Fact check.(Letter to the Editor)
While we appreciate your interest in M&G, I just wanted to
alert you to a factual inaccuracy in the article ["Panorama,"
April 2005]. You wrote that M&G is planning to build a polyethylene
plant in . . .
Rant and rave.(Letter to the Editor)
I have been a reader of LATIN TRADE for years and have always
wondered if Silicon Jack secretly owns the magazine or who does he have
pictures of in order to continue on the staff ["Silicon . . .
Freedom's price.(Editorial)
Sitting down with Spain's Jose Maria Aznar, whose exclusive
interview appears in this issue, is a simultaneously disarming and
eye-opening experience. Disarming because the former Prime Minister, . . .
Peace be with you.(POINT OF VIEW)(Colombia)(Brief
Article)
The Virgin del Carmen watches over visitors in a salt-mine chapel
in the town of Nemocon, Colombia, 65 kilometers north of Bogota. The
peaceful scene inside the mine contrasts with the real danger . . .
Events.(AGENDA)(Directory)
LATIN AMERICA PREPAYMENT WEEK 2005 Technical Training Seminar to
Make the Right Revenue Management Decisions Aug. 1-5 Buenos Aims,
Argentina Sao Paulo, Brazil Contact: Emmanuelle Nicholls Tel:[1] . . .
Privatizations.
SECTOR PROJECT DESCRIPTION
AVIATION
CHILE Region IX airport Concession to build and operate
COLOMBIA El Dorado International Concession to upgrade and
. . .
Really strong.(INDICATORS)(Brief Article)
Brazil's monetary authority has been hiking interest rates
since September of last year. That keeps inflation in check, but higher
interest rates also reduce the amount of local currency in . . .
Rest of the world.(INDICATORS)
Rest of the World
GDP
% change on year ago
LT forecast
. . .
Latin Trade index.(Brief Article)
LATIN TRADE INDEX
February '05 % CHANGE
FEBRUARY '05/'04
Total trade US$ 61.5 billion 19.9%
Exports US$ 32.3 billion 17.4%
Imports . . .
Latin America and the Caribbean.(INDICATORS)
Latin America and the Caribbean
GDP
% change on year ago
LT Consensus Forecast *
latest 2004 2005F 2006F
Argentina . . .
Peru: booming, despite it all.(INDICATORS)
Peru has benefited from more than just a rise in Asian demand for
its raw materials. According to Santander Investments, an arm of the
Spanish bank, private investment this year will grow at a rate . . .
The World Bank.(approved a US$250 million loan for Mexico)(Brief
Article)
THE WORLD BANK, a multilateral lending institution, approved a
US$250 million loan for Mexico for various private-sector and education
initiatives. Loan disbursements will run from 2006 to . . .
The Inter-American Development Bank.(approved a US$107 million,
25-year loan to Colombia)(Brief Article)
THE INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK, a multilateral lending
institution, approved a US$107 million, 25-year loan to Colombia, which
will use the proceeds to strengthen immunization programs for . . .
Banco Nacional De Desenvolvimento Economico E Social,
Brazil's state-owned development bank, approved US$145 million in
financin
BANCO NACIONAL DE DESENVOLVIMENTO ECONOMICO E SOCIAL, Brazil's
state-owned development bank, approved US$145 million in financing for
Braskem, a Brazilian petrochemical producer. Funds will help . . .
Banco Nacional De Desenvolvimento Economico E Social,
Brazil's state-owned development bank, approved US$642 million in
loans to
BANCO NACIONAL DE DESENVOLVIMENTO ECONOMICO E SOCIAL, Brazil's
state-owned development bank, approved US$642 million in loans to
Petrobras, a Brazilian oil company. Proceeds will finance . . .
The Aviator.(Video Recording Review)
The Aviator (DVD)
Martin Scorsese directed this celebration of the life of U.S.
adventurer, inventor and multimillionaire Howard Hughes, played by
Leonardo DiCaprio. Hughes dives into the . . .
Capitalism's Achilles Heel.(Book Review)(Brief
Review)
Capitalism's Achilles Heel, Raymond William Baker
Baker reveals how big companies take advantage of inefficient
judicial systems in underdeveloped countries to fatten their wallets.
Illustrates . . .
Telebomb.(Book Review)(Brief Review)
Telebomb, John Handley
Deregulation and changing markets in the 1990s sparked a growth
explosion in the telecommunications industry. Handley recounts the chaos
of that time and shows how the . . .
The Black Book of Outsourcing.
The Black Book of Outsourcing, Scott Wilson, Doug Brown
Sending jobs abroad, an organizational change that began in the
20th century, is here to stay. The authors explain to managers how . . .
Gain weight now, ask me how!(Don't Eat This Book )(Book
Review)
Don't Eat This Book By Morgan Spurlock Penguin Group US$29.95
Young U.S. moviemaker Morgan Spurlock got an Oscar nomination for
his work in Super Size Me, a film in which he criticizes the . . .
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