Latin CEO: Executive Strategies for the Americas

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Articles in July-August, 2000 issue of Latin CEO: Executive Strategies for the Americas

• The battle for Grupo Financiero Bancomer is over, with Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria
• Negotiations between a Telefonicaled consortium and Brasil Telecom failed to establish a price for Cornpanhia Riograndense de Telecomunicacoes
• The government continues to consolidate banks for privatization
• Mexican population explosion slows
• Smooth landings: Ernesto Gutierrez, CEO of Aeropuertos Argentina 2000, faces a daunting challenge: bringing Argentina's most important airports up to snuff
  by Toby Muse
• Southern Cone security: online transactions will never become the wave of the future until consumers feel secure. That's where Certisur steps in
  by Toby Muse
• Motorola Inc
• In another move that helps cement free Internet access in Brazil
• Foreign companies are finally able to invest directly in the country's fixed-line and long-distance telephone operators
• Visa loses its stripes
  by Rochelle Broder-Singer
• That's entertainment!
  by Daniel J. McCosh
• Eye of the Tiger: it's no coincidence that the man whose nickname conjures up the jungle's most feared predator caused many to tremble before his media kingdom
  by Diana Duarte
• Germany's Siemens and France's Alcatel
• A consortium of companies has struck the country's first new major oil field in more than 10 years
• E-Commerce indicators in Latin America
• Rough rider: can CEO Juan Emilio Posada weather dark clouds at Colombia's No. 2 airline?
  by Luis Zalamea
• Free fall: Venezuela's bolsa copes with dwindling share traffic, political uncertainty and disinterested investors
  by Christina Hoag
• Telefonica de Argentina has out-sourced its information technology services to International Business Machines Corp
• Another Brazilian Internet powerhouse, AOL Latin America, has a new shareholder
• Petroleos de Venezuela cancelled a US$385 million contract to sell an oil export terminal to Williams International and Enbridge
• Riches of the sea … weed
  by Robin Londner
• Larrain's grape expectations
  by Tim Vandenack
• Nohra's world: as Latin American art becomes ever more popular, Nohra Haime's New York gallery continues to showcase the genre
  by Stephanie Gaskell
• Banking on Mexico
• Ranier Engineering Ltd., Amerada Hess Corp. and the US'S Coastal Corp
• The coveting of Brazil
• Bankrolling Latin America: chase Manhattan's regional chairman has been out in front on more than one controversial call. The net result; capturing regional profits
  by David A. Wernick
• Translations and central banks
  by Rochelle Broder-Singer
• After six years of debate, the US government has passed a Caribbean African free-trade bill
• Globo's Internet portal Globo.com has a new part owner
• Telefonica del Peru SA and Luxembourg's Milicom Inc
• Tourism dollars flow to Central America
• Emerging companies: Latin America and the new economy
• Good taste in Buenos Aires: from haute French cuisine in a turn-of-the-century building to salmon and prawns served downtown, Argentina's capital provides a moveable feast
  by Cynthia Plohn
• PPL Corp
• Spain's Endesa purchased mobile phone company Smartcom PCS from Leap Wireless International for US$300 million
• Loans Outstanding From International Banks
• Horse sense: advertising CEO Eduardo Fischer is determined to take on the multinationals in Brazil—and across the Americas
  by Andy Maier
• Betting on coal
  by Johanna Marmon
• In anticipation of revised telecommunications laws, more than US$4 billion in telecom-related investments
• State oil company Enap has announced it will build a US$400 million polyethylene production plant
• A second bridge over the Orinoco River will soon be built by Brazil's Odebrecht and state holding company CVG
• Working overtime to create jobs
  by Johanna Marmon
• Rebuilding the Mexican banking industry
  by Rita Varela
• Know your rights: When faced with legal disputes in the US, a costly, public trial should be the last resort. Try mediation and arbitration first
  by Jeffery D. Feldman
• Brazil and Argentina have signed an accord allowing tariff-free auto imports and exports between the two countries
• Petrobras
• Mexico's energy industry has further opened, with an agreement by Proxima Gas to join US companies Sempra and PG&E
• Argentine beef eaters
• Exporting health care: A US health care CEO ups the ante for quality medical services by building hospitals in Mexico and Costa Rica. Next stop: Brasilia
  by Ray Viator
• Christmas in July: indulge your wildest dreams under water or on land, or try some down-to-earth tools for business and fun
  by Rochelle Broder-Singer
• BellSouth has announced several investments through its Latin American subsidiaries
• Globo Cabo Participacoes will become the largest cable-TV operator in Latin America with the purchase of Net Sul
• Telefonos de Mexico continues to expand
• US to South America travel
• The family foundry
  by Marc N. Scheinman
• Private banking
  by Mike Seemuth