Latin America/Caribbean

Central America’s Cramped Election Campaigns

Central American components of JP Morgan’s new NEXGEM index struggled for traction amid a string of early-year elections turning on ...

Brazil’s Unseaworthy Flotation Attempts

Brazilian stocks after rocketing 20 percent were shaken by the failure of simultaneous IPOs as a startup travel company and ...

Argentina’s False Positive Pivots

Argentine bonds roller-coastered to the top of the EMBI charts as President Kirchner’s thyroid cancer scare proved to be misplaced ...

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 ...

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