From AMERICAS FINANCE 9:04am

Fund steps up legal fight with Argentina

Elliott claims new evidence in default tussle

From GLOBAL ECONOMY 11:15pm

IMF acts over flawed Argentine economic data

Concerns over quality of inflation and GDP data

Feb 1, 2013

Pemex blast puts onus on energy reforms

Symbol of energy self-sufficiency also beset with security problems

Rescue workers search for victims after an explosion at Pemex ©AP Feb 1, 2013

Explosion at Mexico’s Pemex HQ kills 32

Cause of blast at oil group’s building still unknown

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 From COMMENT Jan 30, 2013

Mexico: Aztec tiger

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

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

beyondbrics Dec 15, 2012

beyondbrics: Morales and the Mother Earth contradiction

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

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