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News & Information This section contains some of the latest news and information from Latin America, including publications and reports from external sources. ALABC's monthly newsletter, "Latam News," keeps members and supporters abreast of developments taking place in the Latin American markets. Locked articles  can be read by paid ALABC members, including Individual, SME, Corporate and Sponsor.
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21 February, 2012 by ALABC
Many exporters in the manufacturing and service sectors are struggling to cope with a high Australian dollar that is damaging their export competitiveness. At the same time, resource exporters are doing very well, despite a roughly 20% increase in the value of the Australian dollar since 2006, their sales have grown by nearly 150%.
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07 February, 2012 by ALABC
About 400 delegates are expected for a two-day conference backed by Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd and including several mining leaders. The conference, to be called ''Latin America Downunder'', will be run in Sydney in May and modelled on successful talks held in Perth over the past decade to encourage Australian business links with Africa.
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07 February, 2012 by ALABC
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27 January, 2012 by ALABC
22 Day Escorted Group Tour - visiting Coffee Triangle; Cartagena; Bogota; Havana; Trinidad; Cienfuegos
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27 January, 2012 by ALABC
Under the Sustainable Light Program, 47 million incandescent light bulbs will be replaced with energy saving Philips lamps in homes across Mexico.
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27 January, 2012 by ALABC
In this issue: "Buy Australian Campaign; In the spotlight - Ludowici's Eddie McKerr; Martin Engineering lands in Lima; Expo Minera features Australian Mining Expertise; CSIRO enters JV in Chile; Marco Polo invests in Australian bus company; Latin America most bullish on M&A deals in 2012; Bogota in Top 5 for doing buisness; Is your Emerging Markets Strategy local enough?; PwC - Doing Buisness in Brazil; Launch of environmental exchange; Education - the weakest link and a number of dates for the diary.
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23 January, 2012 by ALABC
The University of Queensland’s Institute of Continuing & TESOL Education (ICTE-UQ) has won Australia’s most prestigious national education and training export award.
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19 January, 2012 by ALABC
Despite the global economic downturn, Australian businesses continue to find exciting opportunities to trade and expand overseas. It's at times like these that viable international opportunities can be at risk due to the challenges in providing adequate security to underpin the financing required. Often the bank may agree with their customer’s potential for success, but simply can’t look beyond the balance sheet.Today, the resources boom is creating a new gap in financing for export contracts. Strong demand from both the large corporate and SME sectors, particularly those involved in or supplying to the Australian mining and resources industry is creating further demand for services from Australia’s export credit agency, Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (EFIC).
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