3:01am

Brazil’s central bank adopts hawkish tone

Benchmark Selic rate left unchanged at low of 7.25 per cent

5:59pm

Distractions mask Argentine discontent

Falklands vote lends Fernández more cover amid economic woes

From COMMENT Mar 6, 2013

Chávez leaves legacy of economic disarray

Venezuela has no choice but to deal with the oil majors as a supplicant, writes Francisco Toro

From MARKETS Mar 1, 2013

Brazil job market belies GDP problems

Sluggish fourth-quarter economic output misses estimates

From WORLD Mar 1, 2013

Brazil container traffic slows

Concerns about strength of expected economic recovery

Cuba's new vice-president Miguel Diaz-Canel, right, listens to President Raul Castro during the closing session at the National Assembly in Havana ©AP From WORLD Feb 25, 2013

Castro to step down but not until 2018

Cuban leader to retire at end of second five-year term

From WORLD Feb 22, 2013

Jamaica aims to restore market confidence

Country restructures domestic debt to stave off economic crisis

From MARKETS Feb 21, 2013

US paints bearish outlook for grain prices

USDA says corn and soya production could rise to record levels

An Argentine twenty peso note ©Bloomberg From WORLD Feb 19, 2013

Argentina in no hurry to devalue peso

No policy change likely before October midterm elections

From COMMENT Feb 13, 2013

Venezuela’s move to devalue is desperate

The decision was driven by a mix of bad policies and ideological necrophilia, writes Moisés Naim

From MARKETS Feb 13, 2013

Belize does ‘superbond’ deal with lenders

Creditors negotiate better agreement than first offered

Feb 12, 2013

Currency fears spread in Latin America

Concerns increase after competitive devaluations

Editorial from COMMENT Feb 12, 2013

Chávez devalued

The bill for years of mismanagement is coming due

Feb 10, 2013

Venezuelan devaluation sparks panic

Shoppers rush to stock up after bolívar’s latest fall

From WORLD Feb 7, 2013

Brazil inflation pace hits 8-year high

Rate is close to top of central bank’s target range

From COMPANIES Feb 5, 2013

Argentina refuses Vale’s call for tax breaks

Buenos Aires sets deadline on potash project plans

Editorial from COMMENT Feb 4, 2013

Argentine pride

Or how ‘hurt feelings’ came to dictate national policy

Feb 3, 2013

Tomato deal averts US-Mexico trade spat

Washington agrees to reset terms of imports

From WORLD Feb 2, 2013

Fund steps up legal fight with Argentina

Elliott claims new evidence in default tussle

Feb 1, 2013

IMF acts over flawed Argentine economic data

Concerns over quality of inflation and GDP data

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