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Scotiabank to exit nine countries in Caribbean shake-up

Scotiabank, which has operated in the Caribbean since 1889, says it plans to refocus its business in the region by… Read More

6 years ago

Latin America leaders to discuss crucial issues without Trump

It is the meeting that few American heads of state want to attend. Donald Trump, for one, cancelled on Tuesday… Read More

6 years ago

Puerto Rico pitches for investment after hurricane

Five months after Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico’s government is shifting from disaster recovery to pitching for business, telling multinational companies… Read More

6 years ago

Cuba braced for life after the Castros

Niuris Higueras climbs with heavy tread up the wrought-iron staircase to Atelier, a 50-seat restaurant that boasts graceful wood-panelled rooms… Read More

6 years ago

Swiss trader seeks go-ahead to buy Venezuela-Russia oil loan

Commodity trader Mercuria has asked the US Treasury for permission to buy out a $1.5bn loan between Russia’s Rosneft and… Read More

6 years ago

Tillerson extols 19th-century US foreign policy in Latin America

Rex Tillerson waded into controversy as he began his first Latin American tour by touting a return to a 200-year-old… Read More

6 years ago

How Guyana can avoid the curse of oil

The hottest new prospect for the world’s oil industry is Guyana, a small, relatively poor, country on the north-eastern coast… Read More

6 years ago

Latin American populism fears overdone as stocks play catch-up

The world economy is enjoying a synchronised advance, and markets are enjoying the ride. But one region is missing out:… Read More

6 years ago

Davos 2018: ‘Unfair’ Panama was put on tax blacklist says president

Including Panama on the EU’s tax haven blacklist was “unfair”, the country’s president has said. Read More

6 years ago

EU recommends removing Panama and 7 others from tax haven blacklist

European officials have recommended that eight countries, including Panama and Tunisia be moved from the EU’s tax haven blacklist to… Read More

6 years ago

EU imposes sanctions on Venezuelan and North Korean officials

The EU has imposed travel bans and asset freezes on top Venezuelan government officials and North Korean diplomats accused of… Read More

6 years ago

Traditional growth measures give a false account of economic health

Sure, Planet Earth’s growth rate, as defined by gross domestic product, is expected to edge up to 3.1 per cent… Read More

7 years ago

Smuggled cattle and petrol join exodus from Venezuela

They bribe border guards to get the livestock across. The cows are slaughtered — as many as 250,000 a year… Read More

7 years ago

US proposes dramatic expansion of offshore drilling

The US interior department has unveiled plans to make about 90 per cent of federal waters available for drilling, in… Read More

7 years ago

Fears raised over expansion of powers for the taxman

There has been “a dramatic change in the tone and content of HMRC’s powers” in the past two years, including… Read More

7 years ago

Tunisia joins states pushing to escape EU tax haven blacklist

Tunisia is seeking to persuade the EU to take it off a tax haven blacklist as countries around the world… Read More

7 years ago

Liberty Global Spin Off Targets Latin America

Liberty Latin America, the cable and broadband company being spun off from John Malone’s Liberty Global, expects operations in hurricane-hit… Read More

7 years ago

Carnival: cruise control

The modern seafaring renaissance is more concerned with charting a course to the nearest all-you-can-eat buffet than any strange new… Read More

7 years ago

Chinese contractor sued over $3.5bn Bahamas resort

A subsidiary of China State Construction Engineering, the world’s largest publicly traded contractor, has been dragged into a New York… Read More

7 years ago

Honduran farmers accuse World Bank arm of ‘profiting from murder’

A group of Honduran farmers embroiled in a long-running land rights dispute has accused the World Bank’s private sector arm… Read More

7 years ago

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