Mexico's government owned oil and gas company Pemex reported a fourth-quarter net loss of 115 billion pesos (8.3 billion US dollars) on Friday, 254% more than in the year-ago period on declining crude exports, low oil prices and currency losses.
Argentine farmers' organizations announced they would fight a reported plan to nationalize grain trading, warning that such a move would deepen a long-running conflict between the government and agricultural groups.
The Scandinavian region economic downturn was highlighted this week when Denmark confirmed it was in the worst recession in three decades while output in Sweden and Finland shrank the most in at least 17 years.