Latin CEO: Executive Strategies for the Americas articles from August 2002

Latin CEO: Executive Strategies for the Americas archives from August 2002

Trophy locations and brillantly designed buildings have leap frogged Boca Developers to the top of the South Florida market. How do they do it so well, so often?
August 1, 2002... "We never planned to be the most prolific," says Boca Developers co-founder Brian Street, "but there was no doubt we were going to be unique." In describing the quantum change Street's firm has brought to the booming Palm Beach to South...

Miami and the FTAA. (Letter from the Editor).(Free Trade Area of the Americas)(Editorial)
August 1, 2002... MOST OF THE the magazine you hold in your hands is dedicated to one idea--that Miami should become the permanent home of the Secretariat of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). To the editorial staff of this magazine, the...

The big beer deal.(Backus y Johnson, Grupo Empresarial Bavaria, and Cisneros Group )
August 1, 2002... After a lackluster 2001, mergers and acquistions are again on the rise in Latin America. This year's biggest play so far has been the sale of large stakes in Peru's Backus y Johnston--the nation's top brewery--and it has come from...

Office of the Mayor Miami-Dade County.(Alex Penelas on the location of the FTAA Secretariat)
August 1, 2002... Florida. ALEX PENELAS MAYOR Dear International Trade Leaders: Miami-Dade County is looking forward to the realization of the Free Trade Area of the Americas. Comparable to the European Union, the FTAA will join 34 countries,...

City of Miami.(Mayor, Manuel Diaz on the location of FTAA Secretariat)
August 1, 2002... Flordia. MANUEL A. DIAZ MAYOR P.O. BOX 330708 MIAMI, FLORIDA 33233-0708 (305) 250-5300 FAX (305) 854-4001 Dear Hemispheric Leaders: The Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), which will form a 34-nation...

City of Miami International Trade Board.
August 1, 2002... WELCOME TO THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE BOARD (ITB) of the City of Miami! The ITB serves as the official advisory body to the City of Miami's Mayor and Commissioners for the formulation and implementation of Miami's international business...

Miami, center of the world.
August 1, 2002... Should Miami be the permanent home of the Secretariat of the Free Trade Area of the Americas? There are at least a dozen good reasons that it should be, including the overarching argument that it is the historical and geographic center of the...

The twin ports.(Miami, Florida)
August 1, 2002... From the early flights of Pan Am Clippers to South America, and the first cargo ships plying the Caribbean, Miami has always been a transportation hub for the Americas. Now, with their ongoing building programs, the city's ports are becoming...

Trade infrastructure.(Miami, Florida)
August 1, 2002... To function as the trade focal point of the Americas takes more than an efficient seaport and well-connected airport. It also requires a complex support system, everything from huge warehousing capabilities and expertise in freight forwarding...

Communications.(Miami a hub of international telecommunications)
August 1, 2002... Miami has long acted as the Latin American headquarters for multinational telecom companies, ranging from Lucent Technologies to Telefonica. In recent years, it has also grown into one of the most important data transmission hubs - not just...

Greenberg traurig LLP. (Attorneys at Law).(Miami as location for free trade secretariat)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... An Open Letter to Our Community: The Free Trade Area of the Americas is a critically important, forward-looking initiative that will unite the economic well-being and aspirations of all of the diverse communities and countries of the...

Culture and language: for more than half a century cultural diversity has been a hallmark of Greater Miami. Today its population mix is a mirror of the Americas.
August 1, 2002... One of the stories that local historian Arva Moore Parks likes to tell about Miami comes from early in the last century, when Miami Beach was first connected with the mainland via the Venetian Causeway On the first span of bridge that left...

Miami: the cross road for hemispheric growth; Gustavo Cisneros discusses with LatinCEO the competitive advantages of Miami to headquarter the Free Trade Area of the Americas.(Interview)
August 1, 2002... FORBES MAGAZINE DESCRIBED Gustavo Cisneros as the visionary. His business ventures have risen from successful albeit nationally defined origins to a pan regional conglomerate with operations in virtually every corner of the Ibero American...

