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Economy & Business - April 2006
Telefónica wins in Colombia
Telefónica de España paid US$368m to take control of the state owned Colombian telecoms company, Colombia Telecomunicaciones. Telefónica bid US$18m more than Carlos Slim Helú, the richest Latin American, who used his recently acquired Venezuelan telecoms company, CANTV, to bid in association with another of his companies, Teléfonos de México.
- Latin America's new alignments
- A bit of a boom, as the peso slides
- López Obrador and the economy
- A few problems
- BOLIVIA: No to IMF
- ECUADOR: Tax receipts slightly ahead
- COLOMBIA: Economy booms
- PERU: Exports up
- VENEZUELA: Non-oil sector leads growth
- ARGENTINA: Worrying signs
- CHILE: IMF forecasts 5.5% growth
- PARAGUAY: Central bank under criticism
- URUGUAY: Difference over current account
- COSTA RICA: Slowing down
- GUATEMALA: Textile industry hits problems
- CUBA: Fidel's spurious green credentials
- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Peso likely to strengthen further
- EL SALVADOR: Honduras and El Salvador closer to customs union
- HONDURAS: Tax revenues up by 11.5% in first quarter
- NICARAGUA: Textile investment
- PANAMA: Tax receipts rise
- Why Chile's copper industry will benefit from a Humala victory
- OIL: What does oil at US$70 a barrel mean for the region
- Briefs
- What remitters do in Colombia
- Brazil: Bradies bought back
- Telefónica wins in Colombia