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    • Sunday, 22 January, 2023
      Americas economy
      Brazil and Argentina to start preparations for a common currency

      Other Latin American nations will be invited to join plan which could create world’s second-largest currency union

    • Wednesday, 7 December, 2022
      InterviewArgentina
      Argentina urges EU to renegotiate South American trade pact

      President Alberto Fernández says existing deal will hurt Argentine and Brazilian car industry

    • Thursday, 9 December, 2021
      Nubank
      Nubank shares jump on first day of trading in New York

      Brazilian tech company becomes largest Latin American financial group after IPO

    • Tuesday, 7 December, 2021
      Trade Secrets
      How Uruguay’s trade talks with China threaten Mercosur Premium content

      A pact between Montevideo and Beijing would have broader consequences for Latin America

    • Wednesday, 27 October, 2021
      News in-depthFintech
      How Brazil’s Nubank became a $30bn fintech

      Proposed New York listing of online lender and darling of country’s booming start-up scene will bring greater scrutiny

    • Thursday, 26 August, 2021
      Ecommerce
      South-east Asia’s ecommerce juggernaut Shopee sets sights on Latin America

      Company faces stiff competition from MercadoLibre as it targets the region’s $105bn market

    • Sunday, 27 June, 2021
      News in-depthClimate Capital
      Brazilian meatpackers’ commitment to emissions targets under scrutiny

      Beef industry faces pressure to prove animals do not come from farms engaged in deforestation

    • Tuesday, 4 May, 2021
      WhatsApp Inc
      WhatsApp person-to-person payments return to Brazil

      Facebook-owned messaging app relaunches a year after being blocked by regulators

    • Tuesday, 13 April, 2021
      Americas companies
      FT ranking: The Americas’ Fastest-Growing Companies 2021

      Digital companies dominate, with a fintech lender knocking games maker Niantic off the top spot

    • Wednesday, 23 December, 2020
      News in-depthBrazil
      Corporate Brazil faces reckoning on racism after brutal killing

      Companies that do not take action risk reprisals ranging from boycotts to vandalism

    • Monday, 5 October, 2020
      FT The Americas’ Fastest Growing Companies
      Call for entries: Americas’ Fastest Growing Companies 2021

      Apply for a place in the second FT annual ranking of companies in North, Central and South America

    • Saturday, 6 June, 2020
      News in-depthCannabis industry
      Uruguay cannabis producer sets sights on global dominance

      Silverpeak subsidiary aims to become world’s largest producer of medicinal marijuana by 2025

    • Friday, 5 June, 2020
      Mexico
      Mexicans bet on domestic tourism: ‘The plane was packed, I was surprised’

      Government hopes local travellers will make up for collapse in foreign travel

    • Sunday, 24 May, 2020
      Mexico
      Investors see uncertain future in Mexico

      López Obrador needs foreign money but companies say he keeps changing the rules

    • Friday, 22 May, 2020
      The Top LineMichael Stott
      Mexico president’s reluctance to fly proves contagious

      Reticence of Latin American leaders to help airlines is self-destructive

    • Wednesday, 18 March, 2020
      Argentina
      Farmers’ protests pose challenge to Argentina’s new president

      Alberto Fernández seeks to bolster state coffers with tax raid on country’s most powerful industry

    • Wednesday, 25 December, 2019
      Brazil
      Brazilian football pays penalty as clubs resist reform

      Mismanagement and corruption leave some of nation’s biggest teams on brink of collapse

    • Wednesday, 11 December, 2019
      Commodities
      Latin American producers boosted by weaker domestic currencies

      Price in local currencies of commodities such as copper and coffee has surged

    • Friday, 6 December, 2019
      Brazil
      Brazil’s booming credit markets fan hopes of ‘revolution’

      New York listing of XP highlights transition to a new world of lower interest rates

    • Thursday, 8 August, 2019
      News in-depthPetroleos Mexicanos
      Pemex bonds pique investors’ interest but doubts remain

      Mexican government’s rescue plan for debt-laden state oil group underwhelms

    • Thursday, 18 July, 2019
      LexPetroleos Mexicanos
      Pemex/Mexico: slick solution needed Premium content

      Investors are right to be sceptical of government’s plans to restore oil group’s fortunes

    • Thursday, 4 July, 2019
      Americas economy
      Brazil’s pension reform bill set for crucial first vote

      Proposal successfully passes committee stages on the way to plenary vote

    • Monday, 1 July, 2019
      Iberdrola SA
      Iberdrola chief praises Brazil’s Bolsonaro after Neoenergia IPO

      Ignacio Galán says energy distributor’s listing highlights president’s market-friendly policies

    • Monday, 10 June, 2019
      Special ReportInvesting in Paraguay
      Former foreign policy maverick Paraguay emerges from obscurity

      Once cut off from the world, Asunción is pursuing new diplomatic paths

    • Monday, 10 June, 2019
      Special ReportInvesting in Paraguay
      Ciudad del Este: Paraguay’s gritty frontier city takes industrial path

      Buccaneering centre for business on Brazil border provides haven for outside investors

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