60/ AnDeAn chile 62/ Agenda for change the second Bachelet presidency has plans to reform tax, though some worry about the methods Peru Argentina on the brink, page 24 Person of the Year, page 28 64/ Mining the future Peru's allure remains, but slowing chinese demand for minerals like copper could mean trouble 66/ CAFTA DR Regional economy 68/ Central America steps up With growth elsewhere slowing, investors may find it harder to ignore these small but growing markets Dominican Republic 70/ projects boom Mexico's oil revolution, page 51 Testing times in Brazil, page 39 foreign direct investment is stepping up in a country soon to be the caribbean's most populous Guatemala 71/ sugar high a new trade agreement with the eU is perking up Guatemala's soft commodities exporters InvesTOR RepORTs 38/ BRAZIL 50/ MeXICO economy energy Brazil has much to do to regain investors' trust-despite recent attempts by policymakers to put things right LatinFinance looks at the reality behind the broad gestures in mexico's oil and gas revolution 39/ Time to act Petrobras 46/ On troubled waters the oil firm's mounting debt has not deterred its investment plans. equity investors are wary. 51/ Oil change Power 54/ electricity transformation as in oil and gas, much remains to be done in building a new electricity framework in mexico 2 l atinfina nce.com - March/April 2014 financial reform 58/ Deploying capital Getting banks to ramp up lending to small businesses may be easier said than done MARCH/ APRIL 2014 Contentshttp://www.LATINFINANCE.COM