LATIN AMERICA DOLLAR INCOME FUND INC
DEF 14A, 1996-06-12
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                                                345 Park Avenue (at 51st Street)
                                                        New York, New York 10154
                                                                  (800) 349-4281
 
The Latin America Dollar Income Fund, Inc.
                                                                  June 14, 1996

To the Stockholders:

     The Annual Meeting of Stockholders of The Latin America Dollar Income Fund,
Inc. (the "Fund") is to be held at 4:00 p.m.,  eastern time, on Wednesday,  July
24, 1996 at the offices of Scudder,  Stevens & Clark, Inc., 25th Floor, 345 Park
Avenue (at 51st Street),  New York, New York 10154.  Stockholders who are unable
to attend  this  meeting  are  strongly  encouraged  to vote by proxy,  which is
customary in corporate  meetings of this kind. A Proxy  Statement  regarding the
meeting,  a proxy  card for your vote at the  meeting  and an  envelope--postage
prepaid--in which to return your proxy card are enclosed.

     At the Annual  Meeting,  the  stockholders  will elect three  Directors and
consider the ratification of the selection of Price Waterhouse LLP as the Fund's
independent  accountants.  In  addition,  the  stockholders  present will hear a
report on the Fund.  There will be an opportunity to discuss matters of interest
to you as a stockholder.

     Your  Fund's  Directors  recommend  that  you  vote in favor of each of the
foregoing matters.

Respectfully,




Lynn S. Birdsong
Edmond D. Villani
President
Chairman of the Board


STOCKHOLDERS ARE URGED TO SIGN THE PROXY CARD AND MAIL IT IN THE ENCLOSED
POSTAGE-PREPAID ENVELOPE SO AS TO ENSURE A QUORUM AT THE MEETING. THIS IS
IMPORTANT WHETHER YOU OWN FEW OR MANY SHARES.

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                       THE LATIN AMERICA DOLLAR INCOME FUND, INC.

                        Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders

To the Stockholders of
The Latin America Dollar Income Fund, Inc.:

Please take notice that the Annual Meeting of  Stockholders of The Latin America
Dollar Income Fund,  Inc. (the "Fund") has been called to be held at the offices
of Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Inc., 25th Floor, 345 Park Avenue (at 51st Street),
New York,  New York 10154,  on  Wednesday,  July 24, 1996 at 4:00 p.m.,  eastern
time, for the following purposes:

              (1) To elect three Directors of the Fund to hold office for a term
     of three years or until their  respective  successors  shall have been duly
     elected and qualified.

              (2) To ratify or reject the action taken by the Board of Directors
     in selecting Price Waterhouse LLP as independent accountants for the fiscal
     year ending October 31, 1996.

The  appointed  proxies  will vote on any other  business as may  properly  come
before the meeting or any adjournments thereof.  

Holders  of  record of the  shares  of common  stock of the Fund at the close of
business  on  June  5,  1996  are  entitled  to  vote  at the  meeting  and  any
adjournments thereof.


                                             By order of the Board of Directors,
                                                  Thomas F. McDonough, Secretary

June 14, 1996

IMPORTANT--We urge you to sign and date the enclosed proxy card and return it in
the enclosed  addressed  envelope  which requires no postage and is intended for
your  convenience.  Your prompt  return of the enclosed  proxy card may save the
Fund the  necessity and expense of further  solicitations  to ensure a quorum at
the Annual  Meeting.  If you can attend the meeting and wish to vote your shares
in person at that time, you will be able to do so.


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                                    PROXY STATEMENT
                                        GENERAL
     This Proxy  Statement is furnished in connection  with the  solicitation of
proxies by the Board of Directors of The Latin America Dollar Income Fund,  Inc.
(the "Fund") for use at the Annual  Meeting of  Stockholders,  to be held at the
offices of Scudder,  Stevens & Clark,  Inc.  ("Scudder"),  25th Floor,  345 Park
Avenue (at 51st Street),  New York, New York 10154, on Wednesday,  July 24, 1996
at 4:00 p.m., eastern time, and at any adjournments thereof  (collectively,  the
"Meeting").

