The Latin American Trade Council of Oregon is a non-profit association organized to promote trade between Oregon and Latin America. Latin America includes Mexico, the Carribean, Central and South America and Iberia (Spain and Portugal).
LATCO members usually have personal as well as commercial or professional interests in Latin America. Our members include latinos and some of us who have lived and worked in Latin America.
Membership and Member Services. LATCO members communicate primarily via the Internet. LATCO promotes conferences and workshops and also makes available information on specific trade opportunities in the various Latin American countries.
LATCO hosts or cosponsors monthly meetings, conferences or roundtable discussions that focus on trade with Latin America. Since we began in February 1992 topics have included: Chile, manufacturing operations in Mexico, the North American Free Trade Agreement, wastewater treatment in Mexico, the "Southern Cone" (Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Paraguay), Colombia, Mexico: transportation issues, and the emerging market for computers and electronics in Brazil; financial issues: money, tariffs and taxes; travel/transportation; communications; legal issues; and library resources.
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