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 |