From COMPANIES Feb 21, 2012

Walmex fourth-quarter profit jumps 26%

Holiday spending boosts sales at Mexico’s top retailer

From MANAGEMENT Feb 20, 2012

The high price of booming Brazil

Businesses face a cost conundrum

From COMPANIES Feb 20, 2012

US and Mexico in landmark oil deal

Access to previously disputed waters along maritime boundary agreed

From COMMENT Feb 19, 2012

Mexico’s good war

Consumers could benefit if tycoons took each other on

From COMPANIES Feb 16, 2012

Vale suffers amid iron ore price decline

Miner’s quarterly profits fall 20 per cent

From MARKETS Feb 15, 2012

Bovespa continues run of weak Brazilian earnings

Benchmark index reports lower than expected profit

AMERICAS POLITICS & POLICY Feb 15, 2012

Brazil to cut budget in pursuit of lower rates

Proposal will meet surplus targets

Feb 15, 2012

Honduran prison fire kills hundreds of inmates

Honduras prison pworld ©AP Feb 15, 2012

Honduran prison fire kills hundreds of inmates

More than 350 prisoners die in their cells and many others are injured

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Feb 15, 2012

China lends more than $75bn to Latin America

Beijing financial influence grows in region

From MARKETS Feb 14, 2012

EM central banks seek to stall rising currencies

Colombia and Brazil begin interventions

From COMPANIES Feb 13, 2012

Fuel costs and exchange rates throw Tam into loss

Battle for middle class fliers squeezes profits

Feb 13, 2012

Poll boosts hope of Chávez challenge

Resounding victory for Capriles in opposition primary elections

Feb 13, 2012

Brazil battles drug epidemic

Government launches R$4bn campaign to combat crack

From COMPANIES Feb 12, 2012

Glimmer of hope for Mexican telecoms

Ruling keeps alive chance of fostering more competition

From COMPANIES Feb 12, 2012

St Tropez targets Brazil expansion

Country to become world’s second-biggest beauty market

From MARKETS Feb 12, 2012

Brazilian equities still await revival

IPO of Brasil Travel pulled amid scepticism on valuation

AMERICAS POLITICS & POLICY Feb 10, 2012

Argentina protests to UN over Falklands

Regional responses to the diplomatic spat are varied

From LIFE & ARTS Feb 10, 2012

Andean ascent

Hal Weitzman’s ‘Latin Lessons’ explains how Latin America has found its feet without Washington

AMERICAS POLITICS & POLICY Feb 10, 2012

Toxic tacos latest misstep in Mexican race

Parties joust ahead of official start of campaign

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