Politicians in space: priceless. (Trade Talk).AOL-Time Warner, the U.S. mega-media conglomerate conglomerate, in business conglomerate, corporation whose asset growth, often very rapid, comes largely through the acquisition of, or merger with, other firms whose products are largely unrelated to each other or to that of the parent company. , reported a US$54 billion loss in the first quarter of 2002--the largest one-quarter drop in U.S. corporate history. What could shareholders have bought instead with all that cash? In Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. , quite a lot. 100% of Sao Paulo's 1 million street kids could get U.S. university degrees 37% if you sent them to Harvard 22% of Latin Americans This is a list of notable Latin American people. In alphabetical order within categories. Actors
2.2 years' worth of remittances
Remittances are transfers of money by foreign workers to their home countries. from all Latin Americans abroad to their home countries 24 countries could build new, Mexico City-style airports 27 years of U.S. funding to end Colombia's drug production (currently $2 billion a year) 2 months for cocaine cocaine (kōkān`, kō`kān), alkaloid drug derived from the leaves of the coca shrub. A commonly abused illegal drug, cocaine has limited medical uses, most often in surgical applications that take advantage of the fact that, in sellers to earn the U.S. drug-fighting budget (U.S. street price) 4.7 times the reserves of Latin America's largest gold mine, Yanacocha in Peru 54 times the value of The Simpsons animated TV series (News Corp. CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Rupert Murdoch's public valuation) 9,000 years of tourism promotion for Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, city, Brazil Rio de Janeiro (rē`ō də zhänā`rō, Port. rē`  thĭ zhənĕē`r following a
Simpsons episode critical of the city1 country of Peru (gross domestic product; no premium for future income) 2,700 Latin American politicians sent into space (Russian "celebrity" price of $20 million each) 5,400 if you sent them one way 6.8 times the country of Chile, purchased at U.S. conservationist Doug Tompkins's price ($10,600 per square km) 4,154 cities could host simultaneous Brazilian carnivals The Brazilian Carnival (Portuguese: Carnaval) is an annual festival in Brazil held 40 days before Easter and marks the beginning of Lent. ($13 million each) 38% of Argentina's public debt
Company Sector Country Market capitalization
(US$ billions)
Telmex telecom Mexico $30
Petrobras oil & gas Brazil $24
$54 billion
America Movil cellular Mexico $15
Wal-Mart de Mexico retail Mexico $12
CVBD mining Brazil $11
Cemex cement Mexico $10
YPF-Repsol oil & gas Argentina $5
Desc retail Mexico $1
$54 billion
BBVA Bancomer banking Mexico $8
Banco Itau banking Brazil $8
Ambev brewer Brazil $8
Televisa media Mexico $7
Electrobras electricity Brazil $7
Kimberly-Clark paper Mexico $4
Embraer aircraft Brazil $4
Bimbo food Mexico $3
Cantv telecom Venezuela $2
Gigante retail Mexico $1
Elektra retail Mexico $1
Perez Companc energy Argentina $1
$54 billion
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