Quoted
"China remains the main driver of trade growth in Latin America"
Bulltick analyst Kathryn Rooney Vega, as quoted by Latin Business Chronicle, Sept. 1, 2010
"Eight million Chilean workers are richer in terms of retirement savings after the Lan-Tam merger"
Jose Pinera, founder of Chile's private pension system, on the LAN stock surge after it announced plans to acquire TAM, as quoted by Bloomberg, August 18, 2010
"Colombia is the Cinderella story in Latin America right now"
Lee Harrison, Latin America editor of InternationalLiving.com, July 20, 2009
"I hope the U.S. congress gets the message"
Humberto Jose Gomez, president of Colombian Private Council on Competitiveness, at the Business Future of the Americas conference in Peru, June 22, 2010 commenting on the Canada-Colombia FTA that was approved in Canada.
"We do not need foreigners to produce food in Brazil"
Brazilian Agrarian Development Minister Guilherme Cassel quoted in Valor Economico on plans to limit foreign ownership of land.
"Nobody is going to come to Panama to sell to the domestic market. We tell investors 'Come to Panama and sell to the world'"
Panama Commerce Minister Roberto Henriquez to Reuters, May 28, 2010
"We'll work for a more prosperous and competitive Costa Rica"
Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla, May 8, 2010
"The market as much as possible and the state where necessary."
Colombian presidential candidate Juan Manuel Santos, as quoted by Portafolio, April 27, 2010
"10 years ago Colombia was a failed state. Now we see it as the best opportunity in Latin America "
Mark Cobben, regional director for Americas for British American Tobacco, at the World Economic Forum in Cartagena, April 7, 2010
"In economic terms, there is reason to almost canonize Meirelles"
Former Citibank analyst Thomas Trebat, as quoted by Bloomberg, April 2, 2010
