Investments

• Tuesday, March 17th 2020 - 08:10 UTC

  Dispatch from Uruguay: “Democracy or Bureaucracy & Mediocrity”

  

  By David P. Michaels (*) - Luis-Alberto Lacalle Pou, Uruguay’s recently inaugurated President, faces one of the most significant challenges in Uruguay’s recent history.

• Wednesday, March 11th 2020 - 06:39 UTC

  Airfreight in Asia skyrockets as Chinese industry restarts with passenger flights grounded

  

  Airfreight rates are skyrocketing after the grounding of many passenger flights in Asia has left shippers scrambling to book limited spots on cargo planes as Chinese industrial production restarts, according to industry insiders.

• Tuesday, March 10th 2020 - 06:32 UTC

  Global breweries expanding their business in Brazil

  

  Heineken NV will invest 865 million reais (US$183.14 million) to expand its Ponta Grossa brewing plant in Brazil, the company said on Monday, as competition between the world's two largest beer makers bubbles up.

• Monday, March 9th 2020 - 07:49 UTC

  Germany's Thyssen and Embraer to build four frigates for the Brazilian Navy

  

  A consortium formed by Germany's Thyssenkrupp AG and Brazilian plane maker Embraer SA signed a deal to deliver four frigates to Brazil's navy between 2025 and 2028, the companies said in a statement.

• Friday, March 6th 2020 - 10:48 UTC

  Why now is the right time to invest in Mexican pharma

  

  The spread of the Wuhan Coronavirus or COVID-19 has sent ripples of panic all across the globe. What was thought to be a localized threat in China has quickly grown into an epidemic that has spread into Italy, Iran and South Korea.

• Thursday, March 5th 2020 - 08:55 UTC

  Representatives of Argentine sovereign bond holders meet with minister Guzman

  

  Argentina’s minister of economy met with representatives of several major creditors, including asset management firm Pimco, a company executive and a ministry source said on Wednesday, as separate talks continued with the International Monetary Fund.

• Tuesday, March 3rd 2020 - 08:59 UTC

  UK/Argentina discuss trade and business opportunities, but also Malvinas

  

  UK Deputy Foreign Secretary for Europe and the Americas Wendy Morton held on Monday several meetings in Buenos Aires with officials from the new Argentine government looking to strengthen bilateral ties as well as boosting trade and investment.

• Friday, February 28th 2020 - 07:55 UTC

  IMF mission arrives in Buenos Aires next Monday to continue negotiations

  

  The International Monetary Fund will send another mission to Argentina to continue debt strategy talks and discuss “next steps,” IMF spokesman Gerry Rice said on Thursday, as the country seeks to renegotiate its US$ 57 billion financing package.

• Wednesday, February 26th 2020 - 09:43 UTC

  Five Latin American countries planning to issue green bonds

  

  At least five Latin American governments and several companies are considering debt sales to fund environmentally friendly projects in what is expected to be the region’s most active year for the issuance of so-called green bonds since 2017.

• Monday, February 24th 2020 - 07:13 UTC

  UK interested in partnership with Argentina to develop the railway system

  

  Ambassador Mark Kent said the United Kingdom wants to be a partner of Argentina in such areas as the development of railways, following a meeting of a British trade mission with the head of the country's Railways infrastructure Administration, ADIFSE, Ricardo Lissalde.