The government hopes that its long-delayed sale of state coal company Carbocol will renew international investor confidence, but other projects are still hampered by violent protests and legal wrangling.
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Project Finance Proceeds With Caution
Credibility and cash flows are beating out price as the keys to successful deals for Latin American infrastructure projects as investors cautiously weigh the risks.
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Consolidating Continental Investors
Argentina draws on its traditional European investor base to lead Latin bond issuers in euros this year. Eurobonds have provided cheaper funding, but currency risk exposure looms large.
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Pulling the Plug on Latin Dot Coms
Latin American Internet companies have suffered a complete reversal of fortunes after last year’s brief reign as the darlings of venture capitalists.
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Convening on Latin Debt
For two days in late October, LatinFinance assembled an impressive group of players in Latin America’s financial scene, who discussed everything from Argentina’s woes to mexico and Brazil’s resurgence.
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Cultivating the European Crowd
The Andean Development Corporation takes its roadshow to Europe, not just to raise money, but to promote its respected name and solid financials to discriminating investors there.
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Santander Takes The Prize
Banco Santander Central Hispano’s huge bid snares Brazil’s Banespa in a long-anticipated, hotly contested privatization auction, adding an expensive asset to the Spanish bank’s Latin American portfolio.
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Deep Pockets Back New Port
With a new multimillion port facility planned for 2002, the Dominican Republic should capture a fair share
of the region’s booming shipping business, and ease the current port congestion that restricts export growth.