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Could China’s Deal With Cuba Depress Commodity Prices?

Irwin Greenstein (November 20th, 2008) Writes:

China’s President Hu Jintao just concluded on a victorious trip Havana on Tuesday - expanding a trade pact that could divert commodities from open spot markets.

It’s no secret that China has largely been responsible for the commodity run-up of the past few years. Now the question remains if the latest deal with Cuba could give China a new lost-cost provider of commodities. If so, it could be a bit of bad news for investors looking for a China-driven commodities run-up.

On Tuesday, Chinese president arrived in Cuba as part of a Latin American tour to strengthen ties with the resource-rich region. And his timing was impeccable.

Just weeks after Cuba’s farm sector and overall economy were rocked by three hurricanes which inflicted more than $10 billion, China parachuted in with almost a dozen trade agreements, according to Cuba’s state-run news agency.

In exchange for wider access to Cuba’s natural resources, China will rehabilitate

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SkyPostal, Inc. (SKPN.OB) – Nobody Knows Latin America Like These Guys

QualityStocks (September 16th, 2008) Writes:

SkyPostal Networks, Inc., (SKPN.OB), the biggest private mail network in Latin America, got to be that way by faithfully obeying the first rule of business (and the first rule of their mission statement): Listen to your customers, know your market.

SkyPostal’s primary market is Latin America, and they know it. Combine that with an in-depth knowledge of mail delivery, based upon over 100 years of combined management-team experience, and it helps explain why SkyPostal (www.SkyPostal.com) consistently beats its competitors and even government delivery services in cost and efficiency, offering a delivery success rate approaching 100%.

At the top of that management team is President and CEO Albert P. Hernandez. Born in Havana, with over 40 years of mail and delivery service experience, Hernandez is considered a pioneer in the development of mail delivery service in Latin America. Hernandez immigrated to the U.S., where he received a BBA

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