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Monday, 6 April, 2020

Mexico
Mexico’s president shuns bailouts for businesses
Critics fear López Obrador’s focus on social spending could hurt small companies
Monday, 6 April, 2020

Argentina
Argentina puts off payments on $10bn in local-law debt
Move comes as the Latin American country races to secure broader agreement with creditors
Monday, 6 April, 2020

Special ReportFT The Americas’ Fastest Growing Companies
FT ranking: the Americas’ fastest-growing companies
Technology bolsters US dominance of the list, but coronavirus fallout looms large
Sunday, 5 April, 2020

Coronavirus
Coronavirus: Queen tells British people self-isolation ‘right thing to do’ — as it happened
Sunday, 5 April, 2020

Ecuador
Ecuador’s virus-hit Guayaquil is grim warning for region
Crumbling institutions in city have failed to cope with spate of coronavirus deaths
Sunday, 5 April, 2020

Latin America
14 Latin American nations seek IMF help to combat big recession
Worst hit to output for 50 years likely as virus batters already struggling economies
Sunday, 5 April, 2020

Coronavirus
Cuba’s reputation as medical powerhouse tested
Covid-19 poses threat to regime’s domestic authority but offers diplomatic opportunities
Saturday, 4 April, 2020

Oil
US and Canada discuss putting tariffs on Saudi and Russian oil
Global deal to reduce production hangs in balance ahead of Opec+ meeting
Saturday, 4 April, 2020

AnalysisAmericas politics & policy
Mystery surrounds foiled ‘plot’ to liberate Venezuela
All attempts to remove President Nicolás Maduro from power have failed
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Friday, 3 April, 2020

AnalysisThe Big Read
Threat of catastrophe stalks developing world
Governments are fighting to keep the coronavirus pandemic at bay and their economies afloat
Friday, 3 April, 2020

Coronavirus
Churches defy coronavirus restrictions in Brazil and Africa
Religious congregations risk accelerating Covid-19 outbreak as pandemic moves to emerging markets
Thursday, 2 April, 2020

Coronavirus
Investors braced for credit crisis in emerging markets
Tumbling currencies and plunging commodity prices hit countries burdened by high debts
Wednesday, 1 April, 2020

Argentina
Argentina postpones debt restructuring deadline
Economy minister says talks with creditors are delayed due to impact of coronavirus spread
Wednesday, 1 April, 2020

AnalysisJair Bolsonaro
Bolsonaro doubles down on denialism
Behaviour of Brazil’s ‘walking crisis’ president sparks backlash among one-time allies
Wednesday, 1 April, 2020

AnalysisEmerging markets
Developing countries scramble for funds to stave off virus impact
IMF and World Bank face overwhelming demand for finance with limited resources
Tuesday, 31 March, 2020

Venezuela
US proposes interim government to break Venezuela deadlock
Maduro regime rejects latest Washington plan despite fears of humanitarian catastrophe from Covid-19
Tuesday, 31 March, 2020

Pharmaceuticals sector
Drugmakers under pressure to share coronavirus patents
WHO backs making pharmaceuticals open up intellectual property as it did to fight HIV/Aids
Tuesday, 31 March, 2020

Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Five world leaders: No time for geopolitical turf battles
We need a global alliance to fight the pandemic
Tuesday, 31 March, 2020

Markets InsightBryan Harris
The window is closing fast on Brazil’s economic reform agenda
Coronavirus crisis is further weakening the currency of a country which now faces a sharp recession
Monday, 30 March, 2020

Mexico
Mexico struggles to keep economy alive as coronavirus measures bite
High poverty levels prompt calls for food coupons and state loans for small business
Monday, 30 March, 2020

The FT ViewThe editorial board
This is the time to waive sanctions on Venezuela
The need for an effective fight against coronavirus trumps other considerations
Monday, 30 March, 2020

Special ReportBoldness in Business
Entrepreneurship: Nubank shakes up Brazil’s banking bureaucracy
The fintech company aims to disrupt other Latin American markets with its smartphone-based services
Sunday, 29 March, 2020

AnalysisVenezuela
Venezuela faces threat of coronavirus catastrophe
Oil price collapse and crumbling health system put Latin American nation at risk
Saturday, 28 March, 2020

Venezuela
Venezuela hails continued Russian support despite Rosneft exit
Energy company sells assets in Latin American nation to Kremlin to avoid sanctions
Friday, 27 March, 2020

Coronavirus
Drug gangs in Brazil’s favelas enforce coronavirus lockdown
Organised crime steps in as President Bolsonaro dismisses pandemic as ‘sniffles’