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Peru and Colombia Promote Asian Investments
May 9th, 2012
READ MOREThis week two South American presidents, Ollanta Humala (Peru) and Juan Manuel Santos (Colombia) accompanied by ministers and business delegations are visiting Asia. They are promoting trade and investment and look to consolidate links with the fastest growing continent and …
Colombia Protests Against Argentina
April 20th, 2012
READ MOREThe protectionist policies of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner are causing discomfort among Latin American countries. In a recent development Colombia has sent a letter to the World Trade Organization protesting Argentina’s import restrictions to Colombian products. Sergio Díaz Granados, …
Free Trade Agreement Colombia-US
April 18th, 2012
READ MOREDuring the Summit of the Americas, recently held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, Barack Obama, the president of the United States, mentioned the historic progress for Colombian worker protections and human rights. As a consequence the planned free-trade agreement between …
Ocampo Ends his Bid for World Bank
April 16th, 2012
READ MORELast Friday José Antonio Ocampo, former Colombian Finance Minister, ended his bid to become World Bank President. The board of the financial institution is meeting today to select the new President between two candidates, the Korean-American health expert Jim Yong …
Food Inflation Affects South America
April 4th, 2012
READ MORELatin American press agency MercoPress reveals in a note published yesterday that in 2010 and 2011 inflation has stabilized between 6% and 7% in South America, according to the latest report of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Nevertheless food …
Jim Yong Kim Will Lead the World Bank
March 29th, 2012
READ MOREIn a recent interview Timothy Geithner, US Treasury Secretary, said that despite an unprecedented challenge of candidates from emerging economies to lead the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim, the US nominee will win broad international support. For the first time …
Free Trade Agreement EU / Colombia and Peru
March 28th, 2012
READ MORELast Friday the trade ministers of the European Union (EU) agreed to approve a free trade agreement with Colombia and Peru. It could boost European chemical and car exports and, in exchange, support the minerals and food markets of both …
Colombia: Treating MF’s Clients with Respect
March 27th, 2012
READ MOREFundación Mundo Mujer Popayán is a microfinance institution that faced high delinquency in late 2008. It used inflexible and offensive debt collection practices but decided to change its strategy and sought to employ best practices by retraining its collection staff. …
Cuba Excluded From Americas Summit
March 9th, 2012
READ MOREThe Americas Summit will take place next month in Cartagena, Colombia. Some nations have been threatening to boycott the summit unless Cuba was admitted. The country was suspended from the Organization of American States in 1962 because the communist system …
Threat of Asset Bubbles in Latin America
March 8th, 2012
READ MOREAccording to a report issued by Capital Economics, one of the leading independent macroeconomic research consultancies in the world, large capital inflows to Latin America have resumed in recent months. The situation may result in a threat of overheating and …