http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Latin_AmericaFind stories, videos, and photos about Latin America from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:00:51 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/10/04/obit.mercedes.sosa/tztop.mercedes.sosa.afp.jpghttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Latin_America14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Latin America from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/10/04/obit.mercedes.sosa/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/10/04/obit.mercedes.sosa/index.html#cnnSTCTextArgentine singer Mercedes Sosa, known as "the voice of Latin America" for her songs about the plight of the poor, died Sunday, according to an announcement on her Web site. She was 74.Sun, 04 Oct 2009 15:18:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/08/12/remittances.down/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/08/12/remittances.down/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe remittances that emigrants send back to Latin America and the Caribbean, an important component of the gross domestic product for many countries in the region, will decline more than 10 percent this year, a new report says.Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:10:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/books/05/05/argentina.che.photo/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/books/05/05/argentina.che.photo/index.html#cnnSTCTextIt is the most popular photograph in history: Argentine revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara stares pensively at the horizon, his steely eyes shielded behind a thick beard and his trademark beret. The shot -- taken by Cuban photographer Alberto Korda in Havana on March 5, 1960 -- turned the charismatic and controversial leader into a cultural icon.Tue, 05 May 2009 18:25:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/01/19/el.salvador.election/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/01/19/el.salvador.election/index.html#cnnSTCTextTallies from Sunday's nationwide voting showed El Salvador's main leftist party losing its hold on the capital but opening a lead Monday in the Legislative Assembly.Tue, 20 Jan 2009 04:09:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/01/16/el.salvador.election/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/01/16/el.salvador.election/index.html#cnnSTCTextEl Salvador will elect more than 340 local and congressional officials Sunday, two months before the nation's presidential election. But Sunday's results could go a long way toward determining who that next president will be.Sat, 17 Jan 2009 01:50:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1847976,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1847976,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAnalysis: Venezuela's Chavez may crow about the demise of the U.S. economy, but it will tighten his own belt. Latin America's big winner may instead be Brazil, the country that has best managed capitalism Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:00:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/10/06/news/international/world_markets/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/10/06/news/international/world_markets/index.htmMajor markets in Europe, Asia and Latin America sank Monday as traders looked past America's bank bailout bill and focused on Europe's growing financial crisis.Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:32:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/08/19/argentina.gay/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/08/19/argentina.gay/index.html#cnnSTCTextIn a nationwide measure, Argentina has granted gay couples the right to collect the pensions of their dead partners.Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:09:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/08/01/argentina.drugs/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/08/01/argentina.drugs/index.html#cnnSTCTextPresident Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner repeated her call this week to decriminalize personal drug use and crack down on traffickers and dealers.Sat, 02 Aug 2008 02:55:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/27/navarette.may.27/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/27/navarette.may.27/index.html#cnnSTCTextOn the question of whether recent immigrants assimilate as quickly as previous waves, many Americans exhibit short fuses -- and even shorter memories.Wed, 28 May 2008 00:36:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1719158,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1719158,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsVenezuela and Colombia are rattling sabers, but will they put their countries and economies at risk with military conflict? Tue, 04 Mar 2008 02:00:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1691102,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1691102,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsOn election night, Venezuela's President went from anger to resignation as he realized voters were turning against him. But the defeat could help focus his socialist agendaWed, 05 Dec 2007 15:00:00 ESThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/jonah_freedman/11/29/rankings/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/jonah_freedman/11/29/rankings/index.htmlAnyone for Italian? The two English powerhouses both had slight stumbles this past week, so a new No. 1 comes slipping up through the cracks. Inter Milan is doing it on both ends of the field against all opponents and is back on top again -- legitimately this time, too.Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:52:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/10/04/duvall.heroes/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/10/04/duvall.heroes/index.html#cnnSTCTextRobert Duvall's heroes are Carmen Velasco and Lynne Patterson -- two women who are changing the lives of other women throughout Latin America one loan at a time.Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:50:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1682967,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1682967,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAnalysis: It was the "shut up" heard round the world. But what may have upset Venezuela's fiery leader was not the King of Spain, but a fellow leftist Prime MinisterMon, 12 Nov 2007 17:55:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2007/10/01/100434040/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2007/10/01/100434040/index.htmAs technology companies search from India to Eastern Europe for talent, and employers of day laborers decry attempts to cut off the supply from Latin America, CEOs seem to have overlooked one way of at least partly remedying the worker-shortage problem: Make their companies more family-friendly.Thu, 18 Oct 2007 17:39:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1667386,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1667386,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsViewpoint: A constitutional referendum and plans to dissolve Congress are the latest reminder that Latin America's legislatures have often discredited the region's democraciesTue, 02 Oct 2007 15:00:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/09/28/magazines/fortune/mehta_pluggedinlatam.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/09/28/magazines/fortune/mehta_pluggedinlatam.fortune/index.htmMost Americans realize that when they call a bank, electronics maker or insurance provider, there's a good chance their queries will be routed to a call center outside the U.S., perhaps in India, the Philippines or other markets filled with English speakers happy to provide customer service or tech support for relatively low wages.Fri, 28 Sep 2007 03:14:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1661072,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1661072,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsNearly one in five people living in the United States speaks a language at home other than English, according to new Census dataWed, 12 Sep 2007 15:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1651307,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1651307,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThough leftist parties hold power in countries like Bolivia, pro-choice activists are finding themselves on the defensiveThu, 09 Aug 2007 16:05:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/gregory_sica/06/21/boca.champs/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/gregory_sica/06/21/boca.champs/index.htmlIf there was any question who the dominant power in the Western Hemisphere is, Boca Juniors provided an empathic answer on Wednesday. Boca's stunning 5-0 aggregate victory over Gr�mio in the final of the Copa Libertadores was the most one-sided score line in the history of Latin America's ultimate club competition.Tue, 26 Jun 2007 01:58:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/15/bush.latam.trip/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/15/bush.latam.trip/index.htmlYou can take the president out of the Beltway, but you can't keep the Beltway away from the president, as the president himself learned on his recent trip to Latin America.Thu, 15 Mar 2007 15:46:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/05/04/child.labor/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/05/04/child.labor/index.htmlChild labor is on the decline -- especially in Latin America -- and its most egregious forms could be eliminated within the next decade, a U.N. agency said Thursday in a report it called "cautiously optimistic."Thu, 04 May 2006 19:39:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/02/27/bt.upcoming/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/02/27/bt.upcoming/index.htmlWe normally travel for business, but on this month's show we travel for pleasure and for profit, searching for that perfect second home.Mon, 27 Feb 2006 11:07:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/01/26/bt.upcoming/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/01/26/bt.upcoming/index.htmlRichard Quest takes the show to Brazil for a country focus, traveling to Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro to take a look at the country's potential for economic stardom, and talk to ministers, business leaders and cultural figures.Thu, 26 Jan 2006 14:50:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/24/morton.latinamerica/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/24/morton.latinamerica/index.htmlIn Bolivia a few days ago, they were celebrating the inauguration of Evo Morales, the country's first Indian president.Tue, 24 Jan 2006 19:28:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/11/30/news/international/latam/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/11/30/news/international/latam/index.htmNEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - Who says it's been a challenging year for American stocks?Wed, 30 Nov 