Emerging Markets
Latin America, Africa and the Middle East: the currencies, commodities and companies of the emerging world.
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US Secures Majority Control of 65 Billion Barrels of Venezuelan Oil Reserves
The agreement promises to more than double US petroleum reserves and inject $100 billion into Venezuela, though private investors …
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Cerimedo’s corporate ties to inner circle of Argentina’s SIDE spy agency
Shared addresses and interlocking companies. Corporate records reveal a web of businesses linking Fernando Cerimedo, President Mil…
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Milei Government Targets One-Million-Peso Wage Floor via Collective Bargaining
Argentina’s government is urging unions and employers to agree on a one-million-peso monthly wage floor, a strategy aimed at reviv…
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Emiliano 'Dibu' Martínez to join Chelsea from Aston Villa in £7.5-million deal
Thirty-three-year-old is set to sign a two-year contract with Chelsea, with an option to extend his stay for a further year. Leer …
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'Mature' Franco Colapinto extends contact with Alpine through 2027
Argentina drier, first national to race in Formula One since Gaston Mazzacane at the 2001 San Marino Grand Prix, says he feels "ve…
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Argentine deputies pass bill to bar Central Bank from financing Treasury
Argentina's lower house approved legislation stripping the Central Bank of its power to print money for the government, a pillar o…
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Milei’s magic fades on Argentina’s slowing economic recovery
President Javier Milei’s Economists and analysts say economic revival is sputtering, with the recovery not only fading but becomin…
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Techint Executive Confirms Near $1 Million Cash Payment to Former Argentine Official
A former administrative director of the Techint Group testified that he delivered nearly $1 million in cash to a government offici…
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Argentina’s ‘lost decade’ – formal private employment still at 2016 levels
Companies have cut back on their hiring and the search for staff has fallen to its lowest levels in the past year; Surveys warn ab…
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Chile angered by Argentine Air Force chief's Magellan remarks
Santiago says it will lodge a formal complaint after Brigadier General Gustavo Javier Valverde called the Strait of Magellan and t…
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Argentina's exports set to top US$100 billion this year, LCG says
Argentina’s exports could clear the US$100-billion mark this year; Trade surplus, LCG says, will top US$20 billion – almost double…
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JPMorgan, Santander lead financing of up to US$15 billion for Argentina LNG Project
JPMorgan Chase and Banco Santander are leading financing talks for Argentina LNG; Unprecedented project to liquefy and export shal…
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Chile protests to Argentina over a military chief's remarks on the Strait of Magellan
Chile's foreign ministry announced on Monday it will send a note of protest to the Argentine government over remarks by the head o…
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Health company admits Maradona test mix-up in trial
Swiss Medical admits tests released to a medical commission investigating Maradona's death "remained mistakenly filed under the na…
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Editorial Perfil sues OpenAI, Microsoft over unauthorised use of journalistic content
Argentine publisher sues OpenAI and Microsoft over use of news content; Media company accuses tech firms of intellectual property …
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Trump fails to loosen China’s economic grip on Latin America
For all Washington's political pressure, the economic dimension of Trump’s so-called Donroe Doctrine remains unfulfilled. Economic…
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Argentina votes this week on the reform barring the central bank from funding the Treasury
Argentina's Chamber of Deputies will on Wednesday debate the reform of the central bank's charter promoted by Javier Milei's gover…
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Underground wealth, above ground worries
Milei is comfortable ignoring the day-to-day economic agenda of the public. But his inner circle is increasingly wary that this tr…
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March of the trolls
Perhaps the most significant development is the government’s implied admission of economic stagnation for the first time when almo…
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FIFA fines Argentina $321,000 and restricts stadium capacity over World Cup conduct
The Argentine Football Association faces financial penalties and operational constraints for its next home match following discipl…
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Amazon Prime Video to invest US$2 billion in Latin America productions
Amazon announces US$2-billion investment in Latin American productions for its Prime Video streaming service through to 2030. Leer…
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Argentina hit with heavy sanctions by FIFA for World Cup controversies
Leando Paredes banned for 10 international matches and fined, along with teammate Nahuel Molina, who gets seven games; AFA ordered…
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USA and China at war over Vaca Muerta, Hidrovía and Patagonia
Dispute between Washington and Beijing for global technological influence is alive in Argentina. Huawei lies at the centre of the …
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Argentine Protests Escalate as Household Debt Hits 20-Year High Under Milei
Thousands protested in Buenos Aires over record household indebtedness, signaling growing political friction for President Javier …