International banking: with more than 40 international banking agencies, only New York can vie with Miami as a center for Latin America banking--in trade finance, private wealth management or investment services.
August 1, 2002... To get an idea of just how vibrant Miami's international banking community is--and how important its links to Latin America--one need only to have walked among the exhibits of August's banking technology conference. More than 70...

Bank of America.(Miami as a center of international trade)
August 1, 2002... Robert E. Hilson Market President 100 Southeast 2nd Avenue Miami, FL 33131-2100 Tel 305.533.2674 Fax 305.533.2030 September 23, 2002 Dear Hemispheric Leaders: At the Summit of the Americas held in Miami in 1994...

"Why Miami?" The answer is clear. (Corporate Sponsor).
August 1, 2002... SINCE THE TIME THE FREE TRADE Agreement of the Americas ("FTAA") was conceived at the Summit of the Americas in December 1994, Miami has been viewed as the natural location for the FTAA Secretariat. This is because businesses focused on the...

Legal services: Miami is a neutral venue that "suits" business clients across the Americas. Beyond the city's army of bilingual lawyers, it is also becoming an important dispute-resolution center for the Americas.
August 1, 2002... When Venezuelan oil company PDVSA decided to open a subsidiary in Argentina, a law firm based in Miami assisted in arranging the transaction. The same thing happened when Mexican manufacturer Grupo Durango needed a syndicated loan, when HP...

Vilar Duty.(support Miami for the FTAA Secretariat)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... VILAR DUTY & MONTERO, P.L. 1101 BRICKELL AVENUE, SUITE 804 MIAMI, FLORIDA 33131 TEL: (305) 373-2800 FAX: (305) 373-0505 www.vdmfirm.com An Open Letter to the International Community: At this important time in...

Health care.(Miami, Florida)
August 1, 2002... With its historically strong medical community, South Florida has been a natural destination for Latin American patients for decades. In recent years, however -- thanks in part to a concerted marketing effort -- it has treated more patients...

Education: Miami is one of the perennial places where Latin Americans go for higher education. In the last decade, it has also become a center for advanced business degrees via programs that are geared--in Spanish--to executives.
August 1, 2002... Miami is one of the perennial places where Latin Americans go for higher education. In the last decade, it has also become a center for advanced business degrees via programs that are geared--in Spanish--to executives For the past five...

Multinational presence; hundreds of US, European and Latin American multinationals maintain a presence in Greater Miami for one main reason: if you want to market across the Americas, it's the best place to be in the Hemisphere.
August 1, 2002... For the past two years, the leading news magazine of La tin America--the biweekly Dow Jones publication America Economia--has asked its readers to decide which is the best city for doing business in the region. Both times the choice was the...

Media & entertainment: whether it's Latin music, magazine publishing, cable television, radio or advertising, Miami is at the epicenter of pan-regional media and entertainment for the Americas.
August 1, 2002... When television's Emmy awards were announced this year, nobody expected any individuals in Miami to win anything. US television is mostly a California product, after all, and what's left ends up in New York. There was one exception,...

Hotel & meeting facilities.
August 1, 2002... Greater Miami has built its reputation as a visitor's paradise. While the bulk of travelers arriving in the city come for pleasure, a sizeable slice arrive for business conventions and meetings. And Miami has the infrastructure to more than...

Livability.
August 1, 2002... In terms of pure comfort -- balmy weather, palm trees, a huge bay filled with islands, miles of oceanfront beaches, exciting nightlife, diverse culture and reasonably priced housing -- few cities are as attractive as Miami. With one foot in...

Brazilian Odyssey: from business capital to pleasure capital, a journey along the east coast of Brazil proves, once again, that South America's largest country is also among its most diverse tourist experiences. (Travel).
August 1, 2002... With MORE THAN 17 MILLION RESIDENTS in the metro area, Sao Paulo is the world's fourth largest city It is also Brazil's business capital and the start of our journey But that did not matter observing it from 5,000 feet. At that height, the...

FPL.
August 1, 2002... Dear Hemispheric Leaders, There can be no doubt that free trade between the nations of the Americas is both inevitable and beneficial to the region. By creating a free trade area, we will be able to unite the 800 million citizens of the...