Mary Bonsor graduated from law school in London last June and is now navigating her way around the labyrinth-like offices of Marval, O'Farrell & Mairal, Argentina's largest law firm.
The United States is looking for new ways to regain its strength, to shake off the recession blues and fortify its position of international leadership. But Washington is missing the obvious, neglecting its closest neighbors. Big mistake.
It used to be said that if the American economy sneezed, Latin America and the Caribbean would catch a cold.
CNN's Political Team has insider tips on what to watch for at the debates preceding the 2012 presidential election.
Latino video game developers are full-fledged players after years sitting on the sidelines. CNN's Brian Byrnes reports.
Latin America is pulling out the stops to get more Chinese tourists. CNN's Brian Byrnes reports.
Maria Jose Martinez Waldner grew up speaking Spanish and English at her home in Buenos Aires. Several years ago she decided to learn Mandarin Chinese, a language that is rarely heard in Argentina.
I was far away from my native New York when the planes struck on September 11,10 years ago. But I had front-row seats to how those attacks derailed relations between the United States and Latin America.
As attackers target reporters and governments shut down television stations, Latin America ranks among the most dangerous regions for journalists, according to an Amnesty International report released Friday
Four of Latin America's most pro-business countries signed a pact forming a bloc for "deep integration" to promote growth and economic competitiveness.
President Barack Obama called Monday for a new era of partnership between the United States and Latin America, acknowledging the region's increasing importance and stability that serve as a model for the world.
CNN's Luis Carlos Velez reports on President Obama's goals for his Latin American trip.
The New Year will be big for female politicians in Latin America.
The new year will be big for female politicians in Latin America.
The United Kingdom is turning its sights to Latin America, a region that it has neglected, Foreign Minister William Hague said.
Throughout the 1990s, São Paulo's House of Detention contained about 8,000 of Latin America's most violent criminals. Better known as Carandiru, it was once the largest prison on the continent. On October 2, 1992, a massive fight broke out in the Brazilian complex among the prisoners. It ultimately resulted in 111 inmate deaths.
Major League Baseball is making a sweeping change to its operations in Latin America. In an email sent to front office officials on Friday, baseball's Dominican Republic point man Sandy Alderson announced that the Major League Baseball Scouting Bureau will expand its operations to include Latin America.
Less than one month after a Buenos Aires court derailed the marriage of Alex Freyre and Jose Maria di Bello, the couple wed Monday at the southern tip of Argentina, making it the first same-sex marriage in Latin America.
Latin America's leftist leaders ended a two-day summit in Havana with some tough words for the United States.
Latin America's first same-sex marriage is hitting some bumps in the road. CNN's Brian Byrnes is there with the Back|Story.
Latin America's first same-sex marriage, set to be held in Argentina on Tuesday, appeared derailed after a judge filed an injunction to stop the union until the issue can be reviewed further.
The 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.
A new book examines the iconic photograph of Che Guevara, made famous around the world. Brian Byrnes reports.
It 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.
Tallies 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.
El 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.
Analysis: 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
Major 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.
On the question of whether recent immigrants assimilate as quickly as previous waves, many Americans exhibit short fuses -- and even shorter memories.
On 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 agenda
Anyone 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.
Robert 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.
Analysis: 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 Minister
As 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.
Fortune: Adios, Bangaloreupdated: Thu Sep 27 2007 23:14:00
Most 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.
Nearly one in five people living in the United States speaks a language at home other than English, according to new Census data
Though leftist parties hold power in countries like Bolivia, pro-choice activists are finding themselves on the defensive
If 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.
You 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.
Child 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."
We normally travel for business, but on this month's show we travel for pleasure and for profit, searching for that perfect second home.
Richard 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.
In Bolivia a few days ago, they were celebrating the inauguration of Evo Morales, the country's first Indian president.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - Who says it's been a challenging year for American stocks?
With 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...
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Pop quiz time: What is the best performing mutual fund category this year?
A 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...
CNNMoney: Stocks pop at openupdated: Thu Mar 25 2004 09:21:00
Technology 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.
Leaders 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.
Fortune: New Moneyupdated: Mon Jul 07 2003 00:01:00
The 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...
Fortune: Winners of the Worldupdated: Mon Nov 27 2000 00:01:00
It 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...
Most 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...
FSB: Going Globalupdated: Sat Apr 01 2000 00:01:00
Most 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...
No 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...
Latin 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.
Here'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...
What 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...
Latin 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...
Will 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. ...
Not 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...
We'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...
On 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...
Money Magazine: Bond Fundsupdated: Thu Jan 01 1998 00:01:00
Adios, 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...
THIS MONTH: --Zweig on the hidden dangers of index funds --A low-risk fund with global reach
Income 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 ...
Bet 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'...
Fortune: FUND FLASHupdated: Mon Nov 11 1996 00:01:00
CLOSED BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
THIS MONTH: --What savvy managers are buying now --A fund that focuses on the bluest chips
MONEY 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...
The 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...
With 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 ...
Born 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....
One 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...
DRIVING 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...
With 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...
Wall 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...
MORE 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...
Despite 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...
GLOBALIZATION. 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 ...
Frustrated 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...
Made 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...
BUY 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 ...
WELCOME 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 ...
Fortune: SHIFTING TRADE SHARES updated: Mon Jul 27 1992 00:01:00
The 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...
True 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...
IF 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...
Fortune: DIAL M FOR PROFITSupdated: Mon Aug 13 1990 00:01:00
Looking 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...
The 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...
There 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...
TREASURY 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 ...
IN 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...
LATIN 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...
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