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2 May 19
Colombia’s economy is benefitting from the political and social crisis in neighbouring Venezuela as migrants fuel demand for services.
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23 Apr 19
The World Bank has recognised the important role local authorities in El Salvador can play in withstanding the natural disasters that plague the country.
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12 Apr 19
The country’s disabled president has turned policy U-turns into an art form, writes journalist Gavin O’Toole.
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11 Apr 19
Trinidad and Tobago’s government has passed an “unexplained wealth” law that gives authorities the power to seize the profits of crime.
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5 Apr 19
Tax and administrative reforms in the Caribbean drove a rebound in public revenues in Latin America in 2017, reflecting an overall recovery in the regional economy.
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4 Apr 19
President Trump’s protectionism is aggravating Latin America’s fiscal headache. Gavin O’Toole reports.
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4 Apr 19
Britain’s government has launched a club to help Latin American companies that invest in the country and will celebrate their contribution to the economy with a new award.
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4 Apr 19
The World Bank is allocating $20m to help Guyana create the regulations and institutions needed to develop its rapidly growing oil and gas sector.
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2 Apr 19
The United States has cut its aid to three Central American countries that President Donald Trump has accused of sending migrants north.
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29 Mar 19
The number of fintech startups has increased dramatically in Latin America, giving a significant boost to ambitions for greater financial inclusion.
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26 Mar 19
Use of the dollar may be damaging Ecuador’s economy as appreciation of the US currency dents the country’s competitiveness.
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22 Mar 19
Former Brazilian president Michel Temer has been arrested as part of a major corruption investigation.
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19 Mar 19
The IMF has reached agreement with Argentina over its economic progress, which could unlock almost $11bn of further funding for the country.
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25 Feb 19
Ecuador is close to securing a $4.2bn loan from the International Monetary Fund to help boost its economic policies over the next three years.
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22 Feb 19
Brazil’s president has put forward plans to revamp the country’s pensions system, a move which the government claims could save more than $270bn over the next decade.
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20 Feb 19
Brazil and the US will deliver humanitarian aid to the Venezuelan border by the end of the week, a spokesperson from the Latin American country has said.
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15 Feb 19
The UK has donated £6.5m to deliver medicines and clean water to people affected by the crisis in Venezuela.
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14 Feb 19
Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to protest against high unemployment and utility price hikes.
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1 Feb 19
The World Bank has blocked the subsidiary of a multinational corporation at the centre of a web of corruption across Latin America from participating in its projects.
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31 Jan 19
Venezuela’s beleaguered government is to freeze the accounts of a self-proclaimed “interim president” and investigate his alleged role in violent disturbances.
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29 Jan 19
Russia’s finance ministry has called upon Venezuela to make its next scheduled debt repayment to the country on time.
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15 Jan 19
The new president of Brazil has said he wants “bilateral trade with the entire world”, ahead of the annual economic forum in the Swiss alps.
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11 Jan 19
Guatemala’s constitutional court has blocked the government’s decision to kick out a UN-backed anti-corruption body, which has been investigating the country’s president.
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8 Jan 19
Tough talk will not help the new president resolve an explosive fiscal predicament, writes Gavin O’Toole.
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2 Jan 19
Brazil’s president has vowed to fight corruption, clamp down on crime and build a society “without discrimination or division”, in his inaugural speech this week.