Latin America’s population has grown by 40% over the last 20 years, rising to 430 million in 1998. Although growth in per capita income has slowed […]
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JP Morgan’s Cepeda Directs Latin Investment Banking
Eduardo Cepeda Eduardo Cepeda, managing director of JP Morgan in Mexico, will also take on the position of head of investment banking for Latin America and […]
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The Clean and the Crooked
There appears to be a strong inverse correlation between corruption and economic liberalization. More competition, fewer rules and regulations, smaller bureaucracies and state-owned enterprises all reduce […]
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Brazilian Airlines Create Online Travel Agency
Varig, Brazil’s largest airline, is joining forces with the country’s third largest carrier, TAM, to create a new online travel agency to be named Portal Latino Americano: plata.com. The project […]
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Latin American Trading Portals
Global Electronic Exchange (GEE), a subsidiary of Laidlaw Global Corporation, plans to establish a Latin American web portal and trading platform. InterOnline Trading Group, holding company of invermundo.com, will also […]
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Venezuela and Colombia Part Ways
Rising oil prices this year have helped prop up Venezuela’s currency and equity prices. Oil accounts for 75% of exports and half the government’s revenues. This […]
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Brazilian Tech Bets
Internet deals are dominating merger and acquisition activity in South America’s biggest market. But value remains for investors in slow-growth, capital intensive businesses that need restructuring.
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Lehman Appoints New Equity Research Head
Lehman Brothers has hired Robert Lacoursière as its new head of Latin American equity research. Lacousière moves over from Bears Stearns, where he was managing director of Latin American financial […]
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Venezuela Flings Open Telecom Market
As Venezuela’s fixed-line telecommunications system prepares for the advent of free competition this November, the country’s interim Congress passed in June a new telecommunications law intended to encourage foreign investment. […]