By Marcela Ayres BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s currency and stocks pared losses on Friday as the economy minister dismissed rumors he would resign and tapped an ex-planning minister to replace a senior Treasury official who...
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Exclusive-Citgo boards in last-ditch talks with Washington to keep creditors at bay
By Marianna Parraga and Matt Spetalnick HOUSTON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The supervisory boards of Venezuela-owned Citgo Petroleum, racing to stave off a breakup of the eighth largest U.S. oil refiner, have held talks with U.S....
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Ecuador President Lasso to be investigated for tax fraud after Pandora Papers leak
By Alexandra Valencia QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuador’s attorney general’s office on Thursday said it has opened a preliminary investigation against President Guillermo Lasso for tax fraud, after an opposition leader presented...
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Brazil Treasury officials quit as gov’t looks to lift spending limit
By Marcela Ayres and Maria Carolina Marcello BRASILIA (Reuters) -Four senior Brazilian Treasury officials resigned on Thursday amid signs the government is looking to lift a constitutional spending cap, hammering Brazil’s stocks and...
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Mexico’s Banorte reports 3nd-quarter net profit of $430 million
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s Grupo Financiero Banorte on Thursday reported net profit of 8.874 billion pesos ($429.9 million) in the third quarter, down 0.4% from 8.906 billion pesos in the same year ago period. Revenues...
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Brazil to grant fuel relief to 750,000 truckers, Bolsonaro says
BRASILIA/SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday that his government has decided to grant about 750,000 truckers fuel relief to offset price rises, a few hours after repeating that a planned new...
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