Quoted
"That's like asking Scott Rothstein for advice on legal ethics."
Miami Herald editorial Feb 8, 2010 on Venezuela bringing in Cuba as an advisor on energy problems.
"I could not care less who is the next president of Brazil"
Alberto Bernal, Bulltick Capital Markets, at Latin America 2010 conference of the University of Miami's Center for Hemispheric Policy, Miami, Feb 5, 2010, commenting on the confidence that current economic policies will continue whoever wins October elections
"Ecuador is always on the verge of default. It's a country that doesn't really try to get its act together."
Liliana Rojas-Suarez, senior fellow at Center for Global Development, at Latin America 2010 conference of University of Miami's Center for Hemispheric Policy, Miami, Feb 5, 2010
"This will be a bank that will be directed by phone by Mr and Mrs Kirchner"
An economic analyst on the messy intervention in Argentina's central bank, as quoted by Financial Times, Feb. 1, 2010
"Demand will outpace the political inertia."
Leo Rodriguez, president of Latin America for Emerson, on Latin America this year, as quoted by Latin Business Chronicle, Jan 4, 2010
"Latin America is still a vulnerable region, with high poverty indexes"
Hernan Rincon, president of Microsoft Latin America, in Latin Business Chronicle, Jan 4, 2010
"The confidence of the German business community into Latin America has returned"
Peter Rosler of German business group Lateinamerika Verein, in Latin Business Chronicle, Jan.4, 2010
"The whole thing is a ridiculous, very lame attempt to control something they shouldn’t try to control"
Greg Lesko, Deltek Asset Management, on Brazil's new tax on ADR's, as quoted by Bloomberg, Nov. 19, 2009
"I'm beginning to rethink my 2016 plans"
Brazil expert and Columbia University professor Albert Fishlow on the 2016 Olympics scheduled for Rio de Janeiro, as quoted by the Inter-American Dialogue's Latin America Advisor, October 14, 2009