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INDUSTRY ANALYSES	REGIONAL TRENDS
Agrifood Automotive Construction Education and training Energy Environmental Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) - Food and beverage - Consumer goods Financial Services Furniture and office equipment Macro-economic / political analysis Security Technology - Ecommerce and Internet - Information technology - Telecom Tourism and leisure Trade, Competitiveness & Investment Transportation and Logistics	Trend analyses concerning emerging markets or investment issues
	ECONOMIC OUTLOOKS
	Latin America (general) Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Mexico Peru Venezuela Others

Agrifood

• Global Banana Outlook
• Mexico Agrifood Whitepaper

Automotive

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• Mexico’s Automotive Sector Forecast

Chemicals and plastics

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• no articles currently available in public domain

Construction

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• Construction Materials

Education and training

• Are You Ready For E-learning… And Is It Ready For You?
• MBA -  The Certificate for Success
• Distance Education in Corporate Universities
• Distance Education  - Technical Considerations
• Online Education in Brazil

Energy

• Big Upside Potential for Brazil's Ethanol Industry (MAY 2007)
• Energy Reform in Mexico
• Brazilian Electricity Sector Gathers Steam
• Mexico Energy 1997 Whitepaper

Environmental

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• e-Waste - A growing business in South America
• Brazil’s Waste-water Sector Forecast

Fast Moving Consumer Goods
(FMCG)

• Latin America Consumer Markets Forecast (MAY 2007)
• Pharmaceutical Packaging in Latin America - Mexico Leads Growth In The Region (MAY 2007)
• Male Cosmetics - A Target Growing in Latin America  
• Pharmaceuticals in Latin America - The Outlook for Generics
• Consumer Electronics in Latin America
• Consumer Electronics in the Caribbean
• e-Waste in South America
• Latin America prepares itself for the expansion of Sam’s Club
• The Globalization of Mexican Drinking Habits
• Marketing Beverages to US Hispanics
• The Latino Way for Frozen Foods …
• Why the Hispanic food market tastes so good 
• Latin America’s Beverage Market – Branding vs. Distribution
• Latin America Food Service
• The Mexican Packaging Market
• Snack Foods
• E-commerce Opportunity - Office Supplies
• Online Payment
• Where Online Purchases are made
• Sports Equipment

Financial Services

• 2007: Birth of a New Banking Model
• Central Americas Fertile for Bank Expansion says Infoamericas
• Tis the Season: Latin Ex-pats Spend and Send for Christmas
• Getting Smart
• Changing Interchange
• Latin America’s Need for Credit Scores
• Japan's Latin American Ex-Pats
• The Latin American Remittance Market
• Latin America is Finally Ready for EMV Cards
• The Latin American Remittance Market
• Advising the Wealthy in Latin America
• Financing SMEs in Latin America
• Commercial Card Market: Argentina Market Overview 2002
• Commercial Card Market: Brazil Market Overview 2002
• Consumer Credit Card Market: Argentine Market Overview 2002
• Consumer Credit Card Market: Brazilian Market Overview 2002
• Consumer Credit Card Market: Mexican Market Overview 2002
• Latin American Remittance Market “El Dorado Is In Los Angeles” 
• Latin America Trade Finance: The Squeeze Play Continues 
• Foreign Exchange Services
• Credit is King
• Internet : 1-  Brick and Mortar : 0 - Latin American Banks are losing their best customers to on-line competitors 

Forestry & paper

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• no articles currently available in public domain

Furniture & office equipment

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• e-Waste - A growing business in South America
• Latin American Demand for Refurbished Equipment

Macro-economic / political analysis

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• SEE ECONOMIC OUTLOOKS BELOW

Manufacturing and industrial equipment

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• Mexican Packaging Market
• Maquiladora Export Industry

Metals and mining

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• no articles currently available in public domain

Pharmaceutical and medical

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• Demand for refurbished telecom & medical equipment

Security

• International Terrorism in Latin America: A broad and costly security risk
• The Cost of Living Dangerously

ECOMMERCE & INTERNET | INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | TELECOM

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• Is the US Hispanic Market ready for Spanish-language E-commerce?
• The Wi-Fi Back Door to the Local Loop
• Slow Times for Broadband Internet in Latin America
• In Latin America, Online B2B is the Place to Be
• B2B - The industries that should work, in theory…
• 2001 - The world caves in on B2C E-commerce
• By 2003, more than 40% of households that can afford to connect will be on-line
• Growth of Broadband in Latin America
• Internet Broadband Emerges in Latin America
• The Network Alters Networking
• E-commerce opportunity - Regional vs Local Approach
• Online Payment
• The Happy Customer - Refocusing internet strategies
• Where Online Purchases are made
• E-commerce Logistics - A reluctant marriage takes hold
• Internet : 1-  Brick and Mortar : 0 - Latin American Banks are losing their best customers to on-line competitors 
• Latin America B2B E-Commerce - A Promising Future
• Consumer e-commerce in Latin America - Where is the end of the rainbow?
• Brazilian Internet Access

• e-Waste - A growing business in South America
• The Wi-Fi Back Door to the Local Loop
• Can Mexico Develop a Software Maquiladora Industry?
• Slow Times for Broadband Internet in Latin America
• In Latin America, Online B2B is the Place to Be
• Internet Broadband Emerges in Latin America
• Brazilian Internet Access

• The Latin American Prepaid Mobile Services Market
• Telecommunications Industry Consolidation Revisited
• Mexico's New Spectrum Auction
• The Wi-Fi Back Door to the Local Loop 
• The prepaid mobile revenue problem
• Mining for Revenue in the Latin American Telecommunications Boom
• The Mexican Cellular Market : Challenging times ahead
• The Upside of Downsizing: Call Center Growth in Mercosur
• Paging: One-way or another, it hopes to survive
• Demand for refurbished telecom & medical equipment
• Brazil Telecom
• It's a wireless world after all ...

