Archive for September 30th, 2008

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Asia-Latin Trade Boom

Posted by Dave
September 30, 2008

Latin Business Chronicle
With the U.S. economy continuing to show weak results, Latin America is increasingly betting on Asia. Latin American exporters have found eager markets in countries like China, Japan and India, while Asian companies, in turn, are boosting their exports to Latin America.
“The growth of Asia will drive the business with Latin America,” [...]

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Simon Bolivar’s Freedom Fight

Posted by Dave
September 30, 2008

Financial News – Yahoo! Finance
In 1805, a 21-year-old South American nobleman, Simon Bolivar, traveled through Europe, drowning his sorrows over the death of his wife.
Arriving in Milan with his former tutor, Simon Rodriguez, to see the coronation of Napoleon as king of Italy, Bolivar was repelled by the power-hungry man he had once admired. He [...]