The Dominican Republic has enacted dozens of laws that favor free competition, as well as the solvency and reliability of the financial system.
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October 2002
Latin America’s economies are sputtering. Investment grade countries like Chile and Mexico manage to keep growing, but their neighbors are struggling to maintain stability and growth.
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What People Really Want
According to conventional wisdom, Latin Americans are suffering from reform fatigue and are using every opportunity to toss politicians with out pro-market, ‘neo-liberal’ ideas. But, as usual, conventional wisdom is […]
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A Local Opportunity
Foreign private equity investment in Brazil has slowed to a trickle. But local investors looking to diversify their portfolios are stepping up to the plate.
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An Increasingly Steep Curve
Brazilian companies are facing a credit crunch. International loans are extremely hazardous and renewing maturing loans is almost impossible.
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Banking Through the Crises
Brazilian banks are a hardy bunch, tough enough to withstand the current crisis. It’s the foreigners who are starting to bail out.
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Buildin a Better Base
Globo dominates Brazilian media but the company’s wide reach has stretched its capital structure too far. Now the company has a new financing plan.
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Corporate Law Comes of Age
Brazil’s new Civil Code includes rules that modernize the country’s corporate law and should facilitate increasingly complex business transactions.
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Keeping the Financial Faith
Armínio Fraga, Brazil’s central bank president, believes Brazil can achieve an investment grade debt rating in less than three years.
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Passing on Politics
Uncertainty over Brazil’s upcoming presidential election has the financial markets reeling. Whoever wins will have to work to bring Brazil back from the brink.