The Baianos would say simply that they have more mandinga in the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia than their amigos in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul. Mandinga […]
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Embraer Corporate Profile
Soon after Mauricio Botelho took over as CEO of Brazil’s Embraer in September 1995, he hung a photograph of an airplane in the lobby of the corporate office in São […]
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Greasing the Beast
Henri Philippe Reichstul emerged in March from nearly a decade in obscurity as a São Paulo investment banker to take on one of the most challenging and visible jobs in […]
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Informed Investors
Informed InvestorsWhen CompaÒÌa de Telecomunicaciones de Chile SA (CTC) became the first Latin American company to post an equity listing on the New York Stock Exchange in July 1990, the […]
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One Step Back, Two Steps Forward
A Newsweek correspondent years ago once described Brazil as having a rather “willy nilly” character. The nation’s status at any particular moment may be precisely what is willed by elected […]
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Review of 1997
Review of 1997Economic reforms in Argentina over the past few years have led to fast economic growth-a process that was interrupted in 1995 by a crisis in confidence fueled by […]
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Riding out the storm
It seems as if Brazil’s capital markets are fending off attacks on all fronts these days. A recession at home and investor aversion to risky emerging markets are taking their […]
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Rocky Rebound
Yearly inflation rates of 80%, the currency down in value to 2.5 or even lower against the dollar, negative GDP, and noncompliance with International Monetary Fund goals. Such were the […]
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A revived economy is still a long way ahead, despite renewed optimism among Colombians,
There really isn’t much difference between the Colombia of Ernesto Samper’s government and the Colombia of Andres Pastrana’s government-except, of course, for credibility and hope.It seems, at least, that hope […]