     This Proxy  Statement,  the Notice of Annual Meeting and the proxy card are
first being  mailed to  stockholders  on or about June 14,  1996,  or as soon as
practicable  thereafter.  Any stockholder giving a proxy has the power to revoke
it by mail (addressed to the Secretary at the principal  executive office of the
Fund, 345 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10154) or in person at the Meeting, by
executing a  superseding  proxy or by  submitting a notice of  revocation to the
Fund.  All properly  executed  proxies  received in time for the Meeting will be
voted as  specified  in the  proxy  or, if no  specification  is made,  for each
proposal referred to in the Proxy Statement.

     The  presence  at any  stockholders'  meeting,  in person  or by proxy,  of
stockholders  entitled to cast a majority of the votes entitled to be cast shall
be  necessary  and  sufficient  to  constitute a quorum for the  transaction  of
business.  For purposes of determining  the presence of a quorum for transacting
business at the Meeting,  abstentions and broker  "non-votes" will be treated as
shares  that are present but which have not been  voted.  Broker  non-votes  are
proxies received by the Fund from brokers or nominees when the broker or nominee
has neither  received  instructions  from the beneficial  owner or other persons
entitled to vote nor has  discretionary  power to vote on a  particular  matter.
Accordingly,  stockholders  are  urged  to  forward  their  voting  instructions
promptly.

     Abstentions and broker  non-votes will not be counted in favor of, but will
have no other effect on, the vote for  proposals  (1) and (2) which  require the
approval of a majority of shares voting at the Meeting.

     Holders of record of the common  stock of the Fund at the close of business
on June 5, 1996 (the "Record  Date"),  will be entitled to one vote per share on
all business of the Meeting and any adjournments. There were 6,042,045 shares of
common stock outstanding on the Record Date.

     The Fund provides  periodic  reports to all  stockholders  which  highlight
relevant  information,  including  investment  results and a review of portfolio
changes.  You may receive an additional copy of the annual report for the fiscal
year ended October 31, 1995, without charge, by calling  800-349-4281 or writing
the Fund at 345 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10154.

                               (1) ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

     Persons  named in the  accompanying  proxy card  intend,  in the absence of
contrary instructions, to vote all proxies in favor of the election of the three
nominees  listed  below as Directors of the Fund (Class III) to serve for a term
of three years,  or until their  successors are duly elected and qualified.  All
nominees  have  consented to stand for election and to serve if elected.  If any
such  nominee  should  be unable to  serve,  an event not now  anticipated,  the
proxies will be voted for such  person,  if any, as shall be  designated  by the
Board of Directors to replace any such nominee.


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Information Concerning Nominees

     The following table sets forth certain  information  concerning each of the
three nominees as a Director of the Fund. Each of the nominees is now a Director
of the Fund.  Unless  otherwise  noted,  each of the nominees has engaged in the
principal occupation listed in the following table for more than five years, but
not necessarily in the same capacity.  

Class  III--Nominees  to serve until 1999 Annual Meeting of Stockholders:

<TABLE>
                                                                                       Shares
                          Present Office with the Fund, if any;       Year First     Beneficially   Percent
                          Principal Occupation or Employment and      Became a       Owned March      of
Name (Age)                Directorships in Publicly Held Companies    Director       31, 1996(1)     Class
- ----------                ----------------------------------------    ----------     ------------   -------
<S>                       <C>                                            <C>              <C>          <C>  

George M. Lovejoy, Jr.    President, Fifty Associates;  Chairman       1992           1,059         less than
  (66)                    Emeritus,   Meredith  &  Grew,   Inc.;                                    1/4 of 1%
                          Trustee,   MGI   Properties   and  New
                          England   Aquarium;   Member,   Shared
                          Investment    Committee    of   Copley
                          Investors  Limited  Partnership;   and
                          Chairman,  MA  Advisory  Committee  of
                          Nature   Conservatory.   Mr.   Lovejoy
                          serves on the boards of an  additional
                          11 funds managed by Scudder.

