Rousseff to visit Cuba, focus on post-embargo era

(Reuters) - Some forty years ago, Dilma Rousseff was a guerrilla fighter working clandestinely to bring a version of Cuban leader Fidel Castro's communist revolution to Brazil.

Latin America Currencies Gain From Euro Woes: Chart of the Day

Latin American currencies are beating their high-yielding European peers as improving U.S. economic data benefits assets with links to the world’s largest economy and sheltered from the euro-region debt crisis.

Bolivia signs anti-drug deal with US and Brazil

Bolivia has signed an agreement with the US and Brazil to help reduce the production of illegal cocaine.

Obama now outsourcing US jobs to Brazil along with oil production

On January 19th, President Obama rejected plans to allow a Canadian pipeline to be built from the neighboring country to Texas to faciliatate oil production.

Mexican leftist plans change on "monopolies", mining

(Reuters) - Leftist presidential hopeful Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has pledged to break up Mexico's "monopolies" and press foreign mining firms for higher taxes and better wages if elected on July 1.

Colombia Record Corporate Debt Sales Extending to Barclays on GDP Growth

Colombia’s quickening economic growth is a signal to Barclays Capital Inc. and BCP Securities LLC that last year’s record corporate bond offerings will extend into 2012 as companies seek to finance expansion plans.

HBO Latin America adds 101 jobs in Coral Gables

HBO Latin America is growing its Miami-Dade County presence, expecting to add 101 jobs over the next two years and soon to relocate to a new headquarters in double its current space.