Director/PDMR Shareholding

Merrill Lynch Latin Amer Inv. Trust
05 April 2007

                                  SCHEDULE 11

          NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS

1) Name of company

Merrill Lynch Latin American Investment Trust PLC

2) Name of director

Desmond O'Conor

3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or holding of that person's
spouse or children under the age of 18 or in respect of a non-beneficial
interest

Shareholder named above

4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them (if notified)

Nutraco Nominees Limited

5) Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected
with the Director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s)

n/a

6) Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions
please indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non
discretionary of ordinary shares

Transactions relating to routine dividend reinvestment and annual management
charge.

7) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

43

8) Percentage of issued class

0.00008%

9) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

n/a

10) Percentage of issued class

n/a

11) Class of security

Ordinary shares of 10 cents each

12) Price per share

n/a

13) Date of transaction

5 April 2007

14) Date company informed

5 April 2007

15) Total holding following this notification

7,679

16) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

0.016%

17) Any additional information

None

18) Contact name for queries

Miss C Driscoll

19) Contact telephone number

020 7743 2427

20) Name of authorised company official responsible for making notification

Miss C Driscoll, BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited
Secretary

Date of notification:  5 April 2007


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