Dr. Susan Kaufman         Managing  Director,   Council  of  the      1992            --              --
Purcell (53)              Americas;  Vice  President,   Americas
                          Society;   Director,   Valero   Energy
                          Corp.   Dr.   Purcell  serves  on  the
                          boards  of  an  additional  two  funds
                          managed by Scudder.

Edmond D. Villani         Chairman of the Board;  President  and      1992            500          less than
 (49)*+++                 Managing Director of Scudder,  Stevens                                   1/4 of 1%
                          & Clark,  Inc. Mr.  Villani  serves on
                          the boards of an  additional  16 funds
                          managed by Scudder.
</TABLE>


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Information Concerning Continuing Directors

     The Board of Directors is divided into three classes, each Director serving
for a term of three  years.  The terms of  Classes I and II do not  expire  this
year. The following table sets forth certain information regarding the Directors
in such  classes.  Unless  otherwise  noted,  each  Director  has engaged in the
principal occupation listed in the following table for more than five years, but
not necessarily in the same capacity.

Class I--Directors serving until 1997 Annual Meeting of Stockholders:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                                       Shares
                          Present Office with the Fund, if any;       Year First     Beneficially   Percent
                          Principal Occupation or Employment and      Became a       Owned March      of
Name (Age)                Directorships in Publicly Held Companies    Director       31, 1996(1)     Class
- ----------                ----------------------------------------    ----------     ------------   -------
<S>                       <C>                                            <C>              <C>          <C>  

Lynn S. Birdsong          President;    Managing   Director   of         1992            --              --
 (49)*+++                 Scudder,  Stevens  & Clark,  Inc.  Mr.
                          Birdsong  serves on the boards of an 
                          additional three funds managed by Scudder.

Robert J. Callander (65)  Director, ARAMARK Corporation, Barnes          1992            100          less than
                          Group Inc., Beneficial Corporation,                                         1/4 of 1%
                          and Omnicom Group, Inc.; Member,
                          Council on Foreign Relations;
                          Managing Director, Metropolitan Opera
                          Association; Trustee, Drew
                          University; and Visiting Professor/
                          Executive-in-Residence, Columbia 
                          Business School, Columbia University 
                          (until 1995). Mr. Callander serves 
                          on the boards of an additional two 
                          funds managed by Scudder.
</TABLE>

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Class II--Directors serving until 1998 Annual Meeting of Stockholders:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                                       Shares
                          Present Office with the Fund, if any;       Year First     Beneficially   Percent
                          Principal Occupation or Employment and      Became a       Owned March      of
Name (Age)                Directorships in Publicly Held Companies    Director       31, 1996(1)     Class
- ----------                ----------------------------------------    ----------     ------------   -------
<S>                       <C>                                            <C>              <C>          <C>  

Robert J. Boyd (51)*      President and Director,  GLB Research,         1992            --              --
                          Inc.;  Trustee,  Institute of Economic
                          Affairs;    Director,    Cosechar   En
                          Argentina S.A., G.T. Japan  Investment
                          Trust      PLC     and      Australian
                          Opportunities  Investment  Trust.  Mr.
                          Boyd   serves  on  the  board  of  one
                          additional fund managed by Scudder.

Ronaldo A. da Frota       Director and Chief Executive  Officer,          1992           1,342         less than
   Nogueira (57)          IMF    Editora    Ltda.     (financial                                       1/4 of 1%
                          publisher).  Mr.  Nogueira  serves  on
                          the  boards  of  an  additional  three
                          funds managed by Scudder.

All Directors and Officers as a group                                                    3,001         less than
                                                                                                       1/4 of 1%
</TABLE>

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*    Directors considered by the Fund and its counsel to be "interested persons"
     (which as used in this proxy  statement  is as  defined  in the  Investment
     Company  Act of  1940)  of the Fund or of the  Fund's  investment  manager,
     Scudder,  Stevens & Clark, Inc. Messrs.  Birdsong and Villani are deemed to
     be  interested  persons  because  of  their  affiliation  with  the  Fund's
     investment  manager,  Scudder,  Stevens & Clark,  Inc., or because they are
     Officers of the Fund or both. Mr. Boyd is deemed to be an interested person
     because he serves as a consultant to Scudder.
+++  Messrs. Birdsong and Villani are members of the Executive Committee of  the
     Fund.
(1)  The information as to beneficial ownership is based on statements furnished
     to the Fund by the Directors. Unless otherwise noted, beneficial  ownership
     is based on sole voting and investment power.  

