Beyond the sea: Brazilian logistics giant Transpetro renews its
fleet, renovating a stagnated shipping industry.(SHIPPING)
The beginning of the second half of this year marks a new era for
Transpetro, the logistics and transportation arm of Brazilian state oil
company Petrobras--and for the Brazilian shipping industry. . . .
Going postal: little used and mistrusted, Mexico's state
postal system works overtime to prove itself.(SERVICES)
Carlos Rodarte sends postcards to himself from almost every place
he travels. Such a hobby seems strange, except Rodarte is the head of
regional operations for Mexican postal service Sepomex. . . .
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Double for nothing: waste from sugar processing could soon find
its way into Brazilian gas tanks--as fuel.(AGRICULTURE)
A Brazilian company has devised a way to double the amount of
ethanol extracted--used in Brazil as automotive fuel--from sugar cane.
With gasoline shooting toward US$50 a barrel and possibly . . .
Dialed in: Argentine code for cellular phone video games spreads
to China, Europe and the United States, too.(SOFTWARE)
Angry Machine, an Argentine software company, is making strides in
exporting its video games for cellphones. Its wizard role-playing game
sells well in the United States and in China, the world's . . .
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Aceitera General Deheza Argentina 182
Acesita Brazil 213
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Plan B: Colombia's Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Bogota
challenges its own business model--and heavyweights from
abroad.(TELE
We were out of options. It was like choosing between amputating a
leg or just bleeding to death," says Rafael Orduz, president of
Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Bogota (ETB), one of . . .
Car of the people: Volkswagen rides the Brazilian auto recovery
to new export markets across the globe.(AUTOS)
German auto giant Volkswagen, already Brazil's No. 1 carmaker,
has a plan to pull away from U.S. rivals General Motors and Ford with a
not-so-secret weapon: a comfy new compact car that is catching . . .
Big fish seeks new ponds: recovered from a crippling strike,
Venezuela's PDVSA is looking beyond its No. 1 customer, the United
Talk about your good luck: Soaring global oil prices have helped
Venezuela's state-owned oil company Petroleos de Venezuela
(PDVSA)--on the ropes following a disastrous two-month strike in . . .
Arms of iron and steel: Brazil's CSN looks to become a
global iron miner while expanding its steel operations
abroad.(MINING)(Co
Brazilian steel company Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (CSN), the
country's biggest steel producer and the Latin American leader in
flat steel, has set its sights high: To reinforce its position as . . .
Aim low: Colombian supermarket Carulla Vivero looks to
Bogota's humblest shoppers in its bid to outlast
competitors.(RETAIL)
In this corner, Almacenes Exito, the heavyweight among big
supermarket chains in Colombia. In the other, Carulla Vivero, a company
that opened its doors in 1905 in the city of Barranquilla, . . .
Digging in: popular with big businesses, NII's push-to-talk
wireless technology gains an edge among ordinary
individuals.(TELECO
By any normal measure of Latin American telecoms these days, NII
Holdings should be losing its shirt. Formerly known as Nextel
International, the small wireless company competes with behemoths . . .
Flying solo.(500)(Interview)
Chilean airline LAN's President Luis Ernesto Videla knows his
company doesn't run with the pack. And that's a good thing.
The global airline industry lost billions between 2002 and 2004. Yet . . .
Message in a bottle: InBev's Brazilian beer Brahma is
looking to cash in where other national products have
fizzled.(BEER)
If Andres Siefken, marketing director for inBev, is to be believed,
the next Latin American craze coming to the United States won't be
from traditional music and food hotspots like Mexico and the . . .
Slippery slope: despite high oil prices, lack of investment at
state-run Pemex means Mexico could soon become a crude importer.(
After being a virtual gusher of cash for Mexico for many decades,
state-run oil company Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) seems to be on the
verge of drilling a dry hole. The company faces serious . . .
Smart shopper: Brazilian steel giant Gerdau, a family business at
heart, is growing fast abroad.(STEEL)
In Brazil, where companies have in recent years been gobbled up by
foreign multinationals, steel company Gerdau is the exceedingly rare
domestic group that has itself become a multinational by . . .
The Top 500 companies in Latin America.(Cover Story)
It takes a lot to run a big company: Lots of cash, lots of brains,
lots of energy, and more than a little luck Here we present the biggest
Latin America has to offer. Our new, improved ranking . . .
Planting seeds: Spanish bank BBVA starts a unit in Mexico to
provide credit to small businesses looking to grow.(FINANCE)
Only a year after its formation, tiny Mexican honey producer Demiel
managed to get an order from retail behemoth Wal-Mart. But Demiel, with
just 14 workers, needed US$135,000 in order to meet the . . .
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