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Starbucks takes lattes to coffee country
By Ronald Buchanan in Mexico City The tropical highlands of Central America grow some of the world’s finest Arabica coffee – much of it imported by Starbucks, which accounts for some 20 per cent of the...
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EM magic: turning $100 into $2,000
Lately it seems that stock prices in one emerging market or another are hitting a new record high every day, but the landmarks don’t matter so much to buy-and-hold investors. More interesting to them...
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Mining central America: easier said than done
There’s gold in them thar Central American hills. Gold and several other valuable minerals. Mining companies, especially Canadian, are courting the region yet most of the governments are playing hard...
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Spain in LatAm: not flying so high
When an avalanche of Spanish capital turned up on Latin America’s doorstep over the turn of the century, naysayers shuddered at headlines that welcomed the “New Conquistadors”. Latin America seemed to...
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El Salvador says no to Slim
Plucky fellows those market regulators in the small and relatively poor Central American nation of El Salvador. Their opposition has scuppered a deal between two very rich men: one the richest in...
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El Salvador and Mongolia: solid bet, or bubble?
Is El Salvador, a poor Central American country struggling to overcome a violent history, a safer bet than Portugal? And is Mongolia, a country that has been rescued five times in the past 22 years by...
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Central America does battle with coffee fungus
Mother Nature has dealt Central America a lousy hand. Earthquakes, floods and hurricanes of biblical proportions have battered the isthmus over the years, but the latest natural disaster is a botanical...
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El Salvador downgraded, bonds trade underwater
Don’t say we didn’t warn you. When El Salvador, a poor Central American country that’s been ranked among the world’s most violent, succeeded in raising $800m from international investors back in...
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Guest post: the trauma of Central America’s “selected” children
By Conchita Sarnoff of ARVT On an ordinary Monday in May, Ellen Gonzales woke up to find a handwritten note nailed to the front door of her home in La Palma, El Salvador. Her 11-year-old son Bryan, it...
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