With the rapid opening of Latin American economies during the 1990s, investments in Latin America have steadily grown, fuelled by globalisation. With the emergence of this economic environment, driven by the need to boost domestic industrial competitiveness, key sectors of Latin American economies needs the investment of foreign specialised companies. In recent years, most of the countries in Latin America have welcomed private investments in these key fields, promoting attractive investment structures that could stand in for the lack of public investment, which had made them ancient and unfit for purpose in light of current commerce and industry developments.