UPDATE 4/3: Dominican Republic to start cash transfers to 1.5 million families at a cost of RD$17 billion ($314 million)
Category: Latin America
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S&P downgrades Invepar on refinancing risks
Ratings agency casts doubts the Brazilian infrastructure investor can pay off $261 mln in debentures next year
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Bogotá looks to bond market, multilateral lenders for COVID-19 funding
Colombia’s capital city has room to take on additional debt, finance secretary says
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BNDES approves Engie loan
French utility company gets $236 mln from Brazil’s national development bank for wind power projects
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Echo Energy defaults on bonds
Argentina-focused oil company is one of the first victims in the country of crude price plunge
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Brazilian issuers turn to short-term sales
Ultrapar, Ipiranga and Light all line up debt deals with one-year maturities
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Chilean central bank says unconventional measures to fight COVID-19 possible
Bank president says will use “expansive power” to secure credit for business, households
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FACTBOX 4/2/20: Latin America moves to mitigate impact of COVID-19
UPDATE 4/2: Chile cuts rates; Mexico participates in US dollar swap
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Eletrobras puts off privatization plans until 2021
Coronavirus outbreak postpones an auction planned for this year and may impact price, board member says
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Investors flee emerging markets in March in record numbers
EM debt and equity markets see record-breaking outflow in March of $83.3 bln, IIF says