Financial Times
Friday, October 19, 2012 - 00:00
Carrefour, the world's second-largest retailer by sales, has sold its business in Colombia for $2.5bn, in another retreat from an international market under new chief executive
Friday, October 19, 2012 - 00:00
Argentina has taken a step closer to lowering the voting age to 16, potentially boosting the electorate ahead of a mid-term vote next year.
Wednesday, October 17, 2012 - 00:00
Colombia and Farc rebels confirmed they will start peace negotiations on Wednesday in Oslo, after outstanding arrest warrants against rebel negotiators threatened to further extend Latin America's longest-running armed conflict.
Monday, October 15, 2012 - 00:00
In Mexico, they jokingly call it the reconquista - the country lost a huge amount of territory to the US in the war of 1846. In the US, they still think of it as a law and order problem. But the significance of US-Mexican integration is economic.
Monday, October 15, 2012 - 00:00
For every one point drop in Brazilian growth, Argentine exports fall by 4.7 per cent while Uruguayan exports drop by 1.5 per cent.
Friday, October 12, 2012 - 00:00
As a stepping stone towards a better things, the public could hardly have asked for better from the Mensalao trial.
Tuesday, October 9, 2012 - 00:00
UnitedHealth Group has agreed to acquire control of Amil Participacoes, a Brazilian insurer and hospital operator.
Wednesday, October 3, 2012 - 00:00
If Mr Capriles wins on Sunday, the world will look to the Venezuelan army and the rest of Latin America to recognise and uphold the result. Yet even assuming Mr Chavez recognises defeat, it will still be a difficult transition.
Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 00:00
In the magical realist world of the Rio de Janeiro carnival, the last character one might expect to see portrayed in the festivities would be from the arcane sphere of Brazil's supreme court.
Monday, October 31, 2011 - 00:00
Some analysts went so far as to say Uribe's endorsement was "toxic"