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A publication of The Canadian Council for the Please click on each headline for this week's top stories. Trade Missions, Seminars and Other Events 1. From Here To Eternity? Latin America's Investment Boom Register today! 2. 2008 LAVCA-AMEXCAP Summit - Investing in the Future of Latin America 3. NASCO Conference 2008: Moving North America Forward 4. The International Economic Forum of the Americas - The Great Transition: Mastering Change Regional News 2. Palmfund Acquires LexisNexis LatAm Assets 3. Argentina, Colombia Ready to Help Bolivia 4. The Government of Canada Reaches Agreement with Mexico and The U.S. for Livestock Exports 5. DLJ Raises $300m for South America Trade Missions, Seminars
and Other Events From Here to Eternity? The home of two of the world’s emerging economic powers and numerous multinational giants, Speakers: Jonathan Hausman, Portfolio Manager and Head of Emerging Markets Fixed Income, John Price, Managing Director, Business Intelligence - Latin America, Kroll, and co-author of “Can Latin America Compete?” (Palgrave Macmillan) Moderated by: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 For more information contact: Canadian Council for the Americas The 2008 LAVCA-AMEXCAP Summit will convene the major players in April 9th - 10th, 2008 On April 9th-10th, the Latin American Venture Capital Association
(LAVCA) and the Mexican Private Equity Association (AMEXCAP) will
convene over 200 fund managers, investors, policymakers and regulators in For more information contact: Ana Gutiérrez-Pérez NASCO
Conference 2008: Moving Guanajuato, Mexico Join more than 400 transportation, logistic and economic development specialists from across Mexico, United State and Canada at this dynamic annual conference in Mexico which will focus on key trade and transportation issues and opportunities for improved cooperation and economic partnership among the three North American countries joined by the International Mid-Continent Trade and Transportation Corridor ( NASCO Corridor) For more complete
information on the conference and/or to register please visit www.nascogto.com Gustavo Zentner The International Economic Forum of
the The International Economic Forum of the Americas/Conference of Montréal has as its principal mission the promotion of wide-ranging and completely open discussion of the major international economic issues. It also aims at facilitating the creation of contacts between representatives of businesses, governments and international agencies as well as members of the academic world and civic society, thereby encouraging international exchanges. The 14th edition will be held under the general theme of The Great Transition: Mastering Change Date: June 9 - 12, 2008 For more information about the conference: http://www.conferencedemontreal.com/2.0.html?&L=1. Regional News
Summary of original article by Brian McGee and Steven Bodzin: " Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he plans to seize cement operations in the country, threatening the assets of the nation's largest producer, Cemex SAB of Mexico." Chavez said cement companies could be doing more to reduce their impact on the environment and have failed to invest in greener technology. He also revealed plans of banning asphalt exports and restricting shipments of food abroad should the cement industry become nationalized. For the full story, click here: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&refer=latin_america&sid=aUdrt7vGoVbA Palmfund Acquires LexisNexis LatAm Assets Excerpt from original article: "Palmfund Management, LLC (Palmfund), a private equity firm with one of the most experienced investment teams in the Latin America, announced today the acquisition of the legal, tax and regulatory publishing operations in Argentina, Chile and Mexico of LexisNexis, a leading global provider of business information solutions. The LexisNexis subsidiaries, that belonged to Reed Elsevier, an Anglo-Dutch leading provider and publisher of legal market, corporate, academic and government information, will continue providing services in these countries under a team led by Juan Alberto Castro, who has worked as Palmfund’s operating partner for this acquisition. …" For the full story, click here: http://www.lavca.org/lavca/allpress.nsf/pages/1819 Argentina, Colombia Ready to Help Bolivia Visiting Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana expressed on Thursday his readiness to facilitate conciliatory dialogue between Government and the opposition in Bolivia. A similar commitment was made by Colombian Deputy Foreign Minister Camilo Reyes at the end of a meeting today with President Evo Morales, who invited both foreign officials to deepen their knowledge about the political crisis triggered in the wake of autonomous referendums that threaten with dividing the country. According to the agenda, Taiana and Reyes are scheduled to travel to Cochabamba department (central), where they will be received by Cardinal Julio Terrazas, and then go to Santa Cruz (eastern) to meet with prefect Ruben Costas. Both diplomats also met with their Bolivian peer David Choquehuanca and Senate Speaker Oscar Ortiz, from opposition Poder Democratico Social alliance. As part of this process of rapprochement and participation by friendly countries, Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim is expected to arrive in La Paz tomorrow.
Summary of original article: Canada’s farmers can now look forward to greater market access to beef and US livestock. "The Honourable Gerry Ritz, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board, today announced that Canada, the U.S. and Mexico have reached an agreement harmonizing North America to the World Organization for Animal Health’s (OIE) standards for trade in bovine breeding stock that will also allow Canadian cattle to be shipped through the U.S. to Mexico." For the full story, click here: http://www.agr.gc.ca/cb/index_e.php?s1=n&s2=2008&page=n80327 DLJ Raises $300m for South America DLJ South American Partners has closed its debut fund with $300 million in capital commitments. The firm is a joint venture between Credit Suisse's Alternative Investments group and an investment team co-led by Carlos Garcia (former head of South America for DLJ Merchant Banking Partners) and Marcelo Medeiros (former manager of the Brazil Private Equity Fund). It has already made three investments: The creation of Arcos Dorados BV, to acquire the master franchise of McDonald's restaurants in Latin America and the Caribbean; The acquisition of Fispal, a promoter of food and beverage trade shows in Brazil; and the acquisition of a large stake in Brazilian education company EBEC.
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