     Section 30(f) of the  Investment  Company Act of 1940 (the "1940 Act"),  as
applied to a fund, requires the fund's officers, directors,  investment manager,
affiliates of the investment manager, and persons who beneficially own more than
ten  percent  of  a  registered  class  of  the  fund's  outstanding  securities
("Reporting  Persons") to file reports of ownership of the fund's securities and


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changes in such  ownership  with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission  (the
"SEC")  and the New York  Stock  Exchange.  Such  persons  are  required  by SEC
regulations to furnish the fund with copies of all such filings.

     Based solely upon its review of the copies of such forms received by it and
written  representations from certain Reporting Persons that no year-end reports
were required for those  persons,  the Fund believes that during the fiscal year
ended October 31, 1995,  its  Reporting  Persons  complied  with all  applicable
filing requirements.

     To the best of the Fund's  knowledge,  as of April 30, 1996 no person owned
beneficially more than 5% of the Fund's outstanding stock.

Committees of the Board--Board Meetings

     The Board of  Directors  of the Fund met eight times during the fiscal year
ended October 31, 1995. Each Director  attended at least 75% of the total number
of meetings of Board of Directors  and of all  committees  of the Board on which
they served as regular members.

     The Board of Directors, in addition to an Executive Committee, has an Audit
Committee,  a  Valuation  Committee  and a  Special  Nominating  Committee.  The
Executive  and  Valuation  Committees  consist  of  regular  members,   allowing
alternates.

Audit Committee

     The Board has an Audit  Committee  consisting  of those  Directors  who are
unaffiliated persons of the Fund or of Scudder ("Noninterested  Directors"),  as
defined in the 1940 Act,  which met on February  29, 1996.  The Audit  Committee
reviews with  management and the  independent  accountants  for the Fund,  among
other  things,  the  scope of the  audit  and the  controls  of the Fund and its
agents,  reviews and  approves in advance the type of services to be rendered by
independent accountants, recommends the selection of independent accountants for
the Fund to the Board  and in  general  considers  and  reports  to the Board on
matters regarding the Fund's accounting and bookkeeping practices.

Nominating Committee

     The  Board  has  a  Special   Nominating   Committee   consisting   of  the
Noninterested  Directors.  The  Committee is charged with the duty of making all
nominations for Noninterested  Directors.  Stockholders'  recommendations  as to
nominees   received  by  management  are  referred  to  the  Committee  for  its
consideration and action. The Committee met on February 29, 1996 to consider and
to nominate the nominees set forth above.

Executive Officers

     In  addition  to  Messrs.  Birdsong  and  Villani,  Directors  who are also
Officers of the Fund, the following persons are Executive Officers of the Fund:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                   Present Office with the Fund;      Year First Became
          Name (Age)           Principal Occupation or Employment (1)   an Officer (2)
          ----------           --------------------------------------   --------------
<S>          <C>                         <C>                                 <C>

Paul J. Elmlinger (37)         Vice President and Assistant                  1992
                               Secretary; Managing Director of
                               Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Inc.
Jerard K. Hartman (63)         Vice President; Managing Director of          1992
                               Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Inc.


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                                   Present Office with the Fund;      Year First Became
          Name (Age)           Principal Occupation or Employment (1)   an Officer (2)
          ----------           --------------------------------------   --------------

David S. Lee (62)              Vice President; Managing Director of          1992
                               Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Inc.
Pamela A. McGrath (42)         Treasurer; Managing Director of               1992
                               Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Inc.
Juris Padegs (64)              Vice President; Managing Director of          1992
                               Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Inc.
Kathryn L. Quirk (43)          Vice President and Assistant                  1992
                               Secretary; Managing Director of
                               Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Inc.
M. Isabel Saltzman (41)        Vice President; Principal of Scudder,         1992
                               Stevens & Clark, Inc.
Edward J. O'Connell (51)       Vice President and Assistant                  1992
                               Treasurer; Principal of Scudder,
                               Stevens & Clark, Inc.
Thomas F. McDonough (49)       Secretary; Principal of Scudder,              1992
                               Stevens & Clark, Inc.
Coleen Downs Dinneen (35)      Assistant Secretary; Vice President           1993
                               of Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Inc.

