Annual Information Update

BLACKROCK LATIN AMERICAN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

ANNUAL INFORMATION UPDATE

Annual Information Update for the period 20 March 2009 up to and including 1
March 2010.

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 Please note that some of this information may be out of date.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.investegate.co.uk using EPIC code BRLA.)           

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 Portfolio Update:

25 March 2009
24 April 2009
21 May 2009  
26 June 2009
16 July 2009
24 August 2009
29 September 2009
30 October 2009  
19 November 2009
22 December 2009
22 December 2009 (correction)
28 January 2010
18 February 2010

1.3 Holdings in Company:

1 April 2009
1 May 2009
21 May 2009
1 June 2009
24 June 2009
1 July 2009
3 July 2009
3 July 2009
5 July 2009
24 August 2009
2 September 2009
25 September 2009
28 September 2009
2 October 2009
7 October 2009
16 October 2009
28 October 2009
2 November 2009 (correction)
3 November 2009
3 December 2009
4 January 2010
6 January 2010
8 January 2010
12 January 2010
20 January 2010
2 February 2010
11 February 2010
11 February 2010
1 March 2010

1.4 Other Announcements:

23 March 2009 - Tender offer
24 March 2009 - Annual information update
1 April 2009 - Result of tender offer
2 April 2009 - Result of tender offer
9 April 2009 - Total voting rights
22 April 2009 - Director/PDMR shareholding
22 April 2009 - Director/PDMR shareholding
12 May 2009 - AGM statement
15 May 2009 - Interim management statement
15 May 2009 - Interim management statement (correction)
7 July 2009 - Statement Re: proposed issue of convertible bonds
4 August 2009 - Half yearly report
12 August 2009 - Document Re: submission of documents
18 August 2009 - Document Re: submission of documents
24 August 2009 - Total voting rights
11 September 2009 - Result of EGM
15 September 2009 - Director/PDMR shareholding
15 September 2009 - Director/PDMR shareholding
15 September 2009 - Director/PDMR shareholding
15 September 2009 - Director/PDMR shareholding
17 September 2009 - Director/PDMR shareholding
5 October 2009 - Total voting rights
2 November 2009 - Total voting rights
9 November 2009 - Director/PDMR shareholding
9 November 2009 - Director/PDMR shareholding
17 November 2009 - Directorate change
17 November 2009 - Interim management statement
4 December 2009 - Correction: director declaration
5 January 2010 - Compliance with model code
14 January 2010 - Statement Re: tender offer
17 February 2010 - Final results
26 February 2010 - Document Re: submission of documents
1 March 2010 - Document Re: submission of documents

2. Documents Filed with the Registrar of Companies:

Date / Form / Description

27 March 2009 - 363a - Annual return
4 April 2009 - AA - Accounts
30 April 2009 - 169(1B) - Form
22 May 2009 - Res09/10/11 - Resolution
4 September 2009 - 169A(2) - Form
15 September 2009 - Res10 - Resolution
6 October 2009 - AD02 - Form
6 October 2009 - AD03 - Form
26 November 2009 - AP01 - Appointment of a director

3. Printed Publications:

The Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2009 
and the Half Yearly Report for the six months ended 30 June 2009   
together with the prospectus for the convertible bonds and         
bondholder circular are available from the Company registered      
office, c/o of The Company Secretary, BlackRock 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 and convertible bonds are listed on the London
Stock Exchange and the price of these securities 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
1 March 2010