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LATIN AMERICA BUSINESS

The 20-odd countries that make up Latin America offer business opportunities aplenty. But there are also plenty of pitfalls for unwary investors. Check up on the latest deals, policy and regulatory changes, and political scuffles.

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Venezuela's oil income soars in early 2008 - Americasmore

-- Record prices boosted Venezuela's oil income by 225 percent in the first nine months of 2008, allowing the state-run...

Chávez Has a Spat With an Industrymore

In a spat over prices, President Hugo Chávez on Saturday told the army to temporarily take control of all rice...

Chavez Seizes Venezuelan Rice Plantsmore

President Hugo Chavez on Saturday ordered troops to temporarily seize control of all Venezuelan rice processing plants...

Femsa plans capital spending cutmore

Latin America's largest beverage company plans to reduce capital spending by 30 percent this year as it seeks to...

PepsiCo to invest $3 bln more

U.S. food and beverage maker PepsiCo plans to invest some $3 billion over the next five years in its subsidiaries in...

Enap in the red after oil price divedmore

Plunging oil prices have pushed Enap, Chile’s state oil company, to a worse-than-expected $958m net loss in 2008.

Brazil's Sugar Exports to Risemore

Bad weather in India's sugar-cane growing region will benefit Brazil's sugar and ethanol industries this year,...

Caterpillar Aligns to Better Serve Customers and Focus Accountabilitymore

here to serve: our customers.' The alignment results in numerous officer changes effective January 1, 2009.

Embraer cuts more than 4,200 jobsmore

Embraer, the Brazilian aircraft maker, is cutting more than 4,200 jobs or around 20 per cent of its workforce of 21,350...

Citi's Mexico Head Will Leave Boardmore

-- Citigroup Inc. said Roberto Hernandez Ramirez, chairman of the New York company's Mexican banking operation, won't...

Vale makes record profit despite slowdownmore

Vale, the Brazilian mining giant, on Thursday reported a sharp fall in sales during the fourth quarter of 2008, as...

Banamex not for salemore

The head of Citigroup's Mexican bank on Monday denied reports that the troubled U.S. institution plans to sell Banamex...

Celanese to cut staff in Mexicomore

Celanese Corp., the world's largest producer of acetyls, will cut output of vinyl acetate monomer in Mexico because the...

Car sector idles badly in January in Mexicomore

The Mexican automobile industry saw production, sales and exports plummet well over 25 percent in year-on-year...

Walmex hits three-month lowmore

Wal-Mart de México, the country's biggest retailer, fell to the lowest in three months as Deutsche Bank AG removed the...

Banorte raised to 'buy' by Citimore

Grupo Financiero Banorte, Mexico's biggest publicly listed bank, was raised to "buy" on the stock's...

Bolivia sees profit in lithium, but can it exploit it?more

Officials want to tap vast reserves to produce electric-car batteries, but threat of nationalization could scare off...

- Xstrata raises investor hackles over asset salemore

Xstrata has a habit of surprising the market. While rumours that the Swiss mining company was planning a large rights...

Yucatan Living - Insurance for Expat Life in Yucatanmore

Insurance has always been a four-letter word in our book… big checks exchanged for nothing visible. At best, it has...

- Brazil posts current account deficitmore

Brazil’s current account fell into deficit in 2008 for the first time in six years as the global financial crisis...

Mexican Billionaire Invests in The New York Times Companymore

The New York Times Company said Monday it had reached an agreement with the Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim Helú for a...

Chávez Lets West Make Oil Bids as Prices Plungemore

President Hugo Chávez, buffeted by falling oil prices that threaten to damage his efforts to establish a...

Emerging nations see window of opportunitymore

Emerging market sovereign bond issuance has surged this week as governments take advantage of the dramatic drop in...

In Mexico Bolsa slides on airports, Slim's firmsmore

The Bolsa's IPC Index fell 0.7 percent to 21,955.4, after Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico declined for a second day,...

- Monsanto boosted by South American demandmore

Monsanto, the world’s largest seed producer, brushed off the gloom in the corporate world on Wednesday as it said...

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