Digital city.
Bridges, schools, health clinics, cultural and daycare centers.
Parks, squares and plazas. Every city needs them. Every city needs to
keep them up. Yet the people of Belo Horizonte, the capital of . . .
Expansion market.
Peru is sitting on top of a lot of natural gas. High global energy
prices means companies all over the world are willing to invest big
money to get it and then ship it out. CB&I, a Chicago . . .
Other people's money.
The fundamental ingredient for small business is money. Good
businesses can grow tremendously, adding jobs and reinvesting along the
way, with a shot of cash at the right moment. Problem is, no . . .
High plains: tips from the concierge at the Hotel Presidente
InterContinental in Monterrey.
Can you recommend a restaurant for a business lunch or dinner?
Salute, an Italian-Mediterranean restaurant, is 10 minutes from the
hotel and has a terrace with a great view of the Sierra Madre. . . .
Rise of the supercarriers: competition among Latin America's
airlines is tough, and just getting started.
In 2006, air traffic among Latin American countries rose 6.9%
compared with a year earlier, making the region the second-fastest
market in the world, trailing only China, which grew 8.8%. This . . .
Bigger is better.
What started out in 1929 as a seat-of-the-pants experiment with a
couple of wobbly De Haviland biplanes is now one of Latin America's
fastest growing airlines with the world's youngest long-haul . . .
LT events.(Calendario)
LT Events
LATIN TRADE poll of chief financial officers in Miami, November 2006
How was your company's estimated Web investment for 2006?
poor 5.3%
flat 10.5%
good . . .
El Salvador: on track.
The economy is moving ahead in El Salvador. Gross domestic product
(GDP) grew an estimated 3.5% last year and was expected to do so again
in 2007, according to the International Monetary Fund. . . .
Main event: Brazil becomes the battleground as Spain's
Telefonica and Mexico's Telmex fight for Latin America.
Spain and Mexico have carried their fight to dominate the Latin
American telecommunications sector to Brazil, where Spain's
Telefonica is squaring off against Mexican rival Telmex, controlled . . .
The planter.(Entrevista)
Political life has been a roller coaster for former Peruvian
President Alejandro Toledo. He won office in 2001 and began his term
with the backing of nearly 60% of voters. By 2005 his support . . .
Abandon ship.
Roberto Giannetti da Fonseca sat in an audience of executives a few
years ago when the Brazilian government launched an ambitious challenge:
to double exports to US$100 billion by 2003. Now . . .
On draft.
After work across Latin America, people are popping open cold beers
by the case, it seems. Brewers have taken notice. SABMiller, a U.K.
global brewer, will invest US$1.80 billion in its South . . .
Tighten up.
Any government can say things are okay and that foreign companies
should invest. But more often than not, Wall Street signs off on
economic health. Latin America's sovereign debt--namely . . .
Stay the course: despite sweeping elections in the United States
and at home, Andean countries push ahead for free trade.
Political uncertainty grabbed headline after headline during the
recent wave of presidential elections that swept Latin America. Yet
business executives are optimistic about economic prospects this . . .
Growing together: human capital is key to development, and a
chance for companies to play a vital role.
When companies talk about sustainability, you most often hear about
their advances relating to the environment and natural resources. There
is also a social component of sustainability that is just . . .
Private island.
For some, buying a second home is not always what it's cracked
up to be. Properties have to be maintained. All vacations are spent at
the same place, and only the weather changes. Gone, too, are . . .
Cash back.
Brazilian metals and mining giant Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD)
seems to have almost too much money on its hands, the result of huge
demand for its iron ore from a booming Chinese economy. CVRD . . .
Love for sale.
Thanks to cheap airfare easy information over the Web, sex tourism
has accelerated in recent years. Rio de Janeiro, like cities across
southeast Asia, has all the ingredients it needs to turn into . . .
A sticky wicket: World Cup cricket descends on the Caribbean.
Organizers hope money will follow.
The English-speaking Caribbean--bruised by the end of preferential
treatment for its sugar and banana exports from the European Union and
still recovering from a double whammy of hurricanes and . . .
Cursed by riches: what Latin America's petrocracies can do
now to avoid certain.
Say your country is awash with petro-dollars, and imagine, for just
tot a moment, that your government is not so corrupt or wasteful that it
would actually spend some of those riches to make a . . .
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