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Karel De Gucht European Commissioner For Trade EU – Latin America/ Caribbean ...
eGov monitor
For the Caribbean for instance, traditional big earners were hit hard – tourism, sugar and banana exports, and remittances. Mexico, very exposed to the United States, was also severely impacted. However, to a large degree these direct impacts have now ...

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South-east Asia's llama breaks into a trot
Financial Times
A running joke – admittedly not a very funny one – is that the Philippines accidentally swapped places with Chile, the Latin American economy that most resembles a fast-paced Asian tiger. That makes the Philippines more like a llama, trudging dolefully ...

Arcos Dorados Reports First Quarter 2012 Financial Results
MarketWatch (press release)
SLAD's (Argentina, Venezuela, Colombia, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, and Uruguay) revenues grew by 26.4% compared to the first quarter of 2011, mainly driven by a 27.9% increase in systemwide comparable sales. This increase in comparable sales reflected ...

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Myanmar coming alive and journeying forward
Malaysia Star
The remittances they send back will provide a much needed boost to Myanmar's economy while meeting an urgent need here. Eventually, they will return home to a new and better nation. > Datuk Dennis Ignatius is a 36-year veteran of the Malaysian foreign ...

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Explainer: Expatriate Voting Laws in Latin America
AS/COA Online
Mexico: Mexicans abroad lobbied for their right to vote in the 1990s, based on their large impact on the Mexican economy through remittances. The 1996 Political Reform of the State removed the requirement that Mexicans vote within their residential ...

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Europe debt crisis not affecting Latin America, UN body says
Europe Online Magazine
Latin America attracted 153 billion dollars in foreign direct investment last year, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Argentina and Peru as the main destinations. The ECLAC expects the figure for 2012 to be 150-165 billion. "Latin America has low debt ...

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