End of preview - This article contains approximately 642 words.
Subscribers: Log in now to read the full article
Not a Subscriber?
Choose from one of the following options
Back
Economy & Business - June 2026
BRAZIL: Balancing resource nationalism with attracting investment
The world wants rare earth minerals and Brazil has the planet’s second-largest reserves of them. While President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is eager for foreign investors to help develop a nascent industry and kickstart a sluggish economy, he is adamant it should be on his terms. The leftist leader has repeatedly said that Brazil will not raffle off its raw materials to the highest bidder but instead will seek to maximise value added by processing them domestically.
- Fears mounting in Central America over El Niño forecast
- VENEZUELA: Daunting debt restructuring process awaits
- BOLIVIA: Paz clings on amid weeks of protests
- ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
- CHILE: Kast off to a rocky start in first 100 days
- CHILE: Economist takes the reins at Codelco
- BRAZIL: Balancing resource nationalism with attracting investment
- BRAZIL: EU to ban Brazilian meat despite Mercosur deal
- ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
- COSTA RICA: Fernández confirms electric train as part of economic plans
- CUBA: Power failure
- JAMAICA: Oil – blessing or curse?
- ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
- MEXICO: Mexico and US begin USMCA talks without Canada
- MEXICO: Gov’t faces credit rating downgrades
- MEXICO: Mexico signs updated trade deal with EU
- ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS