Country Report
Thorny New Problem For Brazil’s New President
Whoever emerges on top of Brazil’s political system after this year’s election will face questions that have no good answers.
Brazil
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News
Petrobras CEO Pledges Stability As Oil Prices Swing
New CEO tries to bring stability to troubled company.
Award Winners
Embracing Disruption
Latin American start-ups are no longer playing the copycat game, but using new technology to address the region’s unique problems.
Award Winners
Healthcare Innovator Wins In Latin America
Inefficient Brazilian health care system spurs private-sector innovation.
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Latin America: Back on Track
Good news from Latin America: With Brazil and Argentina coming out of the 2015-2016 recession, the region has returned to expansion mode and is expected to gain economic strength this year and next. The return of capital inflows and an apparent change in foreign direct investment (FDI) are the most evident signs that investors’ views of South and Central America have tilted more to the positive of late. The region is back on track.
Data
Latin America And The Caribbean: Back On Track
A nascent global recovery is improving prospects across Latin America and the Caribbean—albeit unevenly.
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Data
Latin America Back On Track
A nascent global recovery is improving prospects across Latin America and the Caribbean—albeit unevenly.Foreign direct investment is increasing, commodity prices have bottomed out, and six countries will hold presidential elections through the end of October.
Features
GDP Growth For Major World Economies 2017
These are the 15 biggest countries in terms of GDP plus the Euro Area and the European Union aggregates.
News
New Mountains For New Vale CEO
Famously fit Fabio Schvartsman faces environmnetal, financial and market challenges as newly appointed CEO of Brazilian iron-ore maker Vale.
Data
Private Equity Gets Back Into Brazil
A positive macroeconomic outlook and a sharp decline asset prices are once again making Brazilian investments attractive for large international private equity firms, which are cautiously returning after three years of economic crisis.
Data
Sunnier Prospects For Latin America
With asset prices low while fundamentals are improving, Latin American economies are poised for a rebound.
News
Temer To Ram Through Unpopular Reforms
Brazil’s administration faces an approval rating of only 10.3% and the unpredictable course of corruption investigations. But president Michel Temer still has a major opportunity to get Congress this year to approve his ambitious and unpopular austerity reforms of social security, labor laws, and the opening of rural land and domestic airline sectors to foreign investors.