Comments on: Colombia: Latin America's Hidden Gem for Investors

By: Tours Medellin

Tours Medellin — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 16:08:23 +0000

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By: Map of Medellin

Map of Medellin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:06:34 +0000

Well, it's not all doom and gloom in Medellin.

By: Apartments Medellin

Apartments Medellin — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:46:23 +0000

Interesting article. Is there going to be a follow up now that everything is doom and gloom in 2009?

By: Sunshine Kills Vampires » A South American Gem ??????

Sunshine Kills Vampires » A South American Gem ?????? — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 21:09:24 +0000

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By: Gonzalo De Romana

Gonzalo De Romana — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:36:53 +0000

Based on almost every criteria you've mentioned, I'm surprised you've implicitly left Peru in the bag of the "rest of Latin American countries" when it's performance over the last 5 years has been and continues to be, by far, the best in Latin America and largely superior to Colombia 's. Current estimates, revised last week, are that it will continue to grow it's GDP at a +7% clip during 2008-09 even in the current dismal global economic climate. Only significant issue is it's market size (not much different from Colombia's) and liquidity which means it's not an option for especulative investments. Suggest you do some additional research.

By: Bob Norikane

Bob Norikane — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:32:18 +0000

Colombia has very attractive Production Sharing Agreements(PSA) for energy companies. Two spectacular successes are Canadian drillers Gran Tierra(GTE.to/GTE(amex)) and Petrominerales(PMG.to/PMGLF.pk). They still have major upside due to development drilling and exploration of major acreage positions. PMG is a subsidiary of Petrobank and has rights to over 1 million acres of exploratory land. Petrobank has an experimental process to extract tarsands and heavy oil, which are plentiful in Colombia.

By: Jeffrey White

Jeffrey White — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:23:24 +0000

After living in Brazil during the 1990's and spending 4-6 weeks there each year, I would say that their economic rise is mainly due to the fact that the country has tremendous natural resources that the world needs. Grains, crops, metals (iron, copper, gold), alcohol from sugarcane, petroleum (yes, Brazil is now an exporter of oil and the future may even include them in OPEC).

The positive governmental policy over the past 6 years has helped, privatization of many industries. If the government now just stays out of the way there's a green light for huge progress. With the shift in the global financial position and need for resources will cause Brazil to become a financial powerhouse.

BTW… Luis Inacio Lula da Silva (a.k.a. Lula) is the "President". Brazil has a congress and senate like we do in the U.S.A. They are not a parliamentary government, therefore not "Prime Minister".

By: Brazil Investor

Brazil Investor — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:32:43 +0000

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By: Don’t cry for me Latin America

Don’t cry for me Latin America — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:45:18 +0000

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