LIQ talks to Teseo Bergoglio, Co-Owner and Co-Managing Partner 1. Can you tell us about your Firm and your role? LAP Latin American Partners (LAP) is a fund manager with a team of investment professionals that after working together for many years in private equity in Latin America, decided t...

LIQ talks to Juan Toro, Director at Astris Finance 1. What is Astris Finance ("Astris") and what is your role? Astris Finance is a USbased transaction advisory firm specialized in infrastructure and energy, with operations in the Americas, Europe and Africa. The firm has offices in Washingt...

LIQ talks to Federico Flossbach, Senior Executive at Confederación Andina de Fomento 1. Why do you think that Panama is attracting so much interest from international infrastructure players? The Republic of Panama is one of the Latin American economies that have had one of the highest gro...

Ulisses Gagliano & Gustavo Leal Gondo As Lula´s government was so successful in reducing Brazil´s social inequality, Dilma´s government had not only the challenge to build up her name apart from her predecessor, but also to keep the economic growth pace, cheer up voters, host...

As one of the most popular presidents in Ecuador during recent years, Rafael Correa began 2011 strong. His referendums on constitutional reforms showed without a doubt that there ispopular support for an extension of his mandate, which has August 2013 as a horizon, with the option of being re-elect...

Interesting opportunities lie ahead for infrastructure players in Spain in light of the results of recent regional elections in May 2011. There has been a marked swing in favor of parties who are more positive about the involvement of the private sector in infrastructure. Moreover, regional governm...

LIQ talks to Jorge Quijano, CEO of the Panama Canal Authority What are the Canal's main sources of revenues? The Canal derives its revenues mainly from providing transit services to shippers and shipping lines that move cargo through the route to reach producer and consumer markets in an expe...

Andrés Pezzutti Infrastructure includes the physical and social capital that a country or community needs for its economic system to work properly in the provision of goods and services. The social infrastructure refers to assets such as Educational, Health, Security and Recreational faci...

Decades of limited government investment, restrained fiscal environment, politicized project planning, and a limited promotion of private initiatives have widened an infrastructure gap that is seriously threatening the long-term growth sustainability of Costa Rica’s $42 billion economy. I...

Cesar A. Guimarães Pereira 1. Introduction The port sector had been expecting for the past few months a package of regulatory changes and an investment program. In 2008, the federal government issued Decree 6620, based on Law 8630 (Ports Modernization Act) and Law 10233 (ANTAQ Act). Some...

LIQ talks to André Pompeo do Amaral Mendes, Manager of Supply Chain of Oil and Gas Department of Brazilian National Development Bank (BNDES). 1- How developed is the local supply chain of equipment and services in the oil & gas industry? Today one of the major challenges in Brazil is...

By Agustin Giménez Mathus, Partner at FGM Lawyers Notwithstanding the existence of an open electricity generation market and the implementation of fiscal incentives and soft loan programs, clean energy projects have been unable to capture El Salvador renewable energy potential. This ar...

LIQ talks to Roberto Roy, Executive Secretary 1. The Metro de Panamá project is an appropriate reflection of the growth of Panama, what can you tell us about the economy and the main engines of growth? Panama has shown the highest GDP growth in Latin America over the last years and has ...

LIQ talks to Rafael Perez Pire, Executive Director of the Unión Eólica Panameña (Panamenian Eolic Union - UEP) 1. What is the UEP and what is UEP’s relationship with Union Eólica Española (Spanish Eolic Union - UEE)? UEP is a subsidiary of Unión...

Juan Garcia How important is to design, develop, and implement a comprehensive site security / emergency preparedness (EP) plan? Do facilities even have one? If so, is it inspected, and validated on an annual basis? Latin American companies have experienced its share of natural disasters from h...

LIQ talks to Alejandro Hanono, President and CEO of Hidrotenencias 1. Panama's economy has been growing steadily at high rates, what are the main sources of electricity in the Country and what are the national authorities doing to keep up with the increasing demand? Since 1997, when the Power Sec...

LIQ talks to Luiz Felipe Graziano, Legal Manager 1. OAS Soluções Ambientais is part of OAS Investimentos, can you please describe what are the activities of OAS Investimentos? OAS Soluções Ambientais is a fully owned subsidiary of OAS Investimentos, created to concen...

OSX is an EBX Group company which provides solutions for the offshore oil industry by means of integrated operations in shipbuilding, leasing of exploration and production (E&P) units, and operation and maintenance (O&M) services. OSX is managing a broad and diversified order book of FPSOs, fi...