Latin America

Magazine articles on conducting business in Latin American countries.

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BusinessWeek June 27, 2005	Brazil: Little Elbow Room For The Central Bank Brazil's central bank appears to be taking a break now, but it may not be able to reverse the inflation hikes anytime soon.
BusinessWeek June 20, 2005	CAFTA-DR: A Who's Who An overview of six countries involved in the Central American Free Trade Agreement.
The Motley Fool June 7, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Bolivia's Gas Pains Domestic unrest puts the fate of Bolivia's natural gas in question. Investors in Petrobras and Repsol YPF should definitely keep an especially watchful eye.
The Motley Fool June 3, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	CITGO's No-No? Will the Venezuelan government give CITGO an unfair competitive advantage?
The Motley Fool June 3, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Harvest of Sorrows In an ongoing attempt to squeeze foreign oil companies, the Venezuelan government has once again unilaterally and retroactively changed the rules of the game. Harvest Natural Resources suffers. Investors, take note.
IDB America May 2005 Paul Constance	A Water Service Based on Trust A water cooperative in Bolivia succeeds by emphasizing transparent accounting, democratic governance, and social services for its members.
IDB America May 2005 Santiago Real de Azua	Jousting in a World of Multilateral Finance Everyone knows that you can't have development without culture, and above all, that Don Quixote is everywhere---even in multilateral development banks. The IDB is indeed more than a bank.
IDB America May 2005	IDB President Enrique V. Iglesias Announces His Resignation After working at the Bank for more than 17 years, Iglesias said that it was time to pass its leadership to new hands, thus enabling a new generation to continue contributing fresh ideas to the Bank's goals.
IDB America May 2005 Paul Constance	Are Cooperatives a Better Way to Solve Latin America's Water Problems? At a time when governments everywhere are looking for creative ways to finance the expansion of water services in a socially responsible way, are cooperatives a better model?
IDB America May 2005 Daniel Drosdoff	Andean Countries Forge Historic Tax Pact Harmonization of value added tax (VAT) will spur region's economic integration. Investors will find the Andean Community as a whole a more attractive place to do business because key parts of the tax system will be similar in all of the countries.
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