Latin America/Caribbean

Latin Borrowers’ Ringing New Year Endorsement

Brazil and Mexico debuted 2012 10-year issues at below-Europe 3.5 percent range yields on heavy demand hailing net creditor status ...

The Caribbean’s Counterintuitive Crest

In contrast to the rest of the MSCI universe, Caribbean frontier components Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago enjoyed 25 percent ...

Peru’s Salomon Wisdom Wisps

Unlike the sharp securities selloff on Peruvian President Humala’s defeat of market favorite Fujimori six months ago, reaction was muted ...

The Dutch Caribbean’s Treading Treat

A year after gaining fiscal independence from the Netherlands and launching a joint stock exchange Dutch Caribbean members Curacao and ...

Spanish Banks’ Layered Latin Letdown

With West European banks’ Latin America exposure just behind their overwhelming Eastern one which parents are already paring, Spanish giant ...

Guatemala’s General Menacing Streak

Former General Molina won the second round presidential runoff over business executive Baldizon, briefly boosting external bonds which must soon ...

Argentina’s Model Victory Stance

Argentina’s bond and stock markets continued at the rear of benchmark indices as President Fernandez took a second term in ...

Brazil’s Determined Exchange Rate Dump

As GDP growth stalled to 3 percent on poor retail numbers setting the stage for deeper interest rate cuts, Brazilian ...

Brazil’s Surreal Salvation Script

Brazil’s currency and capital markets careened as the central bank after official and exporter hectoring abruptly slashed the benchmark interest ...

The Caribbean’s Debt Shoal Shuffle

Tiny Eastern Caribbean Currency Union member St. Kitts and Nevis became the latest defaulter on public debt at almost 200 ...

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