2005 16:51:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2005/08/01/8269669/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2005/08/01/8269669/index.htmWith its beaches, golf courses, cuba libres, and rock-solid social-security system, it's no wonder that Costa Rica is luring American executives who want an alternative to Indian outsourcing. After...Mon, 01 Aug 2005 04:01:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/05/26/penhaul.bolivia/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/05/26/penhaul.bolivia/index.htmlIf you're close enough, you can hear their sandals cut from old car tires slapping on the asphalt. If you're several blocks away, the protesters announce their approach with the blast of dynamite.Thu, 26 May 2005 20:24:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/02/24/latin.america/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/02/24/latin.america/index.htmlWhen Gen. Omar Halleslevens was installed Monday in Managua as chief of the Nicaraguan army, the U.S. government was represented by a mere major at the change-of-command ceremony.Thu, 24 Feb 2005 23:47:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2004/12/22/news/international/latam/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2004/12/22/news/international/latam/index.htmNEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Pop quiz time: What is the best performing mutual fund category this year?Wed, 22 Dec 2004 15:40:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2004/08/01/377394/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2004/08/01/377394/index.htmA vacation in France for Americans who have a zippy Toyota MR2 roadster back home provides a rare opportunity to feel smug around the French. After all, French drivers are still poking along in the...Sun, 01 Aug 2004 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2004/06/17/magazines/moneymag/101_travel_0407/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2004/06/17/magazines/moneymag/101_travel_0407/index.htmRemember these common sense points when you're looking into doing some traveling.Fri, 18 Jun 2004 21:33:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2004/03/25/markets/markets_nyopen/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2004/03/25/markets/markets_nyopen/index.htmTechnology gains paced a stock market bounce early Thursday, with the sector continuing to lead the recovery for a second session following a more than two-week period of consolidation.Thu, 25 Mar 2004 14:21:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/01/12/americas.summit/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/01/12/americas.summit/index.htmlLeaders at the inauguration of a 34-nation Summit of the Americas Monday expressed optimism that seemingly intractable issues of poverty, trade and corruption in Latin America and the Caribbean could be overcome.Mon, 12 Jan 2004 14:24:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/09/29/349926/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/09/29/349926/index.htmThe high is always sweeter after the low. It's as true for investing as it is for life. So those battered veteran investors in emerging markets are no doubt savoring the phenomenal performance they...Mon, 29 Sep 2003 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/07/07/345529/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/07/07/345529/index.htmThe rich are getting richer--but not in the U.S. According to a new report by Cap Gemini Ernst & Young and Merrill Lynch, the number of millionaires* increased during 2002 in every region of the wo...Mon, 07 Jul 2003 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/02/04/317482/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/02/04/317482/index.htmIn another country, Guillermo Perez, who will soon graduate from an elite university with an economics degree, could probably look forward to a bright future--a career in finance, perhaps a job wit...Mon, 04 Feb 2002 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/11/27/292407/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/11/27/292407/index.htmIt isn't easy becoming a great place to do business, but once a city cracks the list, chances are it will stay there. Of this year's 15 best international cities, nine also ranked last year; the re...Mon, 27 Nov 2000 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2000/10/01/289706/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2000/10/01/289706/index.htmIt's a small world, and it's getting smaller. Everyone is looking for new markets abroad. Even the local pizza shop, it seems, is taking Internet orders to ship its special sauce all over the world...Sun, 01 Oct 2000 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/04/03/277174/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/04/03/277174/index.htmMost multinational corporations start small, building market share at home first, then steadily branching out abroad. But most multinationals are not run by entrepreneurs like Fernando Espuelas, th...Mon, 03 Apr 2000 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2000/04/01/277554/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2000/04/01/277554/index.htmMost multinational corporations start small, building market share at home first, then steadily branching out abroad. But most multinationals are not run by entrepreneurs like Fernando Espuelas, th...Sat, 01 Apr 2000 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/10/25/267817/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/10/25/267817/index.htmNo