led to major improvements in the protection for rights owners. Among the beneficiaries of improved legislation have been domestic companies who are now enjoying more protection as a result of external pressures.
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Invisible Borders
Along the sandy coast of the Gulf of Mexico rests Brazoria County, Texas. This agrarian community with its roots firmly planted in Texas tradition boasts the Annual Great Mosquito Festival and the Mexican Fiesta Youth Rodeo?not exactly an international city of law. But in an ironic twist of culture clash, this quiet Southern court system was subjected to the judicial version of polar attraction. Because the Texas state court system allows foreign residents to bring personal injury and wrongful death cases into the courts, Bolivia launched a major cross-border product liability suit smack in the middle of Brazoria.
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Specializing or scaling up
Banks in Brazil are continuing to pursue one of two strategies to try to maintain their historically handsome returns.
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Calendar Call
National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade Product Liability in Latin America: A Seminar for US Manufacturers, Exporters and Lawyers September 20-21, 2001, Sofitel Hotel, Miami, FLDiscussion and presentations on […]
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Is the Law Starting to Rule?
Luis Moreno Ocampo is president of Transparency International for Latin America and the Caribbean and served as a prosecutor in the trials against the Argentine juntas. He is a partner of Moreno Ocampo & Wortman Jofre, a professor at the University of Buenos Aires and currently visiting professor at Stanford. Here, he talks about corruption and the rule of law in Latin America and the forces that are bringing about change in the region.
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The battle for Brazil
With few major Brazilian mandates available, investment banks are scrambling to innovate.
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Capital Blight
The tremendous scarcity of capital and the limitations of the local equity markets in Brazil have prevented the country from successfully expanding its corporate sector.
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It’s the Law that Counts
Latin America is a region ripe with investment opportunities, but also one bedeviled with perils. The future of Latin America’s largest economies; Argentina, Mexico and Brazil, is looking uncertain. Yet […]
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The Cost of a Strong Peso
The Mexican peso is one of the few currencies to have risen in value against the dollar this year. That is a major psychological boost for Mexico but it’s wreaking havoc on its competitiveness.