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Benedict Mander

Latin Amercia Correspondent
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  • Sunday, 14 March, 2021
    Paraguay
    Protesters take to Paraguay’s streets as Covid cases climb

    Failure of health system to cope with surge in infections has exacerbated longstanding inequality

  • Tuesday, 23 February, 2021
    News in-depthCovid-19 vaccines
    Chile powers ahead in Covid-19 vaccination race

    Inoculation campaign is the most successful in South America so far

  • Saturday, 20 February, 2021
    Argentina
    Argentina’s health minister fired in ‘VIP vaccines’ scandal

    Ginés González García personally helped get jabs for government allies

  • Sunday, 14 February, 2021
    Argentina
    Carlos Menem, former Argentine president, dies aged 90

    Flamboyant leader embraced free-market doctrine and liberalised the economy

  • Sunday, 14 February, 2021
    Argentina
    Argentina’s powerful vice-president pushes for delay to IMF debt deal

    Cristina Fernández and her allies want to wait until pandemic is over

  • Monday, 8 February, 2021
    Oil & Gas industry
    Argentina’s largest oil group swerves $6.2bn debt default

    State-controlled YPF reaches agreement with creditors in fillip for country’s energy sector

  • Monday, 4 January, 2021
    Chile
    Chile populists challenge elite as voters seek new direction

    Maverick candidates gain support ahead of polls as leaders fail to address grievances

  • Friday, 25 December, 2020
    Technology sector
    Thriving tech scene allows Uruguay to shine during pandemic

    Silicon Valley paying attention to small nation following emergence of unicorn and Covid app

  • Wednesday, 9 December, 2020
    News in-depthCapital markets
    Creditors to Argentina’s provinces fight to avoid painful restructurings

    Lenders form committee to push for better deals than those secured at national level

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  • Sunday, 29 November, 2020
    Argentine economy
    Argentina damps hopes of quick deal with IMF

    Economy minister Martín Guzmán says government is in no rush for new programme

  • Wednesday, 25 November, 2020
    Diego Maradona
    Football world mourns death of Argentine legend Diego Maradona

    Player with few peers on the pitch struggled with addiction throughout his life

  • Monday, 23 November, 2020
    Technology
    How MercadoLibre emerged as an ecommerce titan

    Latin America’s answer to Alibaba valued at $63bn as consumers turn to online shopping

  • Monday, 16 November, 2020
    Argentina
    Peronist senators in Argentina demand concessions from IMF

    Letter sent by lawmakers loyal to vice-president has raised concerns about negotiations

  • Sunday, 15 November, 2020
    News in-depthChile
    Chile’s famed pensions system faces an existential crisis

    Investor fears intensify that the model is disintegrating after congress approves second round of saver withdrawals

  • Tuesday, 10 November, 2020
    News in-depthCurrencies
    Argentina investors still nervous after state efforts to support peso

    Fund managers forecast the currency will suffer further without broad reform plan

  • Tuesday, 27 October, 2020
    Argentina
    Rich residents map escape route from Argentina’s ‘money trap’

    Proposed wealth tax to help tackle poverty and inequality threatens to accelerate exodus to Uruguay

  • Monday, 26 October, 2020
    Chile
    Chile votes to create a new constitution

    Referendum was held after violent protests against inequality and poor social services

  • Friday, 23 October, 2020
    Argentina
    Argentina bondholders accuse government of undermining recovery

    Rebuke comes as bond prices are mired in distressed territory just months after restructuring deal

  • Monday, 19 October, 2020
    News in-depthCoronavirus economic impact
    Latin America’s airlines stare out along a future of empty runways

    The pandemic has devastated tourist and business travel, leaving international and regional operators struggling to survive

  • Sunday, 18 October, 2020
    News in-depthChile
    Chile braces for unrest ahead of poll on constitution

    Voters to pass judgment on social contract a year after rioting gripped country

  • Friday, 16 October, 2020
    ObituaryJoaquín Salvador Lavado Tejón
    Quino, cartoonist, 1932-2020

    Creator of the precocious Mafalda, a beloved icon of Hispanic culture who poked fun at politics and power

  • Tuesday, 13 October, 2020
    News in-depthArgentina
    Argentina on ‘collision course’ towards currency devaluation

    Gap between official and black market exchange rates continues to widen

  • Thursday, 1 October, 2020
    News in-depthArgentine politics
    Argentina judicial reforms will shield Cristina Fernández, say critics

    Detractors claim measures will protect the vice-president and former leader from accountability

  • Tuesday, 29 September, 2020
    Fintech
    Argentine fintech launches in Mexico as Covid accelerates decline of cash

    Ualá believes it can tap into vast unbanked market as digital payments thrive in pandemic

  • Monday, 28 September, 2020
    Argentina
    Argentina bonds ‘back in hot water’ just weeks after restructuring deal

    Economic worries trigger worst start for reshuffled EM debt in two decades, say analysts

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