Latin America and Caribbean: Foreign direct investments (FDI) in Latin America and the Caribbean saw a massive rise of 44% in 2004, compared to the previous year, according to ECLAC (Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean). Furthermore, it is the first time that flows have increased in the region since 1999, totalling 56.4 billion dollars. In the countries of South America, the increase reached 48% (34.1 billion dollars) and 43% for Mexico and the whole of the Caribbean...