Colombian Currency’s Wider Swings Fuels Intervention Bets

The biggest swings in four years for Colombia’s peso are fueling speculation that the nation’s central bank will follow the steps of Mexico and Peru in taking measures to ease volatility in the currency.

Venezuela wants an emergency OPEC meeting

Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro (R) and Russian president Vladimir Putin.

Petrobras Among Brazil Borrowers Most at Risk as Real Sinks

Petroleo Brasileiro SA, the state-controlled oil producer with $55 billion of overseas bonds, is among the Brazilian companies most at risk of seeing leverage ratios swell as the real posts the world’s biggest currency losses.

Why Latin America Is Feeling the Brunt of China’s Slowdown

In a move that shocked global financial markets, the People’s Bank of China allowed the yuan to depreciate nearly 2% against the U.S. dollar in mid-August, which has weakened demand for the commodities of Brazil, Argentina, Chile and other Latin American countries.

Everything Is Going Wrong in Ecuador

As emerging markets come unhinged around the world, few nations face tougher challenges than Ecuador, a dollarized oil producer in El Nino’s path, where street protests are flaring up alongside one of the planet’s most dangerous volcanoes.

Brazil Judge Seeks Probe Into Rousseff’s 2014 Campaign Funds

A Brazilian electoral court judge has requested a probe into President Dilma Rousseff’s 2014 campaign financing on signs it may have included money siphoned from state-owned oil company Petrobras.

BRAIN DRAIN: Some of Latin America's most capable minds are bolting

Several of Latin America’s key economies are sputtering. And now, partly because of these economic doldrums, countries in the region are losing some of their brightest and most capable minds.