Latin America

The prime minister of Barbados told GlobalCapital’s sister publication GlobalMarkets that she hoped more vulnerable nations would adopt natural disaster clauses in their debt documents to protect themselves from climate events.

The current system of globalisation with the United States at its centre looks set to crumble and be replaced by a new global system anchored around China, leading economists have told GlobalMarkets

With Argentina's elections days away, the fate of the country’s $56bn International Monetary Fund bailout plan will depend on the attitude taken by Alberto Fernández, the odds-on favourite to be the next president, said bondholders.

Celulosa Arauco y Constitución, the Chilean pulp and wood panel producer, is looking to issue what it describes as a “sustainability” bond, as Chile’s focus on environmental topics spreads to the corporate world.

Yields on Ecuador’s sovereign bonds widened sharply this week after 11 days of mass popular protests drove the government to backtrack on plans to remove fuel subsidies. However, investors insisted it was not the end of the country's attempted recovery.

Ministers from Argentina are flying into Washington this week but with elections just days away, the fate of the country’s IMF bailout plan will depend on the attitude taken by Alberto Fernández, the odds-on favourite to be the next president.

Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT) raised $300m in senior secured bonds on Tuesday.

Suriname’s finance minister Gillmore Hoefdraad tells GlobalMarkets that reforms are under way to bring structural improvements to the resource-rich economy

A well-managed mining sector, falling inflation and increasing reserves continue to underpin Suriname’s recovery. However, further robust policy action is still needed to lay a sustainable base for stability and growth

Suriname’s new central bank governor has had an immediate impact, ringing the changes and setting out his vision for 2030

As drilling advances off the coast of Suriname, the CEO of the state-owned oil company Staatsolie is calling for the country to prepare itself for a big oil discovery

Bond market participants had been mostly confident that Ecuador’s government could see out mass public protest and stick to IMF-supported measures designed to shore up public finances — until last Friday, at least. But bondholders could be in for a tough time after the government backtracked on these measures.