Investičný potenciál v Uruguaji
Krajina (kedysi nazývaná Švajčiarsko Južnej Ameriky), v ktorej sa určite oplatí stráviť čas a zamyslieť sa nad tamojším investovaním.
Uruguay has its problems. Here's a place that should have been on top of the world. A small but highly educated and demographically homogeneous European population. Crime free. Great climate. Hundreds of miles of empty coast. Perhaps the world's premier beach resort. Socially liberal. Religiously agnostic. Huge agricultural production. A tax and bank haven. Next door to two big and vibrant neighbors. What's not to like?
The answer lies in another question that will inevitably arise as you spend time here: Why, with all its apparent advantages, isn't Uruguay one of the richest counties in the world? The answer, as almost everywhere else, is the same: political stupidity. In so many ways – size, climate, ethnicity, economy, ambience – the place resembles New Zealand. Including in mistakes and stupidities. Its history is filled with cockamamie collectivist schemes, some of the highest duties and quotas in the world on imports, and constant destruction of its currency.
Despite these problems, Uruguay has much more going for it than going against it. My guess is that, as in Argentina, you're going to see much more immigration of wealthy Europeans, deserting that sinking continent.
Emigrants are always the best, which is to say the most opportunity and freedom-seeking, people. And because Uruguay is so small, they'll have a proportionately much bigger effect than on their neighbor to the south. The prognosis is very good. The place stands a high chance of transformation from a quiet backwater into a booming hotspot.
I expect to do more things there in the future. But if Uruguay is tomorrow, Argentina is still my choice for today. The nice thing is that they're just a ferry ride across the Plata from each other. I suggest you go down for a visit as soon as possible
Zdroj: MM
09.03.2008