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Last year, the World Bank became the first foreign issuer to launch a bond in Mexican pesos. The bank’s 1 billion peso ($106 million), three-year euronote helped Mexico raise international […]

Now that free market reforms have failed to deliver widespread prosperity, the return of political instability, dormant in Latin America for most of the last decade, creates a new and unwelcome source of risk.

Several countires in Latin American adopt the US dollar in a last-ditch effort to stop inflation and economic instability.

Last year saw a burst of activity in Latin America’s new issues market after three slow years, with activity concentrated mainly in the region’s two largest and strongest economies – […]

The government sells Banespa to Santander Central Hispano.
The Spanish bank bid $3.58 billion for Banespa, Brazil’s sixth-largest bank. SCH paid over three times more than that the second bid from Brazil’s Unibanco.

President-elect Vicente Fox comes under pressure from Washington to deal with monopolistic Mexican companies.

The Internet is creating a whole new platform for corporate computing. Internet-driven standards are simplifying and centralizing complex processes by installing database software on centrally managed servers.

The region faces tough decisions about privatization, regulation and integration for the Internet to truly take off.

Brazil’s Bradesco Sets the Pace for Internet Banking

Keeping up with trends and technology is not easy, but ignoring new developments can be fatal. Here’s what to look for.