<FN>
(1)  Unless otherwise stated,  all Executive  Officers have been associated with
     Scudder  for more than five years,  although  not  necessarily  in the same
     capacity.
(2)  The  President,  Treasurer and Secretary  each hold office until his or her
     successor has been duly elected and  qualified and all other  officers hold
     offices in accordance with the By-Laws of the Fund.
</FN>
</TABLE>

Transactions with and Remuneration of Directors and Officers

     The aggregate  direct  remuneration by the Fund of Directors not affiliated
with  Scudder  was  $73,699  including  expenses,  during the fiscal  year ended
October 31, 1995. Each such unaffiliated  Director  currently receives fees paid
by the Fund of $750 per Directors' meeting attended and an annual Director's fee
of $6,000.  Each Director also  receives  $250 per  committee  meeting  attended
(other than Audit Committee meetings,  for which such Director receives a fee of
$750) and $150 per  telephone  conference  call for the purpose of declaring the
Fund's quarterly dividends. Scudder supervises the Fund's investments,  pays the
compensation  and certain  expenses of its  personnel who serve as Directors and
Officers of the Fund and receives an investment management fee for its services.
Several of the Fund's  Officers  and  Directors  are also  Officers,  Directors,
employees or  stockholders  of Scudder and  participate in the fees paid to that
firm (see  "Investment  Manager,"  page 10),  although  the Fund makes no direct
payments to them other than for  reimbursement  of travel expenses in connection
with the attendance at Directors' and committee meetings.


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The following  Compensation Table, provides in tabular form, the following data:
Column (1) All  Directors  who receive  compensation  from the Fund.  Column (2)
Aggregate compensation received by a Director from the Fund. Columns (3) and (4)
Pension or retirement  benefits  accrued or proposed to be paid by the Fund. The
Fund does not pay its Directors  such  benefits.  Column (5) Total  compensation
received by a Director from the Fund, plus compensation  received from all funds
managed by Scudder for which a Director  serves.  The total number of funds from
which a Director  receives  such  compensation  is also  provided in column (5).
Generally,  compensation  received  by a Director  for serving on the Board of a
closed-end  fund is greater  than the  compensation  received by a Director  for
serving on the Board of an open-end fund.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                   Compensation Table
                          for the year ended December 31, 1995
              (1)                     (2)                (3)                 (4)                (5)
        Name of Person,                               Pension or      Estimated Annual   Total Compensation
           Position                Aggregate     Retirement Benefits    Benefits Upon    From the Fund and
                                  Compensation    Accrued As Part of     Retirement         Fund Complex
                                 from the Fund      Fund Expenses                         Paid to Director
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                <C>                   <C>                 <C>                <C>    
Robert J. Boyd,                    $11,800               N/A                 N/A              $23,600
Director                                                                                     (2 funds)

Robert J. Callander,               $12,850               N/A                 N/A              $37,950
Director                                                                                     (3 funds)

George M. Lovejoy, Jr.,            $12,850               N/A                 N/A              $112,900
Director                                                                                     (12 funds)

Ronaldo A. da Frota Nogueira,      $12,850               N/A                 N/A              $57,950
Director                                                                                     (4 funds)

Dr. Susan Kaufman Purcell,         $12,850               N/A                 N/A              $37,950
Director                                                                                     (3 funds)

</TABLE>

Required Vote

     Election  of  each  of  the  listed  nominees  for  Director  requires  the
affirmative  vote of a majority of the votes cast at the Meeting in person or by
proxy.  Your Fund's Directors  recommend that stockholders vote in favor of each
of the nominees.

