With the international markets closed to Brazilian companies, well-known firms are turning to the internal markets to either roll over external positions or fatten their coffers in preparation for tough […]
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No Place Like Home (building)
It may sound like Dorothy’s refrain from the “Wizard of Oz,” but when it comes to Mexico’s construction industry right now, there is clearly “no place like home.” That is […]
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Of Dismissals and Resignations
Rare is the emerging markets division of any large investment bank that hasn’t been nearly gutted of staff. Along Wall Street and in other financial centers around the world, in […]
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Really Got a Hold on You
In the savage conditions of Latin America’s current market malaise, there is one law of the jungle that certainly prevails: The strongest will survive. At least, that’s the basis of […]
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Ringing Out a Good Year
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 […]