Jaime Serra Puche, Serra&Associates InternationalAs Mexican secretary of commerce from 1988 to 1994, Jaime Serra Puche was the Salinas administration’s point man for the negotiations on the North American Free […]
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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 […]
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Bolstering Bigness
Brazil is not known for its affinity for consolidated corporate control. So the recent bevy of mergers and acquisitions there has come as a surprise to many Brazilians who had […]
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Bubbling Troubles
It comes down to one question: Are the oil fields in Colombia, a country rich in oil assets, worth the investment to exploit them? Many industry executives are asking themselves […]
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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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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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Vaulting the Bluffs
Brazil’s big banks have developed an extraordinary ability to thrive in almost any environment.They have lived through inflation, government debt defaults and over half a dozen new currencies in the […]
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Visible Hand
Francisco da Costa e Silva, chairman of Brazil’s capital markets watchdog the Comissão de Valores Mobiliarios (CVM), has established himself as a leading promoter of regulatory changes and a modernizer […]
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Week ahead in the markets and on the pitch
Indicators rolling out this week as the World Cup monopolizes attention across Latin America
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Deals of the Year 2014 Winners
Astute decision making became more important in 2014 as investor concern about emerging markets grew, Mexico’s reforms took shape and Brazil’s elections paused deals.