Posts In Category Latin American Business

Mercosur-Egypt FTA Likely to Exclude Sensitive Poultry Trade

on July 26, 2010 by admin in Africa News, Business, Latin American Business, Trade Deals, Trade News, Comments (0)

The Free Trade Agreement between Mercosur and Egypt is expected to label poultry in the sensitive category as the latter fears it may adversely impact the domestic industry. According to […]

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Kuwait Out-reaches to South America for Bettering Ties

on July 15, 2010 by admin in Business, Economy, Export News, Latin American Business, Comments (0)

A high profile delegation headed by the Prime Minister of Kuwait Sheikh Nasser Al Mohammed will begin its tour of South America on Wednesday. The three-week trip to nine countries […]

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Botswana Identifies Cuba as Decisive Ally – Signs Pacts

on June 11, 2010 by admin in Africa News, Bilateral Trade, Botswana News, Latin American Business, News, Trade Deals, Trade News, Comments (0)

The three-day visit by the president of Botswana to Cuba has culminated in the signing of several accords including healthcare, education, sports and agriculture. The Botswanan President Seretse Khama Ian […]

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OAS Meet to Heed TI Recommendations

on June 9, 2010 by admin in Business, Economy, Latin American Business, News, Trade News, Comments (0)

The Organization of American States (OAS) in its 40th General Assembly in Lima is understood to have taken into consideration the recommendations by Transparency International (TI) to improve transparency and […]

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Global Infrastructure Deficit Pegged at $2Trillion Per Annum

on May 24, 2010 by admin in Business, Economy, Global Economy, Latin American Business, News, World Business News, Comments (0)

The World Economic Forum’s Positive Infrastructure Report (PIR) finds that world faces a global infrastructure deficit of US$2 trillion per year over the next 20 years. The report analyses the […]

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Greece a Lesson for Blocs Aim to Emulate EU

on May 10, 2010 by admin in Articles, Blog, Economics, Latin American Business, Reviews, Trade News, World Business News, Comments (0)

Greece crisis must be termed as a discouraging event for blocs from Latin America and the Gulf which are essaying to toe the line of the EU to form unions […]

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Fairtrade Enters Gold Market with New Standard

on March 19, 2010 by admin in Export News, Import News, Latin American Business, Trade Deals, Trade News, UK News, Comments (0)

The Fairtrade Foundation, a market-based social organization has announced that it had jointly developed a gold standard with the Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM), a coalition of individuals and organizations […]

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Latin American Countries to Begin Single Currency Talks

on January 28, 2010 by admin in E-Commerce, Export News, Import News, Latin American Business, Trade News, Comments (0)

The trade ministers of an alliance of Latin American Countries (ALBA) will meet today to discuss the operational launch of a regional electronic currency. In last April, Venezuelan President Hugo […]

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Chavez Devaluation Missile Ravages French Retail Chain

on January 22, 2010 by admin in Business, Economy, Latin American Business, World Business News, Comments (0)

Exito, a joint French-Colombian supermarket chain, has fallen prey to this month’s Venezuelan currency devaluation policy, which warned action against any firm that involved in speculative price hikes. President Hugo […]

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Venezuela and Columbia Shrug off Their Differences to Renew Bilateral Ties

on April 15, 2009 by admin in Bilateral Trade, Latin American Business, Trade Deals, Trade News, World Business, Comments (0)

The President of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez and his Columbian peer, Alvaro Uribe have signed five agreements during a brief one day visit by the latter to Caracas. The signed deals […]

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