company could be more Spanish than Telefonica, the country's national phone giant. Walk down a street in Madrid, and sooner or later you'll stumble across Telefonica engineers wiring the guts of...Mon, 25 Oct 1999 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/10/11/267021/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/10/11/267021/index.htmLatin pop phenoms Ricky Martin and Jennifer Lopez may have ruled the airwaves during this so-called Latin summer, but for investors, the season's main act was StarMedia Networks. Mon, 11 Oct 1999 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1999/08/01/263961/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1999/08/01/263961/index.htmHere's a pop quiz: In the past 12 months, which of the following have occurred? a) a bear market b) currency crises in both Russia and Brazil c) the impeachment of the President of the United State...Sun, 01 Aug 1999 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1999/07/01/262265/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1999/07/01/262265/index.htmOkay, we know--with a new currency crisis or regional meltdown seeming to come along every few months, it's hard to get too enthusiastic about foreign investing. The average international stock fun...Thu, 01 Jul 1999 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/04/26/258736/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/04/26/258736/index.htmWhat was Mario Baeza doing in January, in the middle of looming economic collapse in Brazil, telling a Brazilian fish processor, "Buy the Chilean fishing boats!"? And by the way, to send the bill t...Mon, 26 Apr 1999 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/09/28/248722/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/09/28/248722/index.htmLatin America has always been a tricky place to invest, but it's rarely been as scary as it is today. Stock markets in the region's three largest countries--Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina--have been...Mon, 28 Sep 1998 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/09/28/248697/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/09/28/248697/index.htmWill Latin America be the next domino to fall in the great emerging market collapse? That's no idle question, because more than a fifth of U.S. exports, or some $70.8 billion, go to Latin America. ...Mon, 28 Sep 1998 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1998/05/01/241534/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1998/05/01/241534/index.htmNot too long ago, only investors with an Evel Knievel-like tolerance for risk would have considered emerging markets bonds. After all, as last fall's Asian economic crisis reverberated through deve...Fri, 01 May 1998 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/04/27/241494/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/04/27/241494/index.htmWe're going to have to switch to my office," says Andy Skov apologetically, ushering me out of the conference room. "I want to be near my phone and computers." Skov, 32, is Morgan Stanley's point m...Mon, 27 Apr 1998 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1998/03/01/238617/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1998/03/01/238617/index.htmOn a trip to Thailand in January 1997, Mark Madden, manager of the $156 million Pioneer Emerging Markets Fund, visited some two dozen companies asking: How much of the foreign currency debt on your...Sun, 01 Mar 1998 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1998/01/01/236917/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1998/01/01/236917/index.htmAdios, Emerging Markets. Hello, Junk Bonds. It took a market crisis that spread from Asia to Latin America to dethrone them, but emerging markets bond funds do not have a single entry on our one-ye...Thu, 01 Jan 1998 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1997/09/01/230944/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1997/09/01/230944/index.htmTHIS MONTH: --Zweig on the hidden dangers of index funds --A low-risk fund with global reach Mon, 01 Sep 1997 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/08/18/230218/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/08/18/230218/index.htmFor the past 2 1/2 years, fledgling television networks UPN and WB have been fighting each other for the title of "fifth network." Both claim higher ratings and better distribution, and both have b...Mon, 18 Aug 1997 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1997/07/01/228506/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1997/07/01/228506/index.htmIncome investors who want equity-like returns can take a chance on sizzling emerging markets bond funds, which invest in debt issues in Latin America, Eastern Europe and the Far East. For the 16th ...Tue, 01 Jul 1997 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1996/11/27/225070/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1996/11/27/225070/index.htmBet you don't know this: while U.S. stocks have raced ahead 17.5% so far this year, more than a dozen foreign markets--including Brazil, Hong Kong, Ireland and Taiwan--have fared even better. What'...Wed, 27 Nov 1996 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1996/11/11/218195/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1996/11/11/218195/index.htmCLOSED BUT NOT FORGOTTEN Mon, 11 Nov 1996 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1996/04/01/211186/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1996/04/01/211186/index.htmTHIS MONTH: --What savvy managers are buying now --A