http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/ en-us Latin Trade Group Merit Designs ICM 60 News info@latinbusinesschronicle.com info@latinbusinesschronicle.com http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/rss/rss.gif http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/ http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/app/article.aspx?id=5580 The safest and most dangerous countries in Latin America for foreign multinational executives. Special Reports Wed, 28 Mar 2012 18:05:00 GMT http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/app/article.aspx?id=5580 http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/app/article.aspx?id=5487 U.S. trade with Latin America sets new record. Special Reports Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:33:00 GMT http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/app/article.aspx?id=5487 http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/app/article.aspx?id=5458 A country-by-country look at Latin America’s macro economic outlook this year. Special Reports Mon, 6 Feb 2012 23:57:00 GMT http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/app/article.aspx?id=5458 http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/app/article.aspx?id=4360 BY TYLER BRIDGES Special Reports Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:40:00 GMT http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/app/article.aspx?id=4360 http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/app/article.aspx?id=4350 BY JOACHIM BAMRUDColm Delves, CEO of wireless operator Digicel, is pleased with his business in Panama these days. “Since launching in December 2008, we have captured over 20 percent of the market,” he says. Jamaica-based Digicel operates wireless services in 26 markets in the Caribbean and Central America, including El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras and Panama. In Panama, it mainly competes with incumbent Cable & Wireless from the United Kingdom and Claro from Mexico. Part of its strategy has been ... Special Reports Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:50:00 GMT http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/app/article.aspx?id=4350 http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/app/article.aspx?id=4349 BY CHRONICLE STAFF Special Reports Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:19:00 GMT http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/app/article.aspx?id=4349 http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/app/article.aspx?id=4340 Special Reports Wed, 7 Jul 2010 21:48:00 GMT http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/app/article.aspx?id=4340 http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/app/article.aspx?id=4340 Special Reports Wed, 7 Jul 2010 21:48:00 GMT http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/app/article.aspx?id=4340 http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/app/article.aspx?id=4282 CHRONICLE SPECIALKnowledge@Wharton On May 8, Laura Chinchilla was sworn in as Costa Rica’s first female head of state, joining a select club of women who have occupied that post in other Latin American countries. After 1974, when Maria Estela Martinez -- known as “Isabelita” -- took over the leadership of Argentina following the death of her husband, President Juan Domingo Perón, ten other women have assumed the top leadership positions in Latin American countries. With the recent end of the administration of President Michelle Bachelet in Chile, there are now only two female presidents in the region: Chinchilla and Argentina’s Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. However, one of Brazil’s latest candidates could soon be added to the list -- Dilma Rouseff of the Workers Party and Marina Silva of the Green Party. At the moment, neither candidate is a clear favorite to win Brazil’s presidential election on October 3. Perspectives Mon, 14 Jun 2010 23:08:00 GMT http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/app/article.aspx?id=4282 http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/app/article.aspx?id=4105 BY CHRONICLE STAFF What are the safest countries for foreign multinationals and executives? What are the most dangerous? How is security compared to last year in each country? The fourth annual Latin Security Index developed by FTI Consulting Ibero America for Latin Business Chronicle has the answers.Overall, Latin America has maintained a similar level of public insecurity to last year, with some notable exceptions of either a worsening situation or substantive improvements. "Public insecurity continues to be one of the main concerns of citizens in practically all countries of the region, as well as an inhibitor of growth and a detriment to overall quality of life,* says Frank L. Holder, Senior Managing Director at FTI.The most notable change in the index was ...Full storyLatin Security Index 2010 Special Reports Fri, 16 Apr 2010 22:16:00 GMT http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/app/article.aspx?id=4105