Category: 2004
Microchips and Mergers
In the corporate world, Latin America’s traditional family-controlled companies may dominate today, but they will be the dinosaurs of tomorrow.
Deals
Mexico Issues Mexico returned to the markets in November to raise ?750 million ($969 million) in bonds to refinance maturing debt. The 15-year bonds were priced to yield 188 basis points over German bunds and marked the longest date euro-issue bonds ever from an emerging-market borrower. Credit Suisse First Boston and Deutsche Bank led the […]
Opportunities, Risk and Threats
A common market and common currency? A profitable, legal narcotics trade? Sensible populists running governments? In the following pages, we reveal what the world’s experts see in Latin America’s future.
People
Carlos Guimaraes New IADB PostCarlos Guimarães is joining the Inter-American Development Bank to integrate and expand the bank’s private-sector efforts. In the newly created senior position, he reports directly to Enrique Iglesias, the IADB’s president. Guimarães was previously the head of Latin American investment banking at Citigroup and senior client officer for Latin America. Rodriguez […]
Prudent Populism
Populism in Latin America used to mean inflation and unrest. But in the decades ahead, a new type of populism may be the prevailing political trend.