Annual Information Update

BLACKROCK LATIN AMERICAN INVESTMENT TRUST PLC

ANNUAL INFORMATION UPDATE

Annual Information Update for the period 26 March 2011 up to and including 
30 March 2012.

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 Please note that some of this information may be out of date.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:

15 April 2011
9 May 2011 - correction
17 May 2011
16 June 2011
22 July 2011
15 August 2011
22 September 2011
23 September 2011 - correction
19 October 2011
15 November 2011
14 December 2011
23 January 2012
22 February 2012
16 March 2012

1.3 Holdings in Company:

1 April 2011
4 April 2011
3 May 2011
1 June 2011
7 June 2011
20 June 2011
1 July 2011
4 July 2011
1 August 2011
9 August 2011
22 August 2011
1 September 2011
26 September 2011
3 October 2011
1 November 2011
1 December 2011
20 December 2011
3 January 2012
4 January 2012
11 January 2012
1 February 2012
1 March 2012

1.4 Other Announcements:

1 April 2011 - total voting rights
15 April 2011 - director/PDMR
3 May 2011 - total voting rights
6 May 2011 - result of AGM
9 May 2011 - interim management statement
9 May 2011 - blocklisting interim review
1 June 2011 - total voting rights
1 July 2011 - total voting rights
1 July 2011 - compliance with model code
6 July 2011 - tender offer
1 August 2011 - total voting rights
9 August 2011 - half yearly report
10 August 2011 - director/PDMR
24 August 2011 - director/PDMR
1 September 2011 - total voting rights
14 September 2011 - doc re: submission of documents
16 September 2011 - director/PDMR
27 September 2011 - director/PDMR x 2
3 October 2011 - total voting rights
1 November 2011 - total voting rights
8 November 2011 - interim management statement
9 November 2011 - blocklisting interim review
1 December 2011 - total voting rights
3 January 2012 - total voting rights
4 January 2012 - compliance with model code
13 January 2012 - tender offer
1 February 2012 - total voting rights

20 February 2012 - doc re: submission of documents
1 March 2012 - total voting rights
7 March 2012 - final results
16 March 2012 - doc re: submission of document
16 March 2012 - director/PDMR

2. Documents Filed with the Registrar of Companies:

30 March 2011 - AR annual return
6 April 2011 - SH01 form
12 May 2011 - RES10/08
9 August 2011 - AD01 form
19 August 2011 - CH04 form
28 March 2012 - AR annual return

3. Printed Publications:

The Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2011 
and the Half Yearly Report for the six months ended 30 June 2011   
are available from the Company registered office, c/o of The       
Company Secretary, BlackRock Latin American Investment Trust plc,  
12 Throgmorton Avenue, London EC2N 2DL or can be downloaded from   
www.brla.co.uk.                                                    
       
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.brla.co.uk.

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

Free investor helpline: 0800 445522                                
Email address: www.brla.co.uk                                      

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

BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited
Secretary
2 April 2012