       (2) RATIFICATION OR REJECTION OF THE SELECTION OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

     At a meeting  held on May 28,  1996,  the Board of  Directors  of the Fund,
including a majority of the Noninterested  Directors,  selected Price Waterhouse
LLP to act as  independent  accountants  for the Fund for the fiscal year ending
October 31, 1996.  Price  Waterhouse LLP are  independent  accountants  and have
advised  the Fund  that  they  have no direct  financial  interest  or  material
indirect  financial  interest in the Fund. One or more  representatives of Price
Waterhouse  LLP are  expected  to be  present  at the  Meeting  and will have an
opportunity  to make a statement  if they so desire.  Such  representatives  are
expected  to  be  available  to  respond  to  appropriate   questions  posed  by
stockholders or management.

     The Fund's financial  statements for the fiscal year ended October 31, 1995
were audited by Price  Waterhouse  LLP. In connection  with its audit  services,
Price  Waterhouse LLP reviewed the financial  statements  included in the Fund's
semiannual and annual reports to stockholders and its filings with the SEC.

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Required Vote

     Ratification  of the  selection  of  independent  accountants  requires the
affirmative  vote of a majority of the votes cast at the Meeting in person or by
proxy. Your Fund's Directors recommend that stockholders ratify the selection of
Price Waterhouse LLP as independent accountants.

Investment Manager

     Scudder is a Delaware  corporation.  Daniel  Pierce* is the Chairman of the
Board of Scudder.  Edmond D.  Villani# is the  President of Scudder.  Stephen R.
Beckwith#, Lynn S. Birdsong#,  Nicholas Bratt#, Linda C. Coughlin*,  Margaret D.
Hadzima*,  Jerard K.  Hartman#,  Richard A. Holt@,  Dudley H. Ladd*,  Douglas M.
Loudon#,  John T.  Packardi,  Juris Padegs# and Cornelia M. Small# are the other
members of the Board of Directors of Scudder.  The principal  occupation of each
of the above named individuals is serving as a Managing Director of Scudder.

     All of the outstanding voting and nonvoting  securities of Scudder are held
of record by Stephen R.  Beckwith,  Juris  Padegs,  Daniel  Pierce and Edmond D.
Villani in their capacity as the representatives (the  "Representatives") of the
beneficial owners of such securities,  pursuant to a Security Holders' Agreement
among  Scudder,   the  beneficial  owners  of  securities  of  Scudder  and  the
Representatives.    Pursuant   to   the   Security   Holders'   Agreement,   the
Representatives  have the right to reallocate shares among the beneficial owners
from  time  to  time.  Such  reallocation  will  be at net  book  value  in cash
transactions.  All Managing  Directors of Scudder own voting and nonvoting stock
and all  Principals  own nonvoting  stock.  

Brokerage  Commissions  on Portfolio Transactions

     To the  maximum  extent  feasible,  Scudder  places  orders  for  portfolio
transactions  through Scudder Investor  Services,  Inc. (the  "Distributor")  (a
corporation registered as a broker/dealer and a subsidiary of Scudder), which in
turn places  orders on behalf of the Fund with  issuers,  underwriters  or other
brokers and dealers.  The  Distributor  receives no  commissions,  fees or other
remuneration   from  the  Fund  for  this   service.   Allocation  of  portfolio
transactions is supervised by Scudder.

Other Matters

     The Board of  Directors  does not know of any matters to be brought  before
the Meeting other than those  mentioned in this Proxy  Statement.  The appointed
proxies will vote on any other  business that properly  comes before the Meeting
or any adjournments thereof in accordance with their best judgment.

