TRANSPACIFIC BUSINESS DIGEST
1 May 2019
'Crouching Tiger' - Latin America in China's sights
Columnist: Thomas Manning
Columnist: Thomas Manning
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'New Zealand and the Loss of Innocence'
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Mayor of Wellington confirms support for Latin American and Spanish film Festival In a meeting with the GRULAC Ambassadors and Spain, the mayor of Wellington, Justin Lester, confirmed the support of the City Council for the 18th Edition of the Latin America and Spain Film Festival (LASFF by its Spanish acronym). LASFF is a non-profit cultural event that aims to promote Latin American and Spanish culture through its cinematographic production. The festival is presented in a dozen cities and enjoys a great reception throughout the country. The 2019 film selection will include a wide range of genres, topics and styles, giving the general public and cinephiles a chance to immerse themselves into the languages – Spanish and Portuguese - as well as the cultural and social aspects of Latin America and Spain. * Photo - 'Cuba in NZ' Green Thumbs in Brazilia The Fejoa is Brazilian fruit, from the mountain guava family, scientifically called Acca Sellowiana (Berg) Burret, originating mainly from Santa Catarina in Brazil and it is a very popular fruit in New Zealand. Former Ambassador Caroline Bilkey (photo left), visited the Universidade Federal De Viçosa (UFV) in 2018 and was gifted Fejoa cuttings. Professor Acelino of UFV (photo left with Ambassador Bilkey) visited the NZ Embassy in Brasilia recently and current Ambassador HE Chris Langley (on right) showed him that the cuttings are being well looked after in the Embassy garden where they have pride of place. * Photo - NZ Embassy Brazilia Facebook |
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The mangrove-fringed coast of Guyana, at the north-eastern tip of South America, does not immediately bring to mind the Highlands of Scotland, in the northernmost part of Great Britain. Guyana’s mudflats and silty brown coastal water have little in common with the lush green mountains and glens of the Highlands. If these landscapes share anything, it is their remoteness – one on the edge of a former empire burnished by the relentless equatorial sun and one on the edge of Europe whipped mercilessly by the Atlantic winds.
But look closer and the links are there: Alness, Ankerville, Belladrum, Borlum, Cromarty, Culcairn, Dingwall, Dunrobin, Fyrish, Glastullich, Inverness, Kintail, Kintyre, Rosehall, Tain, Tarlogie, a join-the-dots list of placenames (30 in all) south of Guyana’s capital Georgetown that hint of a hidden association with the Scottish Highlands some 5,000 miles away.... |
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The Argentine Government has set up a special agency to assist foreign investors through all investment stages (analysis, decision making, execution, post-investment and reinvestment). You can Contact the agency here & View or Download the Investment Guide.
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At the edge of the market in El Alto, beyond the never-ending stalls that sell everything you could possibly imagine, is one of the strangest local oddities.
To the common tourist, the curious practice of witchcraft and spiritual healing in La Paz is limited to the mercado de las brujas (Witches Market) in the centre of the city. But if the tourist asks further, she’ll hear the whispers about ‘where the real witches reside,’ the Brujas of El Alto. Mounted high above the city of La Paz, is the place where those whispers will take you: a line of small green buildings flanked by stone frogs on the sidewalk and small ceremonial fires burning for the Andean deity Pachamama. Inside the walls, are the men and women known as yatiris.... |
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'Brazil's Messiah' - A new President takes Charge
Columnist: Thomas Manning
Columnist: Thomas Manning
VIDEO - LATAM/NZ BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
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Mexico's Mega City
Mexico's vast capital — Ciudad de México, the largest city in the Americas — is under threat from a severe water crisis...and vulnerable to disasters like the earthquake that struck on September 19, 2017. |
Why is Latin America Poorer than North America?
Find out why despite its huge resources and industrious peoples Latin America lags behind the USA & Canada in economic resources. |
Credit squeeze making loans cheaper but harder to get
A weekly New Zealand Herald Videocast about the NZ economy by Business Editor Liam Dann & Guests. |
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'Quid Pro Quo for Venezuela'
Columnist Thomas Manning
Columnist Thomas Manning
LATIN AMERICAN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
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Latin America's prospects cut with activity seen remaining sluggish overall in 2019
Latin America’s economy is seen improving this year due to a faster recovery in Brazil and a smaller drag from Argentina. However, prospects were cut this month and activity is seen staying sluggish overall, weighed on by slowing exports and high uncertainty. Political risk, especially in Argentina in the run-up to elections, and concerns over fiscal accounts cloud the outlook. Latin America is projected to grow 2.1% in 2019, down 0.1 percentage points from last month's forecast. For 2020, Latin America is expected to grow 2.5%. Argentina: Macri Fails Taming Inflation As economy suffers its second consecutive recession Argentine President Mauricio Macri is failing completely in taming the high inflation rates he inherited from his predecessor. In fact, prices are going up faster now than during the government of Cristina Kirchner (2007-2015), when they averaged 25.2 percent. This year, Argentina will likely see an inflation rate of 43.7 percent, according to new estimates from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). That’s nearly twice what the government had estimated in its 2019 budget and the highest rate in the current IMF inflation database for Argentina going back more than 20 years -- to 1998. However, it’s also the highest since the early 1990s when Argentina was recovering from its notorious hyperinflation. |
'Demented Reef Fish'
Columnist Thomas Manning
Columnist Thomas Manning
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'New Broom in Mexico'
Columnist; Thomas Manning
Columnist; Thomas Manning
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'Transpacific Business Digest' © is a free fortnightly E-digest aggregating New Zealand - Latin American Business News, Economic Analysis, Market Reports & Video published by Manning Group Limited and edited by Thomas Manning who has advised on and managed projects for New Zealand companies in Latin America for over 30 years, Thomas is a former Vice President of the Latin America New Zealand Business Council and is a Buenos Aires Times Columnist who also writes regularly for EMA's BusinessPLus Magazine. Thomas' Linkedin Profile & Media Archive |
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'Muy Simpatico, Mr Tabuteau'
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Transpolar flight grows NZ trade opportunities in Latin America
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Latin America trade trifecta in sight for New Zealand
Columnist; Thomas Manning
Columnist; Thomas Manning
