Mexico
Mexico Industry Output Falls Three Times More Than Forecast
Mexico’s industrial production fell three times more than analysts forecast in March, reinforcing expectations that the central bank will cut interest rates for the second time since 2009 later this year.
Factbox: Key facts about Mexico’s tax system
MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s new government has promised a comprehensive review of its tax system, to be announced in the second half of 2013 along with an overhaul of energy policy.
Obama tells Mexicans a ‘new Mexico’ is emerging
US-Mexico Stereotypes Must Be Broken
America Movil sees material impact from Mexico telecom reform
Brazil
Despite winning top world trade job, even Brazil looks beyond WTO
Brazil campaigned hard to get the top job at the World Trade Organization this week but behind closed doors even it acknowledges that the WTO’s main mission – pushing forward in global trade talks – looks for the moment like a lost cause.
BM&FBovespa Quarterly Earnings Trail Estimates as Costs Increase
Petronas Malaysia bolsters Brazil’s Batista with $850 million oil-field buy
Venezuela’s Maduro gets firm Brazilian backing, trade
Brazilian M&A Picks Up as Asians Seek Cheaper Oilfields
Latin America
Argentina’s Deadbeat Special: Buy a 4% Bond or Go to Jail
Panama Canal Cuts Water Use as Drought Prompts Energy Rationing
Brazil’s Odebrecht plans $20 billion spend, targets Peru as key investment
CHICAGO TRIBUNE – Brazilian conglomerate Odebrecht plans to invest $20 billion globally over the next three years, mostly in Latin America and much of it in Peru
Saipem wins $500m offshore contracts in Latin America
– Italy-based engineering services provider Saipem has received new engineering and construction (E&C) offshore contracts, worth a total value of $500m, in Latin America.
APMT prepares for high growth markets
Although global container volumes are not predicted to grow as rapidly over the next five years as they have over the past decade, high growth emerging markets will require higher levels of productivity and rely heavily on expanded inland services
Cartagena aims to be a global megaport by 2017
The Colombian Caribbean port of Cartagena is undertaking extensive infrastructure and technology upgrades in an effort to be one of the world’s 30 best megaports by 2017.
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