DATA SNAP: Mexico April Industrial Output Up 3.6% On Year

MEXICO CITY -(Dow Jones)- Mexican industrial output maintained a healthy rate of growth in April, expanding 3.6% from a year earlier with gains in manufacturing and construction offset slightly by lower oil production, the National Statistics Institute, or Inegi, said Monday.

Asian investment boom seen in Latin America

PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico (AP) — Selling soybeans, iron and copper ore and other commodities to Asian countries has transformed Latin America over the past decade, stabilizing economies despite worldwide crises and lifting tens of millions of people into the middle class. Now, say officials from both Asia and Latin America, a second gold rush is under way.