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Brazil’s Finance Minister Faces Storm

Brazil Well known for his caution, Brazil Finance Minister Henrique Meirelles is well aware of the enormity of his nation’s fiscal hole. Brazil is likely to report a primary deficit of $36 billion this year, instead of the $6.8 billion surplus previously forecast.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Argentina, Back From The Debt Wilderness

It’s been a long time coming, but Argentina is finally back. In mid-April, after being frozen out of global capital markets for 15 years, the country sold $16.5 billion of debt in an offering that was more than four times oversubscribed—the biggest bond ever sold in an emerging market.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Shining Bright Amid Latin America’s Downturn

While Latin American economies are expected to shrink by roughly 1% this year, Mexico is slated to grow 2.2%.

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Agribusiness To The Rescue for Brazil

Milestones | Brazil In this time of recession, Brazil’s economy is becoming more agribusiness-oriented. The sector generated 23% of Brazilian GDP last year, after 21.4% in 2014, and accounted for 46.3% of total exports.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Argentina Making Peace With International Investors

Milestones | Argentina As Argentina prepares to launch a new bond issue in April, marking its return to international capital markets, investors are once again turning their attention to Buenos Aires, which has known 15 years of isolation.

Features

Slow-Growth Mode In Latin America

Several of the region’s economies are gasping for breath or treading water—but not going under. Investors have simply discounted the bad news.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Can Colombia Count On A Peace Dividend?

Trends | Peace Deals Low oil prices are widening Colombia’s current-account deficit, dampening the confidence of foreign investors and dragging down the economy.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Cuba Learns The Art Of The Deal With Unilever

Cuba: News that Anglo-Dutch consumer products company Unilever will return to Cuba to build a $35 million plant in the special development zone at the port of Mariel, about 40 kilometers west of Havana, is one of the clearest signs yet that the communist nation is taking a more pragmatic approach to foreign direct investment.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Shrinking Lifeline For Trinidad and Tobago

The republic of Trinidad and Tobago girds for austerity as oil brings in less foreign exchange.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Steady Interest Rates Help Brazil’s New Finance Minister

Brazil: The Banco Central do Brasil gave new Finance minister Nelson Barbosa a bit of help on January 20, when it decided to hold the short-term interest rate, the Selic, to 14.25%.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Argentina’s New Finance Minister Wrestles With Peso

Argentina The appointment of Alfonso Prat-Gay as Argentina’s new Finance minister was a clear sign to international investors that president Mauricio Macri, sworn in December 10, was serious about unraveling the populist policies of the previous government.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Brazil Reeling After Another Junk Rating

The axe fell on Brazil heading into 2016 as it suffered a downgrade to junk status by Fitch Ratings, heightening the air of crisis as the beleaguered nation grapples with political turmoil and recession.