Leftist Lawyer and Businessman Appear Headed to Runoff in Ecuador Election

[ad_1] Updated Aug. 20, 2023 9:56 pm ET Listen to article (2 minutes) Ecuadorean voters on Sunday appear to have chosen an ally of powerful ex-president Rafael Correa and the…

DIARY-Emerging Markets Economic Events to April 30

[ad_1] March 16 (Reuters) – For other diaries, please see: Top Economic Events Emerging Markets Economic Events Government Debt Auctions Political and General News U.S. Federal Reserve Today in Washington…

Colombian Prosecutors to Charge 60 People With Graft Tied to Odebrecht Building Scandal

[ad_1] The allegations against former Colombian officials and Brazilian executives are latest fallout from a sprawling Latin American bribery scandal. [ad_2] Source link

Swiss court convicts man in Petrobras corruption case

[ad_1] GENEVA, Feb 26 (Reuters) – A court found a Swiss-Brazilian man guilty on Wednesday of complicity in bribery and money laundering, marking Switzerland’s first conviction related to a probe…

Argentina’s Financial Markets Plummet After Right-Wing Outsider Wins Primary Vote

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Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

[ad_1] (Updates Gilead) March 2 (Reuters) – The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2000 GMT on Monday: ** U.S. utility Evergy Inc said it would appoint…

Argentine Farmers Back Conservatives in Election, Hoping for Freer Markets

[ad_1] By Maximilian Heath and Miguel Lo Bianco SAN VICENTE, Argentina (Reuters) – In Argentina’s grains fields and cattle ranches, farmers are hoping upcoming elections will bring political change and…

Ecuador Assassination Reflects Rapid Rise of Violent Cocaine Trade

[ad_1] Listen to article (2 minutes) Four days before he was shot dead, presidential hopeful Fernando Villavicencio traveled to a dusty town near Ecuador’s Pacific coast, defying one of the…

Colombian Banking Group Strikes $80 Million Settlement Over Highway Bribery Scheme

[ad_1] Colombian financial holding company Grupo Aval and its banking subsidiary have agreed to pay more than $80 million in fines to resolve investigations into a scheme to bribe Colombian…

Brazil’s Bet on Oil in the Amazon Meets Resistance

[ad_1] Listen to article (2 minutes) SÃO PAULO—Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has positioned himself as a global leader in the fight against climate change, pledging at a…