Annual Information Update

Merrill Lynch Latin Amer Inv. Trust
26 March 2007


MERRILL LYNCH LATIN AMERICAN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

ANNUAL INFORMATION UPDATE

Annual Information Update for the period 1 January 2006 up to and including 26
March 2007.

Pursuant to the requirements of Prospectus Rule 5.2 the following summarises the
information that has been published or made available to the public by the
Company.  Please note that some of this information may be out of date.

1.    Announcements via a Regulatory Information Service (RIS):
      (RIS Announcements can be viewed at or downloaded via the internet from 
      http://dev.uk-wire.com using EPIC code MLLA.)

1.1  Net Asset Values:

      As far as possible the Company has announced daily the net asset value per 
      share as at the close of the previous business day.

1.2  Top 10 Holdings:

      4 January 2006
      4 April 2006
      4 July 2006
      3 October 2006
      3 January 2007

1.4  Performance at month end:

      16 January 2006
      15 February 2006
      13 March 2006
      12 May 2006
      13 June 2006
      17 July 2006
      22 August 2006
      15 September 2006
      17 October 2006
      23 November 2006
      15 December 2006
      18 January 2007
      21 February 2007
      21 March 2007

1.5   Holdings in Company

      9 January 2006
      13 January 2006
      1 March 2006
      16 March 2006
      3 May 2006
      4 May 2006
      2 June 2006
      22 June 2006 x 2
      14 September 2006
      18 October 2006
      20 October 2006
      13 November 2006
      23 November 2006
      21 February 2007
      28 February 2007
      2 March 2007
      9 March 2007
      14 March 2007

1.6   Portfolio Updates/21.20 Announcements:

      3 May 2006
      2 June 2006
      2 August 2006
      4 September 2006
      2 November 2006
      4 December 2006
      2 February 2007
      2 March 2007

1.7   Other Announcements:

      13 January 2006             Portfolio management change
      10 March 2006               Management arrangements
      16 March 2006               Final results
      17 March 2006               Tender offer
      31 March 2006               Change in manager
      3 April 2006                Discount control mechanism
      12 April 2006               Tender offer
      12 April 2006               Submission of docs - tender offer circ
      12 April 2006               Submission of docs - annual report and proxy 
                                  form
      8 May 2006                  AGM/EGM statement
      9 May 2006                  Submission of docs - annual report 2005
      9 May 2006                  Results of tender offer
      9 May 2006                  Change of name
      11 May 2006                 Annual information update 2006
      12 May 2006                 GBP tender price
      15 May 2006                 Tender offer
      15 May 2006                 Director/PDMR
      8 August 2006               Interim results
      14 August 2006              Tender offer
      15 August 2006              Submission of docs - interim report
      22 September 2006           Results of tender offer
      2 October 2006              Change of Company Secretary
      4 October 2006              Tender offer
      10 November 2006            Director/PDMR
      6 December 2006             Change of adviser
      7 December 2006             Voting rights and capital
      23 January 2007             Tender offer
      15 February 2007            Final results
      19 February 2007            Director/PDMR
      27 February 2007            Submission of docs - annual report and proxy

2.    Documents Filed with the Registrar of Companies:

     Date                     Form                Description
     10 April 2006            363A                Annual return to 28 February 
                                                  2006
     7 April 2006             287                 Change of registered office
     7 April 2006             288b                Secretary resigned (F&C)
     7 April 2006             288a                Secretary appointed (MLIM)
     9 May 2006               CERTNM              Company name change
     15 May 2006              AA                  Full accounts to 31 December 
                                                  2005
     16 May 2006              RES13               Condition market purchase 
                                                  8 May 2006
     25 May 2006              RES10               Disapplic pre-emption rights/
                                                  Authority to allot securities
     22 June 2006             MEM/ARTS            Memorandum of association
     24 May 2006              169                 14 November 2005
     14 June 2006             169                 15 May 2006
     9 October 2006           288c                Secretaries particulars have 
                                                  changed
     12 October 2006          288c                Secretaries particulars have 
                                                  changed
     12 October 2006          288b                Secretary resigned
     13 October 2006          288a                Secretary appointed
     23 November 2006         169                 9 October 2006
     13 March 2007            AA                  Full accounts to 31 December 
                                                  2006

3.    Printed Publications:

      The Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2006 and the 
      Interim Report for the six months ended 30 June 2006 are available from 
      the Company registered office, c/o of The Company Secretary, Merrill Lynch 
      Latin American Investment Trust PLC, 33 King William Street, London EC4R
      9AS or can be downloaded from www.blackrock.co.uk/its.

Other sources of information:

The Company's Ordinary shares are listed on the London Stock Exchange and the
price of these shares is published in the Financial Times and the Times under '
Investment Companies' and in the Daily Telegraph under 'Investment Trusts'.  The
share price is also available on the BlackRock Investment Management (UK)
Limited website at www.blackrock.co.uk/its.

Further information can be obtained from BlackRock Investment Management (UK)
Limited as follows:

      Free investor helpline:           0800 445522

      Email address:                    www.blackrock.co.uk/its.

In addition, regular Factsheets on the Company are produced by BlackRock
Investment Management (UK) Limited and can be downloaded from
www.blackrock.co.uk/its .


BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited
Secretary
26 March 2007


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