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Ecuador / US: Record Fine Sparks Fierce Legal Battle

MILESTONES: ECUADOR/UNITED STATES By Antonio Guerrero Still waiting: Chevron's appeal delays payment of its fine When a provincial court in Ecuador in February ordered Chevron to pay an $8.6 billion fine for damaging the rainforest, the ruling intensified an ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

EM: Bovespa Eyes Other BRIC Markets

EMERGING MARKETS INVESTOR: NEWS By Anita Hawser As the world’s key stock exchanges engage in a flurry of mergers aimed at cutting costs and boosting efficiency, Brazil’s BM&F; Bovespa—the fourth largest exchange operator in the world—is looking to ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Mexico’s Uphill Struggle

COUNTRY REPORT: MEXICO By Paula L. Green Safeguards put in place after the Tequila Crisis helped Mexico’s banks ride out the recent global turmoil. Now they’re facing some new challenges. On the spot: Mexico’s president Calderón faces ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Mexico: Drug War Dents Economic Recovery

MILESTONES: MEXICO By Antonio Guerrero While Mexico's economy is recovering from its worst recession in 80 years, the spread of drug-related violence is hindering a more dynamic rebound. The drug war has claimed more than 30,000 victims ...

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LatAm: Growth Brings Hope For Regions Poorest

MILESTONES: LATIN AMERICA By Antonio Guerrero Looking up: Poverty is declining in Latin America Latin America's robust recovery from the global financial crisis is having an impact even on the poorest people in the region, according to a ...

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Argentina: Unease With Profit-Sharing Plan

NEWSMAKERS: ARGENTINA By Antonio Guerrero Kirchner: Hoping to mend fences with the unions A controversial profit-sharing bill submitted to Congress by Argentina's ruling coalition is becoming a proxy fight between the nation's labor and business sectors ahead ...

Award Winners

Best Derivatives Providers: Latin America

WINNERS: LATIN AMERICA Best Derivatives Provider Société Générale Few other banks can claim as vast and deep a reach across the fragmented continent of Latin America—and across all classes of financial derivatives—as Société Générale. This is partly a function ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets Focus: Latin America

COVER STORY: MUTUAL BENEFITS By Antonio Guerrero Latin America is enjoying growing prosperity as the region develops ever-stronger economic ties with Asia. When Chinese President Hu Jintao took his first tour of Latin America in 2004, he ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Coming In From The Cold

ANALYSIS : CUBA By Antonio Guerrero For the first time in decades, signs are beginning to appear that Cuba may be softening its socialist stance. When Cuba's former president Fidel Castro told an American journalist in September ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets Roundup: Brazil

ROUNDUP By Antonio Guerrero Brazil lights up at the prospect of increased foreign investment Sinopec, China's second-largest oil and gas producer, is investing $7.1 billion in the Brazilian unit of Spain's Repsol YPF oil company. The capital increase, ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Latin America Focus: Brazil Elections

A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW By Denise Bedell Investors are preparing for post-Lula life after Brazil's drawn-out presidential election. When Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took over as president of Brazil in January 2003, investors and the ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Mexico: Bond Issue Breaks New Ground

MILESTONES: MEXICO By Antonio Guerrero Mexico’s financing needs taken care of with century bond Mexico may have set the stage for a stampede in October when it successfully issued Latin America's first-ever sovereign century bond, a $1 billion, ...