Obama’s Americas summit is good for our investments

The recent historic Summit of the Americas is great news for long-term investors in Latin America. James McKeigue explains why.

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Barack Obama's meeting with Ral Castro is great news for investors

The term historic' gets overused by journalists. But they might have been on to something over the weekend when writers from the BBC to The New York Times used the word to describe Barack Obama's meeting with Ral Castro. The first face-to-face meeting between the leaders of the two countries for more than half a century was the highlight of the Summit of the Americas.

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James McKeigue

James graduated from Keele University with a BA (Hons) in English literature and history, and has a certificate in journalism from the NCTJ. James has worked as a freelance journalist in various Latin American countries.He also had a spell at ITV, as welll as wring for Television Business International and covering the European equity markets for the Forbes.com London bureau. James has travelled extensively in emerging markets, reporting for international energy magazines such as Oil and Gas Investor, and institutional publications such as the Commonwealth Business Environment Report. He is currently the managing editor of LatAm INVESTOR, the UK's only Latin American finance magazine.