From COMMENT Jan 30, 2013

Mexico: Aztec tiger

Mexican presidential candidate for the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), Enrique Pena Nieto, waves to supporters during a rally in Atlacomulco, Mexico State on June 17, 2012. Incoming president Enrique Pena Nieto will inherit two Mexicos when he takes office on December 1, 2012: One basking in economic growth and another mired in a bloody drug war that has left 60,000 dead ©AFP

The country has emerged from Brazil’s shadow to become the darling of investors

From COMPANIES Jan 30, 2013

Petrobras to increase fuel prices

Move deepens Brazilian inflation concerns

Jan 27, 2013

Argentina has week to present debt case

Buenos Aires argues it should not have to pay $1.33bn to holdouts

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Jan 24, 2013

Bullish Latin America leaders host summit

First meeting with EU counterparts held in Chile

From COMPANIES Jan 22, 2013

Batista mining company dealt another blow

MMX shares drop after chief resigns

From AMERICAS REGULATION Jan 17, 2013

Cayman Islands to open up to scrutiny

Move to shed reputation for clandestine financial activity

Eike Batista, chief executive officer of EBX Group Co. Ltd., speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview ©Bloomberg From COMPANIES Jan 8, 2013

Batista’s MMX in $1.86bn tax fine

Mining group vows to overturn the charge

From COMPANIES Jan 7, 2013

Ronaldo learns ad game on Sorrell’s team

Football star to take London job placement alongside WPP chief

From COMMENT Jan 7, 2013

Brazil’s instalments culture spurs indebtedness

As more people are encouraged to buy beyond their means, household debt levels threaten growth

From COMPANIES Dec 29, 2012

Bolivia nationalises two Iberdrola units

Latest in a series of setbacks for foreign companies

Dec 28, 2012

Bondholders add twist to Argentina debt spat

Group of funds asks New York court to define key clause

From COMPANIES Dec 23, 2012

Pragmatic gift cards top present list

Last resort of unimaginative prefferd in austerity times

From MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA Dec 17, 2012

Gulf states to build Latin America links

Push for a closer partnership is part of wider geopolitical shift

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Dec 15, 2012

Argentine media group hit by court ruling

Clarín’s challenge to anti-monopoly law thrown out by judge

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Dec 11, 2012

Nieto seeks to open Mexican energy sector

President looks to private investment in state-run Pemex

Dec 11, 2012

Cuba approves business co-operatives

Reform is part of change to Soviet-style command economy

Global Insight Dec 10, 2012

Mexican wave raises bar for new president

Progress means the country is no longer seen as a security-problem-with-an-economy

From COMPANIES Dec 9, 2012

YPF in shale partnership talks with Statoil

Group close to signing deals with Chevron and Bridas

Dec 7, 2012

Argentine media fight tests judicial freedom

Government challenges court reprieve for Clarin group

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