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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.
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