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Economy & Business - August 2008 (ISSN 1741-7430)
VENEZUELA: Chávez buys no. 3 bank
The opposition to President Hugo Chávez is trying to stir up a row
over his announcement that the government would buy Banco de Venezuela (BdV),
the Venezuelan subsidiary of Spain's Banco Santander. The right claimed that
this was the start of banking sector nationalisation.
- The Latin American model
- Mexico raises interest rates again
- Brazil back on track
- ARGENTINA: Financial problems loom
- CHILE: Economy faring a bit better
- PARAGUAY: Lugo sets out his priorities
- URUGUAY: Bothered by inflation
- BOLIVIA: Exports hit by Boliviano strength
- COLOMBIA: Current account deficit to fall
- ECUADOR: Dollarisation to stay
- PERU: Central bank raises rates again
- VENEZUELA: Chávez buys no. 3 bank
- COSTA RICA: Central bank raises rates
- CUBA: Government claims improvement in current account
- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Inflation surges in July
- PANAMA: Fiscal deficit obliterated
- EL SALVADOR: Exports up 19% in first half of 2008
- GUATEMALA: Export revenues rise
- HONDURAS: IMF calls in
- NICARAGUA: Inflation rises again
- OIL: More discoveries in Brazil
- COPPER: What the slide in prices mean
- BANANAS: Costa Rica's banana exports fall
- SOYA: Brazil soya close to a peak
- BUSINESS: Ecuador aims to create a new mobile telecoms company
- DEBT: Argentina's bond battle