El Salvador’s President Tony Saca explains his plans to transform his country into a prosperous regional trade center.
Category: 2005
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Boom and Bust
Latin American M&A activity sputters this year, despite a lift in the economy. But expect more landmark deals from emerging ‘super champions.’
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High Expectations
With the bottom falling out of agricultural markets, Caribbean governments are now being forced to diversify their economies and get serious about economic integration.
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Return of the Big Boys
Wall Street’s bulge-bracket firms stampeded out of Brazil three years ago. Now they are fighting to get back into the game again.
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Waiting for A Peace Dividend
Central American countries are recovering economically and banding together on trade. But crime is still prevalent, and fiscal and social reforms are needed.
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Brazil’s Big Oilman
José Sérgio Gabrielli, the new president of Petrobras, the Brazilian national oil company, says what will remain the same and what will change under his command.
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How’s My Lending?
A new plan to quantify the effectiveness of development projects in Latin America could have unforeseeable, and possibly positive, consequences.
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What the Numbers Say
Equity sponsors and their financiers, rocked by years of political and economic crises, are slow in responding to demand for more infrastructure investment.
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Capital Intensive
Mexico’s Carlos Slim is locked in a spending war with Spain’s Telefónica to dominate Latin American telecommunications. Will the winner take all?