Miscellaneous

     Proxies  will be  solicited  by mail and may be  solicited  in person or by
telephone or facsimile by Officers of the Fund or personnel of Scudder. The Fund
has  retained  Corporate  Investor  Communications,  Inc.,  111  Commerce  Road,
Carlstadt,  New Jersey 07072-2586 to assist in the proxy solicitation.  The cost
of their  services is  estimated  at $4,500.  The  expenses  connected  with the
solicitation  of the proxies and with any further proxies which may be solicited
by the Fund's Officers or Corporate Investor Communications, Inc., in person, by
telephone or by facsimile will be borne by

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*    Two International Place, Boston, Massachusetts
#    345 Park Avenue, New York, New York
+++  101 California Street, San Francisco, California
@    Two Prudential  Plaza, 180 North Stetson,  Suite 5400,  Chicago,  Illinois 

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the Fund. The Fund will reimburse banks,  brokers, and other persons holding the
Fund's shares  registered in their names or in the names of their nominees,  for
their expenses  incurred in sending proxy material to and obtaining proxies from
the beneficial owners of such shares.

     In the event that  sufficient  votes in favor of any  proposal set forth in
the Notice of Meeting are not  received by July 24, 1996,  the persons  named as
appointed   proxies  on  the  enclosed  proxy  card  may  propose  one  or  more
adjournments of the Meeting to permit further  solicitation of proxies. Any such
adjournment  will require the  affirmative  vote of the holders of a majority of
the  shares  present in person or by proxy at the  session of the  Meeting to be
adjourned.  The persons  named as appointed  proxies on the enclosed  proxy card
will vote in favor of such adjournment  those proxies which they are entitled to
vote in favor of the proposal for which further solicitation of proxies is to be
made. They will vote against any such  adjournment  those proxies required to be
voted against such proposal.  The costs of any such additional  solicitation and
of any adjourned session will be borne by the Fund.

Stockholder Proposals

     Any proposal by a  stockholder  of the Fund intended to be presented at the
1997  meeting  of  Stockholders  of the  Fund  must be  received  by  Thomas  F.
McDonough,  Secretary of the Fund, c/o Scudder,  Stevens & Clark, Inc., 345 Park
Avenue, New York, New York 10154, not later than February 7, 1997.

By order of the Board of Directors,
Thomas F. McDonough
Secretary

345 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10154

June 14, 1996

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PROXY               THE LATIN AMERICA DOLLAR INCOME FUND, INC.             PROXY
              THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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                     Annual Meeting of Stockholders--July 24, 1996

     The  undersigned  hereby appoints Lynn S. Birdsong and Edmond D. Villani and each
of them, the proxies of the  undersigned,  with the power of  substitution  to each of
them,  to vote all shares of The Latin  America  Dollar  Income Fund,  Inc.  which the
undersigned  is entitled to vote at the Annual  Meeting of  Stockholders  of The Latin
America  Dollar  Income  Fund,  Inc. to be held at the  offices of Scudder,  Stevens &
Clark,  Inc., 25th Floor, 345 Park Avenue (at 51st Street),  New York, New York 10154,
on  Wednesday,  July 24,  1996 at 4:00 p.m.,  eastern  time,  and at any  adjournments
thereof.

     Unless otherwise  specified in the squares provided,  the undersigned's vote will
be cast FOR each numbered item listed below.

1. The election of  Directors;  


          FOR all nominees listed below                                         WITHHOLD  AUTHORITY
          (except as marked to the contrary below)  []                          to vote for all nominees listed below  []

   Nominees:  George M. Lovejoy, Jr., Dr. Susan  Kaufman  Purcell  and  Edmond D. Villani
   (INSTRUCTION  To withhold  authority to vote for any  individual  nominee,  write that
   nominee's name on the space provided below.)


          ----------------------------------------


2.   Ratification of the selection of Price Waterhouse LLP as independent accountants;         FOR []     AGAINST []     ABSTAIN []
                                                                                                     (continued on other side)

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The  Proxies  are  authorized  to vote in  their  discretion  on any  other
business  which may properly  come before the meeting and any  adjournments
thereof.



                             Please sign  exactly as your name or names  appear.
                             When  signing as attorney, executor, administrator,
                             trustee or guardian, please give your full title as
                             such.

                             --------------------------------------
                                   (Signature of Stockholder)


                             --------------------------------------
                                (Signature of joint owner, if any)


                             Date                                 , 1996
                                 ---------------------------------


                  PLEASE SIGN AND RETURN PROMPTLY IN ENCLOSED ENVELOPE
                                 NO POSTAGE IS REQUIRED





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