| The Latin America Equity Fund, Inc. operates as a closed-end, nondiversified management investment company, investing primarily in Latin American equity securities. It invests in banking; bottling; broadcast, radio, and television; cellular telecommunications; cement; electric; food; mining; oil and natural gas; retail stores; and telephone sectors in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Jamaica, Latin America, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela. Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC serves as investment adviser of the fund. The fund has its principal executive offices in New York City, New York. |