6:41pm

Petrobras quarterly profit down 52%

Results highlight scale of task facing new chief executive

AMERICAS POLITICS & POLICY 11:36pm

Argentina protests to UN over Falklands

Regional responses to the diplomatic spat are varied

An ascending graph over the flags of Brazil, Venezuela and Chile From LIFE & ARTS 9:02pm

Andean ascent

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

From LEX 7:49pm

Kirin me softly

Japan’s largest brewer needs to add delivery to ambition

AMERICAS POLITICS & POLICY 7:12pm

Toxic tacos latest misstep in Mexican race

Parties joust ahead of official start of campaign

Falkland Island From MULTIMEDIA 4:24pm

Interactive Map: the Falkland Islands

Explore the economic and political set-up of the islands

AMERICAS POLITICS & POLICY 4:13pm

Brazil scrambles to end Rio police strike

Authorities ready troops ahead of carnival celebrations

From COMPANIES 3:02am

América Móvil profits fall on higher debt costs

Interest payments balloon with acquisitions and peso weakness

AMERICAS POLITICS & POLICY Feb 9, 2012

Frontrunner’s lead narrows in Mexican presidential poll

Vázquez Mota gaining on Peña Nieto

From MARKETS Feb 9, 2012

USDA cuts corn and soyabean forecast

South American yields hit

From MANAGEMENT Feb 8, 2012

Fortune favours the favelas

Multinationals target Brazil’s middle class

Feb 8, 2012

Venezuela faces tough political fight 

As opposition primaries get under way, the stakes have never been higher

AMERICAS POLITICS & POLICY Feb 8, 2012

Falklands’ future fuels UK-Argentine tensions

Buenos Aires to make formal complaint to UN about British ‘militarisation’

From LEX Feb 8, 2012

International Power: minorities turn off

Its complex holding-company-like structure distracts from earnings visibility

From UK Feb 7, 2012

Argentina protests at Falklands warship

‘Give peace a chance,’ Fernández urges Cameron

From MARKETS Feb 7, 2012

Forex bulls look to US neighbours for profit

Traders buying Mexican peso and Canadian dollar

Feb 7, 2012

Cuban blogger riles with her weapon of words

State technology monopoly challenges philologist

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Feb 7, 2012

Biotech crops area increases 8%

Brazil leads rapid adoption of GM varieties

Global Insight from AMERICAS POLITICS & POLICY Feb 7, 2012

Rousseff starts Brazil on road to assertiveness

President charts new course of more pragmatic foreign policy

From MARKETS Feb 6, 2012

Brazilian equities burst back into life

Growing risk appetite and IPOs boost the Bovespa

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