Regions’ outbound trade grows 10.6% at the end of Q1, but remain down YoY as shipments to China decrease
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Trucker strike exposes Brazil’s logistics vulnerability
Infrastructure bottleneck gains more visibility as strike impacts food delivery, hospitals and airports
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Right and left will face-off in Colombia on June 17
Colombia heads to second-round in presidential election
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Petrobras CEO says no policy changes despite 10% cut
Brazil’s state-owned energy company tries calming market after share price plunges 14.6% in one day
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Odebrecht case delays M&A deals
A far-reaching bribery scandal has shifted the landscape of M&A in Latin America. Now the sale of Peru’s Chaglla hydropower plant is in danger of collapsing.
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Petrobras CEO says no policy changes despite 10% price cut
Brazil’s state-owned energy company tries to calm market after share prices plunge 14.6% in one day
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Argentina’s bonds steady as MPC holds rates
Central bank opts to keep the country’s monetary policy at 40%, reiterating a hawkish bias
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Brazil shuts down sovereign fund to pay debts
Sovereign wealth fund ends 2017 with more than $7bn in total assets, government says
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Argentina’s bonds hold firm after central bank leaves rates unchanged
Market sources settle on the currency trading around 25 pesos against the dollar, but inflation, FX risks persist
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Maduro victory prolongs Venezuela’s economic woes
President’s triumph paves way for escalated sanctions, complicated debt default and restructuring