Recently added articles from Latin Trade:

Looking back.

Aug 01, 2007; Brown, Greg ... In fifty years, pop historians and management gurus will look back at the early 21st century and try to pinpoint what major cultural trends were already under way, only to be fully felt a generation later. They'll talk, certainly, about opening economies and rising global ...

Long term.

Aug 01, 2007 ... It's never been a better time to own ridiculously large cargo ships. The Chinese industrial machine is racing against itself, sloughing off naysayers in a bid to bring its millions from poverty and farming into the world of high-rises and new cars. That means iron for steel, which is ...

Motor running.

Aug 01, 2007 ... Fifteen years ago, Chrysler Corp. was forced off the road map in Latin America by financial troubles and fierce competition. But now the U.S. automaker is warming up its engines for a return trip. During a recent visit to the Curitiba in the southern Brazilian state of Parana, Chrysler ...

Out of gas .

Aug 01, 2007 ... It's a long way from energy town Houston, Texas to the dry rainforests of eastern Bolivia. Yet the political heat generated by two government investigations of failed U.S. energy trader Enron is blasting through the Bolivian jungle just the same, like the 628-kilometer gas pipeline Enron ...

Mexican revolution.

Aug 01, 2007 ... In search of opportunities to expand, Mexican companies have set their sights on Brazil, where in recent years they have begun to invest heavily. Mexican investments in Brazil jumped to close to US$2 billion a year in 2005 from $132 million in 2000, according to the Brazilian globalization ...

Green fields.

Aug 01, 2007; Verdezoto, Maria Elena ... While the world's most powerful business leaders ask their governments to work to reduce global warming, Ecuador, one of Latin America's smallest and poorest countries, has set out on its own, unique plan to create a green utopia: not doing anything with a major asset. [??] President ...

Pet project.

Aug 01, 2007; Adese, Carlos ... When Sergio Fonseca finished veterinary school in 1986, he never dreamed he would be earning money with a taxi service. His passengers include Meg, Lola and Rex. His business is Taxi-Dog, a transport service for pets in business in Sao Paulo now for 12 years. "The idea was born out of the ...

Off the air.

Aug 01, 2007 ... As promised, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez shut down private television station RCTV by not renewing its broadcast license. The leftist paratrooper-turned-president bragged of shutting up supporters of a short-lived 2002 coup against him while threatening the station's owners with ...

Tropical tulips.

Aug 01, 2007; Pfeifer, Margarida O. ... The tulip is a jewel of a flower that lasts up to nine days once cut. Despite that short life, its sophistication attracts buyers from across the globe. Aware of that appeal, Dutch businessman Pietros Schoenmaker sought to grow this temperate flower in a tropical climate. Two decades ago, ...

Workout man.(Entrevista)

Aug 01, 2007; Pilarte, Doralisa ... Concerned over the U.S. Congress' reticence at approving a free trade agreement with Colombia following the recent scandals over alleged links with paramilitary groups, members of the Colombian government lobbied in Washington, D.C. recently. At public and private forums, the ministers of ...

Note for note: how a simple enough idea--exposing kids to classical music--led to changed lives and less violence.

Aug 01, 2007; Epstein, Jack ... For decades, Venezuela has been best known for producing oil and baseball players. But in 2007, the South American nation began exporting a product that may make it even more famous--high culture. Just this year, Gustavo Dudamel became the first Latin American to head a major ...

Breaking glass: women executives in Latin America are moving ahead, and in positions traditionally held by men.

Aug 01, 2007; Rueda, Marisol ... Men still hold most of the top jobs in today's business world, but women are gaining ground. Of course many still hold those jobs that appear to be typical of their gender: marketing, human resources and public relations. But in Latin America, more and more are becoming heads of finance, ...

Dangerous friends: companies feel the squeeze as U.S. laws clamp down on bribes paid abroad in the name of security.

Aug 01, 2007; Nelson, Rainbow ... Chiquita Brands International's confession that it made payments to Colombian paramilitaries has thrown an uncomfortable spotlight on companies doing business in the United States' principal ally in Latin America. What most are learning fast is that claiming ignorance of writing bribes off ...

Seeds of growth: with new laws in play, Brazil's small businesses are earning more and more selling to the government.

Aug 01, 2007; Pfeifer, Margarida O. ... Ten years ago, Sao Paulo businessman Rogerio Cesar Carli, owner of the Liligraph Artes Graficas, a graphic arts company, took on the challenge of making his small business grow. His father-in-law, who worked in the same sector, gave him some advice: sell to the government. What at first ...

Go-to guys: pressured to cut costs, Mexico looks to external consultants to help with policy.

Aug 01, 2007; Rueda, Marisol ... Hiring outside consultants is a global trend that over the last few years has shown up more in federal, state and local governments. In Mexico, this practice has begun to spread and consulting companies see a rosy business future ahead. A recent study by the ...

Going regional: Ecuador, Brazil, Venezuela and Bolivia's small businesses set out to tap one another's markets.

Aug 01, 2007; Verdezoto, Maria Elena ... Establishing an agreement for government purchases and creating a market for South American products are two big proposals that Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa presented to his colleague, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, in his first official visit to Brazil in April. The proposal, which will ...

Virtual watchdogs: from dealing with tricky U.S. accounting rules to ever-determined hackers, information bosses are turning into security experts, too.

Aug 01, 2007; Jones, Forrest ... Mention the words chief information officer (CIO) and most people think about a classic tech geek. The guy who decides what all computers we have on our desks. His staff members are the people we love to yell at when our email is too slow. Things are different now ....

Gourmet paradise: a department store that teems with cuisine from around the world.

Aug 01, 2007; Felipe, Yaniris ... I've always been somewhat skeptical of the anecdotes I heard about the gastronomic marvels to be found in the famed "gourmet temple" of the Kaufhaus des Westens (KaDeWe), translated as "Shop of the West," in Berlin. Skepticism that evaporated the moment the elevator doors opened on the ...

Old and new: tips form the concierge at the Embassy Suites in Mexico.

Aug 01, 2007; Rueda, Marisol ... Could you recommend a restaurant for a business lunch or dinner? The best is a French restaurant, Au Pied de Cochon. It's located inside the Presidente InterContinental and is open 24 hours a day. The service is good and in fact, it has one of Latin America's largest wine ...

Remember this: three very portable hard drives for backing up vital business data--or just vacation photos.

Aug 01, 2007; Brown, Greg ... BUFFALO 80GB MINISTATION Shock resistant, super quiet, just 190 grams and runs a 5400 RPM drive, plenty fast for laptop backups and general business use. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] APRICORN 60GB AEGIS MINI Integrated cable tucks away, charges up ...