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...Chile’s Independence Day, a tipsy Brown managed to snag a free lesson in “cumbia”—a Latin American music and dance style—from Bachelet...
...Cobre.” The effect was only enhanced by projected images of galloping horses and frontman Joey Burns’ appropriately denim-and-flannel attire. The band is much more than their Southwestern background, however. Their varied set, nearly mostly drawn from their forthcoming album, ranged from latin-tinged country to dissonant indie rock, but consistently connected with an audience that treated even new songs like old favorites.Calexico’s multiplicity of styles slowly built on one another over the course of the set. The moody but irresistibly melodic pop of “Cruel?...
Evan once said that he should’ve been a Latin orator, but we’re glad his large presence and, yes, his overpowering voice are firmly here in the present. —Jannie S. Tsuei...
...1980s, Rink Dickinson wanted to go into business to help an unusual constituency: his vendors. He proposed to import coffee by paying impoverished Latin American farmers double the going rate for their beans. Reaction from potential investors was predictably cool. "People were just, like, 'That's a bad idea,'" he recalls. "The concept of having your values embedded in everything you did in your business ... was just not happening in any major way at all." Nonetheless, with just $100,000 from family, friends and a few supportive idealists, Equal Exchange was born...
Some call the nonprofit organization that holds the hands of million-dollar business entrepreneurs crazy, but Endeavor CEO and co-founder Linda Rottenberg says, "That's when you know you're on the right track." Endeavor's 236 entrepreneurs so far--from Latin America and most recently from South Africa--would agree. Endeavor's approach of "catalyzing entrepreneurship," by merging microcredit and private equity with consulting support networks, is part of a broad effort to foster entrepreneurship in the developing world. Endeavor and others hope the companies they nurture will serve as examples for others to follow. So far, Endeavor...