Latin American Newsletters

Our clients

Our people

Careers

LATINNEWS

Since 1967, LatinNews (Latin American Newsletters) has been acknowledged as the foremost source of intelligence on political and economic developments in Latin America and the Caribbean. Read by business executives, the financial services sector, government officials and leading academics alike, LatinNews’ comprehensive range of print and online resources offers subscribers a reliable, accurate and timely source of insight into key events that shape the region.

Latin American Weekly Report – our flagship weekly publication available in both English and Spanish – is widely recognised as the one ‘must read’ publication on developments in the region. Latin American Economy and Business is the most authoritative monthly survey of economic trends and events impacting on the countries of Latin America. It includes influential quarterly economic forecasts. And Latinnews Daily – widely used within the financial services sector and in government and international bodies – provides an invaluable service for those who need to monitor and understand Latin American developments on a daily basis.

CLIENTS

The Latinnews Intelligence Service is used by a worldwide clientele of senior government officials, government departments, multi-lateral institutions, major corporations, risk officers, analysts, investors, NGOs, academics, and universities. The loyalty of our clients is probably unrivalled by any other similar service, with some clients remaining with us for over 40 years. Here is what one of our valued clients has to say:

"LatinNews is the most important source of analysis and news provider for our institution when it comes to authentic information and accurate, insightful analyses on Latin America. LatinNews has a magnificently stimulating impact on our work in this region. The HIIK recommends the services of LatinNews whenever possible, to both experts and non-experts who have a focus on the region. LatinNews is of inestimable value for our institution."

- Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research, Heideliberg University

OUR PEOPLE

Management

JKC de Courcy, a geopolitical expert with over 25 years’ experience of assessing economic, political and strategic risk issues, is Chief Executive of Intelligence Research Ltd, publishers of the Latinnews service. He is also chief executive of the not-for-profit Emerging Health Threats Forum, a resource for scientists and global public-health officials on all sources of emerging health threats.

Non-Executive directors include Philip Oppenheim, founder of What to Buy for Business PLC and a former Conservative MP and Treasury minister in the John Major government, Rupert Lowe, chairman of WH Ireland PLC, and Peter Ramsden , formerly a BBC producer and founding shareholder and main-board director of the Psion electronics group.

Editorial team

Eduardo Crawley has written a number of definitive books on Latin American politics. For 20 years he edited Latinnews' flagship publication, Latin American Weekly Report. His experience and knowledge of Latin American politics - including the personalities involved - is unrivalled. He is the editor of the influential bi monthly series of Latin American Special Reports and of the authoritative monthly Latin American Security and Strategic Review .

Will Ollard is head of economics for Latinnews and editor of our leading monthly publication Latin American Economy and Business. He also edits Mexico Regional Report . Before joining Latinnews, Will spent six years (1981-87) with Euromoney, where he became US editor, and then took up the role of banking correspondent for The Economist until 1990.

Jon Farmer is editor of our flagship Latin American Weekly Report . Jon has travelled widely in Latin America and has an extensive network of contacts. He was previously editor of several of our monthly Regional Reports. Before joining Latinnews in 2001, he wrote for the New Statesman.

Eileen Gavin is editor of the Latinnews Daily service. Eileen began her career in the late 1990s at the Institute for European-Latin American Relations (IRELA) in Madrid, Spain, before returning to London in 2001. She has worked on Latin American & Caribbean political, economic and security affairs at leading UK research and advisory firms including The Economist Intelligence Unit and Euromonitor International. Eileen's main interests include Latin American economic policy and international political economy. She is currently focused on Brazil, Venezuela, and Cuba. Eileen joined LatinNews in mid 2008. She is Managing Editor, Editor of the Brazil & Southern Cone Report and Editor of the Daily News Service.

Sarah Sheldon is editor of the Caribbean & Central America Report. Sarah Sheldon is a literature graduate from Leeds University and University College London, who spent two and a half years working in Guatemala for the weekly regional analysis publication, Inforpress Centroamericana. She also undertook investigations and compiled the Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU) country commercial report for Nicaragua and has travelled widely in the region. Sarah joined the Latinnews team in July 2007.

Our Regional Reports editorial team covering Central America, the Andean Group, Mexico & Nafta and Brazil and the Southern Cone is made up of Eileen Gavin, Will Ollard, Sarah Sheldon, Jimena Blanco-Chavez, and Isabel Crabtree-Condor, all of whom are also key members of the Daily Briefing team.

Business Development & Sales

Director of Business Development: Maria Isotalo

Subscriptions and Customer Services: Yolanda Drinot

Marketing/PR/Media Inquiries: Sylvia Tomlin

Accounts: Valerie Tomlin

CAREERS

Since 1967, Latin American Newsletters has been acknowledged as the foremost source of intelligence on political and economic developments in Latin America and the Caribbean. Read by business executives, the financial services sector, government officials and leading academics alike, our comprehensive range of print and online resources offers subscribers a reliable, accurate and timely source of insight into key events that shape the region.

We are a close-knit, friendly team, offering a unique opportunity to gain experience of journalism and work on the current political, economic, security and social issues affecting Latin America and the Caribbean.

Previous staff members have gone on to the BBC, the FT, the Guardian, Bloomberg, Dow Jones, the Inter American Development Bank, the World Bank and other leading agencies on Latin America. Others are well known journalists, authors and academics.

Current vacancies

Staff writer – Andean and/or Brazil

None.

Other opportunities

Should you be interested in working with us in any capacity (permanent or freelance), but your skills or experience do not match any current vacancies, we would be happy to receive your details and keep them on file for consideration should an appropriate post become available in the future. We have periodic freelance work available.

Please forward your CV/resume to: eileen.gavin@latinnews.com detailing your main sphere of interest in Latin America & the Caribbean.

Internships

We offer periodic work experience to students of Latin America and the Caribbean. The positions are unpaid, but offer the opportunity to get a direct feel for a career as a regional analyst, as well as a valuable insight into the world of journalism/publishing. We are happy to arrange flexible hours with suitable candidates.

As an intern at Latin American Newsletters, you may be expected to contribute directly to our publications, as well as helping out with daily production tasks, updating our website/databases/research library and providing other useful support to our small editorial team.

If you have a keen interest in Latin American current affairs, journalism or the publishing sector, please forward your CV/resume to eileen.gavin@latinnews.com

CONTACT

You may contact us via our online contact form, or write to us at:

Latinnews
c/o Intelligence Research Ltd.
61 Old Street
London
EC1V 9HW
UK

Phone: + 44 (0)20 7251 0012
Fax: + 44 (0)20 7253 8193