Textiles & Clothing

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• no articles currently available in public domain

Tourism & Leisure

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• Latin American Tourism: Ready for Take Off
• Outbound Travel in Latin America
• Can Latin America’s travel trade modernize itself?
• Outbound travel trends – Mexico and Brazil
• What Drives Tourism Flows in Latin America

Trade, Competitiveness & Investment

• Trade Promotion Best Practices – Part I: A question of focus
• Trade Promotion Best Practices - Part II: Emulating the private sectors

Transportation & Logistics

InfoAmericas Logistics & Transport Practice has published a strategic whitepaper entitled:
Latin America
Logistics Trends, Risks & Opportunities.

• Express shipping in Latin America? - what do the customers think?
• Latin America’s Transport Infrastructure: Ready for Investment
• The Three Tiers of Latin America’s Logistics Market
• Marketing to Domestically Owned Businesses:
  The Next B2B Frontier in Latin America
• LatAm's Booming International Logistics Market
• Latin American Ground Logistics
• Latin American Logistics and Cargo Transport
• Ground Transportation in Mexico
• The Doubtful Future of the FTAA

about the whitepaper’s contents and scope

REGIONAL TRENDS ARTICLES

• BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE BEST PRACTICES: Finding the right mix
• Election Interruptus: Spotlight on Mexico
• Morales' Tightrope is a Regional Balancing Act
• Latin America Emerges from the Shadow of US Foreign Policy
• Why Brands will Change ... It’s a Question of Economics
• Latin America Plays the China Card: Is it Holding a Winning Hand?
• e-Waste - A growing business in South America
• South America’s Balancing Act: Socialism vs. Fiscal Conservatism
• Democracy Heats Up in Mexico - The AMLO effect
• Latin American Tourism: Ready for Take Off
• Latin America prepares itself for the expansion of Sam’s Club
• Brazilians are ready to live beyond their means… at least while they can
• Conducting Market Surveys in LatAm
• While the Yanks Doze ... Part I - Foreign Investment
• Florida's most important Int'l Economic Partner
• The Future of Free Trade in Latin America
• Go Ahead and Blame it on the NAFTA
• Competitive Intelligence in Latin America
• Will Brazil Join the FTAA?
• FTAA - Focus on Colombia
• Can Cuba End the US embargo? … Castro’s biggest gamble yet
• Special report on Mexican Foreign Direct Investment
• Free Trade prospects across Latin America: Chile
• Bring on the Spin Doctors: Why Latin America needs better lobbyists and PR expertise
• Is Latin America once again a Colony? 
• Trust : Latin America’s Most Devalued Currency
• “Can we trust the Gringos?” – Failing US policies in Latin America
• Latin America’s Generation Gap
• Why Latin America Matters? It’s a Question of Demographics 
• How Many Markets Are There in Latin America?
• Neoliberalism on Trial - Latin America's Move to the Left
• Clash of the Titans: Brazil vs Mexico
• International Terrorism in Latin America: A broad and costly security risk
• Are the good times over? Foreign Investment Declines in Latin America
• The Incredible Shrinking Presidency: Digital Democracy
• US Foreign Policy Begins at Home
• Migration in Modern Latin America
• The Cost of Living Dangerously
• The Winners and Losers of Free Trade in The Americas
• Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America: What to do after the family jewels are sold
• Go Global or Stay Home
• The Emergence of Sensible Populism
• The Plight of the Mid-size Company
• Credit is King
• The US Elections
• The Infamous Black Market
• The Future of B2B -Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
• Competitive Intelligence in Latin America - New science meets old practice
• The Glory of Foreign Investment
• Floating their way to credibility - Taking currency policy out of the hands of politicians
• The 90s Consumer Boom
• The Doubtful Future of the FTAA
• Mercosur Trade Tensions

ECONOMIC OUTLOOK ARTICLES

• 2006 Latin America Market Forecast -
  Cutting through the political clouds
• 2005 Latin America Regional Forecast -
  How long will the good luck last?
• 2004 Latin America Regional Forecast -
  The region’s come-back year
• Latin America Economic Forecast 2003 )
• Latin America’s Economy in 2002 -
  Divided by Confidence
• Latin America Forecast - 2002
• From Shock to Anxiety: Terrorism's Economic Fallout in Latin America
• Latin America 2001
• Central America
• The Andean Market
• Southern Cone
• Latin America
• South America

• The Argentinean Carousel - After three-quarters of a century, it’s still “forward to the past”
• Can Kirchner Rescue Argentina?
• Argentina: Buenos Días Che, Welcome to the 3rd World
• Argentina
• Argentina

• Reading Brazil’s Business Cycle
• Brazil: What if Lula Wins?
• Brazil
• Brazil

• Chile: You know things are going well when elections don’t matter anymore 
• Chile: Will the FTA with the US ignite growth?
• Chile
• Chile

• It's Time for a Serious Look at Colombia
• Colombia: Balancing War with Growth
• Colombia

• Ecuador

• Mexico’s Economic Performance: Boring is Beautiful
• Mexico- Are the Pessimists Exaggerating?
• Mexico - The Brave New Economy
• Mexico Economic & Political Forecast
• The Two Economies  of Mexico at Work
• Mexico

• Can Paraguay move forward from its corrupt past?

• Peru 2002 - A positive outlook at last 
• Peru

• Venezuela - the bolivar catches up with reality
• Venezuela

• The Caribbean Market