fund that focuses on the bluest chips Mon, 01 Apr 1996 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1996/04/01/211187/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1996/04/01/211187/index.htmMONEY has been telling you for years that most mutual fund companies charge far too much in annual management fees and other expenses. We still believe that--but there's one kind of fee that's a go...Mon, 01 Apr 1996 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1995/12/06/207632/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1995/12/06/207632/index.htmThe early reviews are rolling in for the 1996 production of As the World Turns, and overseas markets are winning raves. "Cheap stocks and strong growth rates abroad mean that selected foreign marke...Wed, 06 Dec 1995 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1995/10/01/206630/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1995/10/01/206630/index.htmWith U.S. stocks racking up returns of 20% to 35% so far this year, you might figure only a lunatic would bother to seek superior gains abroad. But think again. "It's a virtual slam dunk that many ...Sun, 01 Oct 1995 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1995/02/01/201334/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1995/02/01/201334/index.htmAs bill clinton might put it, we feel your pain. after all, 1994 delivered a George Foreman-like pounding to most fund investors' portfolios. Wham! The Federal Reserve Board hikes interest rates an...Wed, 01 Feb 1995 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1994/12/15/200913/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1994/12/15/200913/index.htmFor mutual fund investors in 1995, the basic prescription is simple: With the U.S. economy slowing, fill up on domestic funds favoring growth stocks that figure to appreciate 12% or more. And to be...Thu, 15 Dec 1994 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/12/12/80059/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/12/12/80059/index.htmBorn in the Philippines and living the itinerant childhood of a diplomat's daughter, Grace Pineda became proficient not only in her native Tagalog but also in English, French, Russian, and Spanish....Mon, 12 Dec 1994 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/11/28/80018/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/11/28/80018/index.htmOne of the more fashionable explanations for the current high altitude of global interest rates is the supposed global capital shortage. Developing nations are building their economies like mad, th...Mon, 28 Nov 1994 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/05/30/79352/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/05/30/79352/index.htmDRIVING TOWARD Shekou, a throbbing port in southern China, is like a journey into a region hit by an earthquake. The ground seems to move under you. Mounds of red mud are piled everywhere as land i...Mon, 30 May 1994 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1994/03/01/88699/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1994/03/01/88699/index.htmWith the economy finally gathering speed, the average domestic stock fund rose almost 3% in January before the Feb. 4 nosedive. Not bad -- even though that gain was only half as brawny as that earn...Tue, 01 Mar 1994 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/02/21/79003/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/02/21/79003/index.htmWall Street old-timers used to chuckle about ''Peruvian bonds'': broker slang for worthless securities. Nowadays owners of the Andean country's debt are the ones who are smiling. Loans that sold fo...Mon, 21 Feb 1994 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/01/10/78844/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/01/10/78844/index.htmMORE and more companies are starting to see a payoff from their struggle to adapt to the new economy. So while this expansion doesn't look at all like the rip-roaring ones of yore, and though Ameri...Mon, 10 Jan 1994 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1993/12/15/88531/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1993/12/15/88531/index.htmDespite the storm gathering over U.S. markets, this is no time to abandon stocks. True, most analysts, including MONEY's Michael Sivy, regard a retreat of 10% to 15% by early next year as increasin...Wed, 15 Dec 1993 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/11/22/78646/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/11/22/78646/index.htmGLOBALIZATION. Aren't we sick of it? Haven't we heard enough already about consumers from Alabama to Zambia wearing Levi's and Nikes and sweaters from Benetton, drinking Coke and Pepsi, eating Big ...Mon, 22 Nov 1993 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/11/01/78564/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/11/01/78564/index.htmFrustrated by Americans' disinclination to save? Perhaps Washington's wonks should look south, way south, for a solution. One after another, countries in Latin America are employing a radical measu...Mon, 01 Nov 1993 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/10/18/78484/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/10/18/78484/index.htmDon't be too quick to write off the U.S. export machine. Yes, it seems creaky: Shipments of goods to foreign shores have fallen in recent months. And as imports grow inexorably, the merchandise tra...Mon, 18 Oct 1993 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/11/16/77150/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/11/16/77150/index.htmMade