There is blood everywhere in the tiny market of Latin American new technology start ups. Like their big cousins in the US and Europe, the region’s small band of Internet […]
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Taxing Challenges Facing Fox
Mexico’s business community is excited about Vicente Fox’s historic presidential victory. But the outcome of his proposed fiscal reforms, guided by a former World Bank official, could dull the political mood.
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Archive: Trouble in the Andes
Venezuela and Colombia have become two of the most dangerous places to do business in Latin America. Their financial systems are in disarray. Venezuela’s Hugo Cháves and Colombia’s Andrés Pastrana are taking starkly different approaches to dealing with their countries’problems.
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Colombia’s Growth Industry
Kidnapping has become one of Colombia’s most common forms of serious crime, with a record 3,100 cases reported in 1999. Human rights campaigners say they expect even more cases this […]
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A Universal Exchange
National stock exchanges are teaming up to offer investors round-the-clock trading and a single pool of global liquidity. The Sao Paulo and Mexico City bolsas are on board, but would they really benefit?
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Front Notes
The election of Vicente Fox as Mexico’s next president was a triumph both for the cowboy-booted former Coke executive and for the country’s effort to distance itself from the rest […]
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Holding on at the Top
Panama’s Banco del Istmo has swallowed Pribanco to create Central America’s largest bank. But can the new bank successfully expand in a region peppered with tough competitors?
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Spanish Spending Spree
Spain’s Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria spent more than it planned to buy Mexico’s second-biggest bank. With BBVA’s substantial assets and promise of profits, colonial domination isn’t looking so bad.