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?
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Investing a Windfall
Latin American countries can reap the rewards of high commodity prices by turning finite resources into renewable financial investments.
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Selling Perfumes in Paris
Expanding internationally has become a necessity, not a luxury, for big companies. They need to tackle difficult global markets in a hunt for growth and scale.
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Caribbean Dreams
Venezuela’s Petrocaribe aims to help the Caribbean cope with rising oil prices. But with payments deferrable for 25 years, someone’s going to be left holding the bag.
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Kings and Queens
LatinFinance has compiled its second annual ranking of the 50 most powerful and influential people in Latin America and the Caribbean, spanning business, politics, government, academia and even pop culture.