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TOBACCO TRAVELLER - COLLECTION 2009 - CHILE
BY PACIFICA GODDARD
Despite recent efforts by the Chilean government to discourage and reduce smoking, Chileans continue to be amongst the heaviest smokers in Latin America. In fact, the cigarette market in Chile expanded in 2008: Chileans purchased 14.78 billion cigarettes compared to 13.97 billion in 2007 according the United Nations Statistics Division.…
NEW DRUG PRECURSOR INITIATIVE LAUNCHED IN AMERICAS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN INITIATIVE boosting the ability of Latin American and Caribbean countries to prevent precursor chemicals from being diverted from legitimate uses to illegal narcotic production has been launched. The UN Office in Drugs and Crime and European Commission’s three-year PRELAC project will cover: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Trinidad & Tobago and Venezuela.…
EUROPOL GIVES INSIGHT INTO CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGICAL AND ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE IN ORGANISED CRIME
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPOL’s Organised Crime Threat Assessments have not always contained a wealth of detailed useful information – but its 2009 report shows how crime groups are adopting innovative technology and organisational skills: international business should take note. Keith Nuthall reports.…
TOBACCO TRAVELLER - COLLECTION 2009 - VENEZUELA
BY PACIFICA GODDARD
The Venezuelan cigarette market experienced an overall decline in 2008 and the first half of 2009. In 2008, 11.95 billion sticks were sold, an 8.6% drop from the 13.07 billion sticks sold in 2007, according to the United Nations Statistics Division.…
COLOMBIA: IFC funds to promote education for low-income students
By Leah Germain
The World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) is investing US$8 million into Colombia’s private higher education sector to promote affordable technical and professional education for the country’s low and middle-income students. The funds will help finance the private Colombian university, Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios (Uniminuto).…
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION'S OPTIONS TO PROTECT US KNITTING INDUSTRY ARE LIMITED
BY LUCY JONES
KNITWEAR featuring Barack Obama’s image stole the limelight at the Paris fashion week last autumn but whether the love will be returned to the global knitwear industry has yet to be seen.
Indeed, there is cause for concern, because Obama used protectionist rhetoric on the campaign trail.…
SOUTH AMERICA OFFERS TOBACCO MAJORS LUCRATIVE MARKETS, DESPITE TIGHTENING REGULATION
BY PACIFICA GODDARD
WHILE net revenues for tobacco product sales in some key countries in South America have experienced growth in the last few years, in general the regional tobacco product market is stagnant. Producers blame increased excise rates, public health awareness, and new and more rigidly enforced regulations for the gloom.…
IFC BOOSTS LATIN AMERICA PHARMA SECTOR
BY ALAN OSBORN
The International Finance Corporation, an affiliate of the World Bank specialising in the private sector, is to take a 10% equity stake in Tecnoquímicas, a Colombia-based pharmaceutical manufacturing and distribution firm. IFC’s investment of US$25 million will support the expansion of the company’s operations in the Andean region and Central America.…
BRAZIL IS MAINSTAY OF LATIN AMERICA KNITTING INDUSTRY
BY PACIFICA GODDARD
CHINA’S entry into the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in 2002 and the recent end of quotas in the US and European markets have created gigantic changes in the textile industry worldwide, with developing markets like those in Latin America expected to suffer the most from these shifts.…
VENEZUELAN NURSE LOVES JOB, BUT PLANS TO QUIT 'UNDERAPPRECIATED' PROFESSION
BY RACHEL JONES, in Caracas
BIOGRAPHY
Olga Sandoval, 29, Licensed Nurse, University Hospital (Hospital Clinico Universitario), Caracas, Venezuela
Nursing License, Central University of Venezuela (UCV). Worked for two years in the San Roman Urological Clinic and seven years at the University Hospital, including one year of intensive care training.…