100 Anniversary Issue

Latin Trade, July, 2001

DEVALUATIONS AND DEBT, PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT. Since its debut in 1993, LATIN TRADE has faithfully followed developments in the Americas. With this edition of the magazine, we create some news of our own: this is our 100th issue.

JANUARY 1993

Rewiring Latin America

U.S. phone giants transform the region's telecom landscape.

FEBRUARY 1993

Enron Moves South

With Argentina's biggest gas lines, Enron begins a serious foray into Latin America.

MARCH 1993

The Fisher Kings

Chile edges Canada to becomes world's second-largest salmon exporter after Norway.

APRIL 1993

The Puzzle of Pacts

Regional trade pacts spark commerce within the Americas.

MAY 1993

Mexico-bound Rail Cargo Flexes Its Muscle

Aiming to displace trucks, U.S. railroad companies grab for Mexican export-import business.

JUNE 1993

Flying the Latin Skies

Iberia Airlines jets in with a Latin American strategy. It would later lose altitude.

JULY 1993

The Big One

Argentina's Domingo Cavallo engineers the sale of oil giant YPF.

AUGUST 1993

Brazil's Multinational Jet

Aircraft manufacturer Embraer storms the U.S. market.

SEPTEMBER 1993

Nafta: The Fight for Free Trade

Canada, Mexico and the United States struggle to make their ballyhooed trade pact a reality.

OCTOBER 1993

The Passenger War

American Airlines shakes up the aviation playing field.

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1993

Power Generation

Governments hustle to cope with the appetite for power.

JANUARY 1994

The New World of Free Trade

Nafta takes effect. Mexico's Carlos Salinas de Gortari is praised for an "economic miracle."

FEBRUARY 1994

Latin America Goes Wireless

Countries leapfrog to the latest digital technologies.

MARCH 1994

International contractors descend on Latin America in search of oil.

Black Gold

APRIL 1994

A Window Into Space

French Guiana's space program blasts off.

MAY 1994

Cuba for Sale

President Fidel Castro looks to save a bankrupt country.

JUNE 1994

Mexican Stocks: What Next?

Revolution in Chiapas, the Colosio assassination, Banamex president kidnapping ... could things get worse? Sure.

JULY 1994

Microsoft Goes Latin

The software giant wants more of the region's multibillion dollar market.

SEPTEMBER 1994

A Real Plan

Brasil's Fernando Henrique Cardoso waylays inflation with new economic program, but will it last? Yes.

OCTOBER 1994

Mexican President-elect Ernesto Zedillo promises new growth, new jobs--and stability.

A New Day for Mexico

NOVEMBER 1994

Equity Markets

After a roller coaster year, the region's stock markets appear ready to resume growth. (Less than a month later, the Mexican peso crashed.)

DECEMBER 1994

Summit of the Americas

Leaders promise an agreement, hemispheric free trade by 2005.

JANUARY 1995

Speed Dialing

A GTE and AT&T-led consortium builds a million-square-mile phone network in Argentina in less than 60 days.

FEBRUARY 1995

Shaken Confidence

Guillermo Ortiz becomes Mexico's finance minister, promising economic stability. Amazingly, he delivers.

MARCH 1995

Everything Must Go

Latin America leads the world in privatization.

APRIL 1995

Back from the Brink

President Alberto Fujimori pushes Peru to 12% growth.

MAY 1995

The Latin American computer market enters its fourth straight year of near 20% growth.

Infotech Revolution

JUNE 1995

Celestial Navigation

Colombia's Liikkuva Systems International develops car navigation software.

JULY 1995

The LATIN TRADE 100

Petrobras heads our first ranking of Latin America's largest publicly traded companies.

AUGUST 1995

Sowing Seeds

Mexico's Grupo Pulsar becomes a world leader in seeds.

SEPTEMBER 1995

The Cola Wars

Pepsi takes the challenge to Coca-Cola.

OCTOBER 1995

No Surprises, Please

Rumors swirl that Argentine Economy Minister Domingo Cavallo will get the boot. (A year later he did--but he came back.)

NOVEMBER 1995

Watch for Falling Prices

Wal-Mart enters Brazil and Argentina with plans for 50 stores in five years. By 2000, it had 31.

DECEMBER 1995

Bumpy Road Ahead

Colombia's economy survived drug terrorism and guerrillas, but would it endure the Samper administration? Nope.

JANUARY 1996

The Bravo Business Awards

Ignacio Santillana, CEO of Telefonica, wins the first Trade Leader of the Year award.

FEBRUARY 1996

Kidnapping Inc.

Holding executives hostage becomes big business.

APRIL 1996

The Big Test

Can Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso privatize mining giant CVRD? Yes.

MAY/JUNE 1996

Quote of the Month

"The tequila hangover is over. Today, we dance the tango." -- Lawrence Summers, former U.S. treasury secretary

JULY 1996

Top 50 Banks

Brazil's Caixa Economica Federal heads our first ranking of the top Latin American institutions.

AUGUST 1996

A Fork in the Path

AT&T successfully spins off Lucent Technologies--the equipment maker later outperformed its parent.

SEPTEMBER 1996

Reconstructing the Future

The Mexican peso crisis hits construction growth all the way down to Argentina.

OCTOBER 1996

Cavallonomics Without Cavalllo?

Life goes on without the architect of Argentina's economic stability.

NOVEMBER 1996

Shoot for the Stars

Fernando Espuelas launches Latin American Internet network StarMedia.

DECEMBER 1996

The New Brazil

Economic stability attracts cash. The US$13 billion in foreign investment in 1995 doubled by 2000.