Lost cities: where to pretend you are Indiana Jones

By Sarah Gilbert, Lonely Planet. Unearthing lost cities used to be the preserve of machete-wielding, Indiana Jones types, but advances […]

Never a Better Time to Buy Land in Latin America

  By Ronan McMahon, International Living, For more than 11 years I’ve traveled all over Latin America. From the U.S.-Mexican […]

Emerging from the Global Competitiveness Ranks

By Mark Mobius, Franklin Templeton Blog, The World Economic Forum (WEF) recently released its annual “Global Competitiveness Report,” which details […]

Here’s how Brazil’s new presidential candidate could help save the planet

By Simeon Tegel, Global Post, Marina Silva has a chance at becoming the first environmentalist to lead a major world […]

Chocolate Has New Latin King as Ecuador Overtakes Brazil

By Nathan Gill – Jan 21, 2014 Ecuador, where the fatty beans used to make chocolate have been grown since pre-Columbian times, is […]

Getting Comfortable With Volatility

By Mark Mobius, Franklin Templeton, Over the past few weeks, we’ve seen significant volatility in the markets, which has spooked […]

Latin America catches entrepreneurship fever

By Gideon Long, BBC Santiago, For generations, the countries of Latin America have relied on the export of raw materials […]

The PC16: Identifying China’s Successors

By George Friedman, Stratfor, China has become a metaphor. It represents a certain phase of economic development, which is driven […]

Verra Vitals Peru 2013

From www.verrafinancial.com Link to report – Verra Vitals Peru 2013: October v.II

Is the Pump Primed for Emerging Markets Investors?

By Mark Mobius, Franklin Templeton, The vulnerabilities—or rather, perceived vulnerabilities—of emerging markets ­have been the focus of heightened discussions over […]