http://www.ft.com/world/americas/economyhttp://www.ft.com/rss/world/americas/economyFT.com - Americas, Economyen© Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2008. "FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times.support@ft.comMon, 12 May 2008 02:09 BSTMon, 12 May 2008 22:37:59 BSTNewspapers60http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/world/americas/economy(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3ecdcb86-1fb2-11dd-9216-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3ecdcb86-1fb2-11dd-9216-000077b07658.htmlBrazil's government is running without a legislative agenda, threatening the economic growth that has boosted President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's popularityMon, 12 May 2008 02:09 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9cd97cea-17d6-11dd-b98a-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9cd97cea-17d6-11dd-b98a-0000779fd2ac.htmlSouth America's biggest economy leaves behind its boom-and-bust days as it gets investment grade status from S&P for the first time, making it a safe choice for investorsFri, 2 May 2008 03:21 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/587d6308-17b9-11dd-b98a-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/587d6308-17b9-11dd-b98a-0000779fd2ac.htmlPoliticians to discuss how to spend future oil income and what relationship Mexico should have with foreign oil companiesThu, 1 May 2008 21:56 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e0d69efe-1719-11dd-bbfc-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e0d69efe-1719-11dd-bbfc-0000779fd2ac.htmlMexican migrant workers sent less money home in the first quarter of this year than they did a year ago, according to figures released by the country's Central BankThu, 1 May 2008 02:09 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ff37a96e-12dd-11dd-8d91-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ff37a96e-12dd-11dd-8d91-0000779fd2ac.htmlThe US and Europe could open their markets to more ethanol from Brazil, where the impact on agriculture would be small, writes Ed Crooks Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:31 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1ec611da-116c-11dd-a93b-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1ec611da-116c-11dd-a93b-0000779fd2ac.htmlA year after the introduction of the region's free trade agreement with the US, there is so far little sign that the Dominican Republic has profited from it - and the next presidential election is only weeks awayWed, 23 Apr 2008 22:47 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7f150026-0ff2-11dd-8871-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7f150026-0ff2-11dd-8871-0000779fd2ac.htmlFernando Lugo, the former bishop who was elected president of Paraguay in a landslide victory over the world's longest ruling party on Sunday, now faces the monumental task of resurrecting his countryMon, 21 Apr 2008 23:37 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f0a4063c-0bf2-11dd-9840-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f0a4063c-0bf2-11dd-9840-0000779fd2ac.htmlBrazil's central bank surprised markets with a 0.5 percentage point increase in interest rates - double the amount most economists expected - bringing to an end more than two years of rate cutsThu, 17 Apr 2008 01:14 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0d1a4296-0bd9-11dd-9840-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0d1a4296-0bd9-11dd-9840-0000779fd2ac.htmlBrazil is Latin America's largest economy and improvements in its macro-economic indicators over the past decade led many to assume that an investment grade rating was only a matter of timeWed, 16 Apr 2008 21:34 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/77e7162e-0b22-11dd-8ccf-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/77e7162e-0b22-11dd-8ccf-0000779fd2ac.htmlTrade policy experts have been shaken by a partisan dispute between Congress and the White House in the past week over a free trade agreement with ColombiaTue, 15 Apr 2008 21:04 BST