in the U.S.A.: That, you tell your children, is what your stock portfolio looks like. Good old American companies like Coca-Cola provide plenty of good returns, you say. Watch the dollar, whim...Mon, 16 Nov 1992 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/10/26/77042/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/10/26/77042/index.htmBUY MEXICAN STOCKS? That's certainly not something Bonnie and Timothy Sprague had thought of five years ago. For the husband-and-wife radiologists from Santa Monica, California, Mexico was a place ...Mon, 26 Oct 1992 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/07/27/76696/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/07/27/76696/index.htmWELCOME TO FORTUNE's annual feature, the World Economy in Charts, 11 pages of graphs and tables that show how nations have performed in the past three years -- and where they are likely to head in ...Mon, 27 Jul 1992 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/07/27/76665/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/07/27/76665/index.htmThe U.S. has the most companies on the Global 500 with 157, followed by Japan at 119. Britain is disproportionately represented, surpassing the far larger German economy, mainly owing to a residual...Mon, 27 Jul 1992 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/07/27/76690/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/07/27/76690/index.htmThe Nineties have brought a new set of trade trends. The U.S. reversed its slippage as an exporter, helped by more competitive industries, the weaker dollar, and the growth of markets in developing...Mon, 27 Jul 1992 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/01/27/75999/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/01/27/75999/index.htmTrue enough, the bulls ran wild in the U.S. last year as its stocks returned an average 26% to investors, the most of any major market. But that was mere animal feed to the markets of smaller natio...Mon, 27 Jan 1992 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/11/04/75717/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/11/04/75717/index.htmWith growth limping along in most of America's major trading partners, many economists ask, how can exports expand enough to bolster the recovery? Answer: Look south and east. U.S. exports for the ...Mon, 04 Nov 1991 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/07/29/75311/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/07/29/75311/index.htmThe triumph of capitalism does not come cheap. As country after country struggles to build its market economy, the world will need more money than it did in the Eighties. Latin America, Eastern Eur...Mon, 29 Jul 1991 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/04/08/74857/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/04/08/74857/index.htmIF YOU DOUBT that there's a new climate for foreign businesses in Latin America, consider this tale. Michael Jordan, chairman of PepsiCo's international snack and beverage businesses, called on Mex...Mon, 08 Apr 1991 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/08/13/73907/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/08/13/73907/index.htmLooking for opportunities in privatization of state-owned enterprises? Don't assume that you are limited to Eastern Europe. In one of the largest such deals in Latin America ever, the Mexican gover...Mon, 13 Aug 1990 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/03/26/73237/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/03/26/73237/index.htmThe short-run outlook for Latin America is gloomy. Most countries now have or soon will have democratic governments that understand the need for free- market policies rather than populism and Marxi...Mon, 26 Mar 1990 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/03/26/73307/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/03/26/73307/index.htmThere is a tendency in the Western world to talk about only one region at a time. Ten years ago, people talked about Latin America as a great opportunity. Now everyone talks about Eastern Europe. I...Mon, 26 Mar 1990 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/04/24/71889/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/04/24/71889/index.htmTREASURY SECRETARY Nicholas Brady has set U.S. policy toward the Third World's mountain of debt on the most promising course yet. Finally there's a chance -- slim but real -- that the rich and the ...Mon, 24 Apr 1989 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/08/31/69506/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/08/31/69506/index.htmBanks will go to almost any length to collect bad debts, and First Interstate Bancorp is no exception. To pare down the $90 million in shaky loans it has made to Peru, the Los Angeles-based concern...Mon, 31 Aug 1987 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/06/22/69179/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/06/22/69179/index.htmIN GREEK TRAGEDY it's called anagnorisis, the climactic moment when the protagonist recognizes his fate, irreversibly changing the action of the drama. In the tragedy of Third World debt, that scen...Mon, 22 Jun 1987 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/08/18/67920/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/08/18/67920/index.htmLATIN AMERICA'S financial medicine men are experimenting with what many claim is a wonder drug to cure the region's debt problem. U.S., European, and Japanese lenders would swap loans to troubled c...Mon, 18 Aug 1986 04:01:00 EDT