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Emerging & Frontier Markets

Cement Maker Bags Contracts in LatAm

Emerging Markets Investor: Company To Watch By Gordon Platt Cementos Argos, the leader in the Colombian cement industry, with a 51% market share, is benefiting from growing construction activity in its home market and a healthy backlog of ...

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Economic Focus: Brazil

PLAY ON By Antonio Guerrero Brazil is betting that its huge investment in infrastructure projects for the 2014 Soccer World Cup and the 2016 Olympics will provide long-term benefits to the country. Just six weeks after Rio ...

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World’s SAFEST BANKS IN LATIN AMERICA 2010

GLOBAL FINANCE names the World’s Safest Banks 2010 in Latin America NEW YORK, August 30, 2010 — Global Finance magazine...

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WORLD’S BEST INTERNET BANKS IN LATIN AMERICA 2010

Global Finance names the World’s Best Internet Banks in Latin America 2010 NEW YORK, July 26, 2010 Global Finance has...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

New Leader Promises To Heal Regional Wounds

NEWSMAKERS: COLOMBIA By Antonio Guerrero Juan Manuel Santos Colombians have reaffirmed their support for conservative politics and economics, electing the newest member of a growing group of right-wing Latin American leaders. President-elect Juan Manuel Santos won the run-off ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Investment Floods Back To Latin America

MILESTONES: LATIN AMERICA Investment Floods Back To Latin America By Antonio Guerrero High and dry: Caribbean countries may miss out Following a hefty 42% yearon- year drop in FDI in Latin America last year, investors appear to ...

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Rating Upgrade Vindicates Morales’s Policies

NEWSMAKERS: BOLIVIA Rating Upgrade Vindicates Morales’s Policies By Antonio Guerrero Morales: High hopes for Bolivia’s econom y While many international investors have grown to distrust Bolivian president Evo Morales, a socialist who nationalized the hydrocarbons sector and telephone company, ...

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Features: Awards Best Emerging Market Banks 2010 Latin America

LATIN AMERICA by Antonio Guerrero REGIONAL WINNER: Banco Santander Brazil continues to shine as the jewel in Santander's crown, helping the Spanish bank consolidate its position as Latin America's premier financial group. Santander Brasil set a benchmark in ...

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Latin America Takes a Right Turn

RIGHT TURN A rash of recent elections in Latin America has produced a marked swing to the political right. The region's new leaders are trying to strike a delicate balance as they attempt to build on their leftist predecessors' ...

News

Newsmakers: Investors Heartened By Calderón’s Recovery Efforts

Mexico By Antonio Guerrero Calderó n: Boosting investors’ confidence in Mexico While Mexican president Felipe Calderón works to kick-start his nation's economy, badly hit by the US recession, international investors are encouraged by signs of recovery and have ...

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Milestones: Reconstruction Spending Shores Up Economy

Chile By Antonio Guerrero Piñera: Hoping to promote economic growth, despite crisis The massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami that hit Chile in late February caused hundreds of deaths, as well as destroying some 500,000 homes and damaging infrastructure. ...

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BEST EMERGING MARKET BANKS LATIN AMERICA 2010

Global Finance names the 2010 World’s Best Emerging Market Banks in Latin America NEW YORK, March 23, 2010 — Global...