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Latin America’s Work in Progress
Celebration is due because Latin America neither sparked the global crisis nor was severely damaged by it. But the whole region – and not just a handful of countries – should be turning out a more stellar performance after 25 years of economic reforms.
Winds of Change
Around the hemisphere, one of the first reactions to the earthquake in Haiti was not just horror but concern about the safety of friends and family. Here at Latin Trade, we were no different. So amid the tragedy, learned that past Bravo Business Award winner Michel Chancy took on a new responsibility as secretary of state in charge of distribution of food aid. We wish him well in his efforts to help in the rebuilding of his country.
The Prospects For Trade Under the Obama Administration
There has been a drift in global trade policy and a bubbling up of protectionism. Such times call for a clear understanding of trade’s importance and a strong commitment to bolster the institutions of trade. Instead, the Obama administration has sought to avoid the topic.
Coping With More Balanced Trade: Asia vs. Latin America
The growing consensus is that U.S. trade needs to be brought toward balance. Yet, any policy that reduces the trade deficit will require America’s trading partners to adjust their own.
Workplace Issues Are Bottom Line Matters
As companies across the region knuckle down during the financial crisis, one survey shows that great places to work are still those that interject fun into the daily slog.
Editor’s Note: Into the Storm and Beyond
With this edition of Latin Trade, we bring you two issues in one: both the commemorative issue to showcase the 15th BRAVO Business Awards, including past winners and the honorees of 2009, and some of our regular features, including the economic outlook for 2010 in countries around the region.
No Consensus On the Washington Consensus pt. 1
Greater fiscal control, including the accumulation of foreign reserves, and exchange rate flexibility have given some countries the ability to cushion the negative impact of the worst economic crisis since 1930.
No Consensus On the Washington Consensus pt. 2
Today, just as faith in deregulated markets has evaporated in the nightmare on Wall Street, so too is the long reign of market fundamentalism ending in the development arena.
Editor’s Note: All Over the Map
It is possible to examine an economy by looking at personal finances, the rate of economic growth or the levels of poverty and each vision will present a different reality.
Trade Notes
Development funds could become crucial to a region dependent on highly volatile sectors, such as tourism and sugar production, which are being battered by the global economic crisis.
The V Summit of the Americas: A Renewal of Engagement
This is not a time for complacency but a time for action because the hemisphere is confronting escalating problems which can undermine the foundations of the democracy and economic development.
IDB Roundup
The IDB meeting in Medellin, Colombia this March was as much a place to ply new ideas, as it was for broaching the issue of raising new capital.
America Is Losing the Drug War
Washington needs a radical departure – one that focuses on stopping the flow of drugs from entering the United States and U.S.-supplied weapons going south.
Colombia’s security strategy lures travelers back
“Five years ago, it would have been impossible for people to travel by highway from Bogota to Medellin,” said Luis Guillermo Plata, Colombia’s minister of commerce, industry and tourism. “Many people drove to this Inter-American Development Bank meeting by car.”
LT CFO Event – March 20, 2009
On March 20, Latin Trade brought together more than 25 top financial officers from multinational corporations for the first LT CFO Forum of 2009. The program, sponsored by Ernst & Young, began with a look forward at what commercial, financial and regulatory challenges companies in the region – especially multinationals – will face this year.
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Editor’s Note: Emerging Issues
Latin Trade’s main feature in this issue takes a look at a number of aspiring leaders, who may be ready to make a run for president, hoping to parlay a track record of practical solutions in local government or long sojourns in politics into national electoral appeal. The political profiles are not about making predictions [...]
Even In Tough Times, Travelers Still Seek a Room With a View
Running one of the world’s largest candy and beverage companies might seem a far cry from the hospitality world of the InterContinental Hotels Group. But to Andrew Cosslett, tapped to lead the InterContinental Hotels Group in 2005, similarities abound between his present post and his previous job at the top of Cadbury Schweppes before the [...]
Protecting Future Lives
Models to protect biodiversity exist in Latin America and need to be replicated throughout the region.
Sir Swindler?
R. Allen Stanford’s past rants against corruption apparently didn’t apply to him
Editor’s Note: Our Times
The Chinese curse – “may you live in interesting times” – has rarely had a truer ring than now. Plunging financial markets, skyrocketing government bailouts and falling international trade are offering that “never-livedbefore” experience for all of us, although most people might wish to be going through less exciting times.
Ahead of the Summit: The Hemisphere’s Incredible Shrinking Trade Agenda
If it weren’t for trade, there really wouldn’t be anything for North American leaders to discuss with their counterparts from the South at high-level summits.
