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Articles in August 2005 issue of Latin Trade

• Chile passed a law requiring employers to provide more mechanical assistance and training to employees hired to carry heavy loads
• Too cruel
  by Orlando Castano
• Brazil sold US$500 million in bonds maturing in 2034
• Grupo Televisa
• Mexico revised its laws in order to better regulate sales of roasted coffee
• Telefonica
• Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire: video game
• Banco Nacional De Desenvolvimento Economico E Social, Brazil's state-owned development bank, approved US$642 million in loans to Petrobras, a Brazilian oil company
• Spanish acquisition
• The road to stitches: tiny Brazilian beachwear makers—aiming to beat cheap Chinese clothing—unite to sell their wares abroad
  by Raymond Colitt
• Well done
  by Victor Aquino
• Companhia Vale Do Rio Doce
• Desarrolladora Homex
• Venezuela approved a resolution requiring banks and financial institutions to devote 10% of their gross loan portfolios to mortgage loans
• Repsol-YPF
• Overdrive: Mexico's Port of Veracruz expands to move more goods—cars above all else
  by Marisol Rueda
• The Inter-American Development Bank
• Embraer, a Brazilian aircraft manufacturer, said that Saudi Arabian Airlines, a Saudi carrier, has ordered 15 of its 170-model aircraft as part of a US$400 million contract
• Fair food
  by Rachel Hatzipanagos
• Events
• North and South
  by Alcibiades Escarlon
• Petrobras, Brazil's state-run oil company, got the green light from Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Nigeria's state-owned oil company, to develop the Apko oilfield in the African country
• Americas Mining Corporation
• Brazil's federal police busted an illegal logging ring in Mato Grosso state
• Ericsson
• Pick your port: Colombia earmarks millions to improve its main ports. A new one could be on the way, too
  by Toby Muse
• The World Bank
• Risky business: political risks still abound for foreign companies in Latin America, and insurers are there to profit
  by Susan Miller
• Petrobras, Brazil's state-run oil company, wrapped up its acquisition of Sociedade Fluminense de Energia , the operator of the Usina Termeletrica Eletrobolt power plant in Rio de Janeiro state in Brazil
• The Black Book of Outsourcing
• Power play
• Archer Daniels Midland
• Grupo Industrial Saltillo
• Mexico's federal government transferred forestry oversight powers to states and municipalities
• Brand man
• DFW: a convenient efficient gateway to the world
• Peru: booming, despite it all
  by Andres F. Velazquez
• Nerds need not apply: tech staffs dwindle as companies spend billions outsourcing their needs
  by Forrest Jones
• Embraer, a Brazilian aircraft manufacturer, sold two 170-model and one 190-model aircraft to Tame Linea Aerea del Ecuador, an Ecuadoran airliner
• Banco Nacional De Desenvolvimento Economico E Social, Brazil's state-owned development bank, approved US$145 million in financing for Braskem, a Brazilian petrochemical producer
• Repsol YPF
• Copa Airlines
• Corporacion Interamericana De Entretenimiento
• Business is slow
  by C.J. Schexnayder
• War of the words: as Chavez and Washington exchange barbs, the danger of serious conflict in the region rises
  by Jack Epstein
• Dominican Republic: treasure of the Caribbean Sea
• Latin America and the Caribbean
• Garage band
  by Greg Brown
• Colombia bought back US$160 million in sovereign debt due 2009 with proceeds from a $335 million bond issue
• Acindar
• Dell
• Cemex
• Hidden geography
  by Angela Posada-Swafford
• Test market: Microsoft bets on Mexico's digital television market. It will be the first in Latin America
  by Marisol Rueda
• Through the grapevine: Chilean vineyards hope tours will entice visitors to spend on wine back home
  by Paul Harris
• Latin Trade index
• Hand in hand: cash-strapped governments and gun-shy investors look for ways to collaborate on Latin America's serious infrastructure needs
  by Bill Hinchberger
• Magic bus: a new airline promises to fill up Brazil's skies by putting bus passengers into the air
  by Margarida O. Pfeifer
• Colombia will invest US$80 million a year for 15 years exploring for oil
• Argentina said that German-U.S. automaker Daimler-Chrysler will invest US$50 million in its facilities in the country over the next two years
• GE Consumer Finance
• Hutchison
• Chat line
  by Ali Rodgriguez Araque
• Playstation portable: handheld video game
• Gain weight now, ask me how!
  by Andres Hernandez Alende
• Rest of the world
• The integrator
• Mexico, through state holding company Cintra, approved a plan to sell Grupo Aerovias de Mexico , Grupo Mexicana de Aviacion , Aeromexpress, and Alas de America
• Camargo Correa
• Gerdau Aza
• Making up
• Glass ceilings
• Casio Exilim Pro EX-P505: digital camera
• Telebomb
• Really strong
  by Rachel Hatzipanagos
• Heeding the call: lured by cost savings, Latin America's businesses are moving to Internet phone service
  by Paul Harris
• Colombia issued a resolution requiring that labels on canned foods display more information concerning the contents inside
• Light and heavy
  by Greg Brown
• Petrobras, Brazil's state-run oil company, entered an agreement with the Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and other institutions in Japan to finance projects in Brazil
• Claxson Interactive Group