• March 31 2021
  FT News Briefing podcast8 min listen

  IMF’s EM warning, Russia’s Arctic trade route, Amlo’s progress

  The IMF has warned the world should be ready for an emerging market debt crisis

  
• March 30 2021
  Brazil

  Bolsonaro tries to shore up support as Brazil’s Covid crisis worsens

  Shake-up in senior cabinet and military posts comes as president searches for allies ahead of 2022 election

  
• March 30 2021
  Brazilian politics

  Brazil’s Bolsonaro shakes up cabinet as pressure mounts over Covid

  Rightwing leader axes top diplomat and defence minister as country battles second wave

  
• March 29 2021
  News in-depthECOPETROL SA

  Colombia’s Ecopetrol seeks to reduce dependence on oil

  State-owned group embarks on decarbonisation push as country’s reserves dwindle

  
• March 29 2021
  Special ReportFTfm: Real Assets

  LatAm political risk leaves investors wary

  Decades of low spending on infrastructure and the rise of unpredictable populists are adding to concerns

  
• March 27 2021
  Mexico

  Mexican president moves to undo key energy reforms

  Legislation gives government the power to suspend permits granted to private companies in the hydrocarbons sector

  
• March 25 2021
  Climate change

  Canada supreme court upholds Trudeau’s carbon tax

  Ruling seen as vindication of Liberal party’s focus on climate despite opposition from some provinces

  
• March 25 2021
  Brazilian politics

  Brazil’s business elite rebukes Bolsonaro as Covid deaths mount

  Hundreds of prominent private sector leaders sign an open letter attacking president’s handling of crisis

  
• March 24 2021
  Mergers & Acquisitions

  Carrefour to buy smaller rival in Brazil for €1.1bn

  Advent and Walmart agree to sell Grupo BIG, Brazil’s third-largest food retailer

  
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• March 23 2021
  Trade Secrets

  South America and the EU’s troubled trade pact Premium

  Economics should push Mercosur and Brussels to ratify deal but politics could prevent them

  
• March 23 2021
  The Big Read

  ‘In love with bad ideas’: López Obrador takes Mexico back to the future

  Populist president is brushing off criticism of his poor handling of the economy, security and the pandemic 

  
• March 22 2021
  US immigration

  US officials visit Mexico and Guatemala to discuss migration

  Biden administration seeks to stem tide of border crossings, especially by unaccompanied minors

  
• March 22 2021
  News in-depthCanadian Pacific Railway Ltd

  Rail deal is $29bn bet on trade pact between Canada, US and Mexico

  Canadian Pacific takeover of Kansas City Southern will create single 20,000-mile network

  
• March 22 2021
  The FT ViewThe editorial board

  Mexico’s passing high

  Case for legalising marijuana is not as straightforward as its advocates say

  
• March 22 2021
  Chinese politics & policy

  Canada denied entry to Beijing trial of former diplomat

  Michael Kovrig was arrested in apparent retaliation for 2018 detention of Huawei CFO

  
• March 22 2021
  Global InsightBenedict Mander

  Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s dominance in Argentina becomes apparent

  VP is leading the administration’s campaign ahead of midterm elections after VIP vaccines scandal hits President Alberto Fernández

  
• March 21 2021
  The FT ViewThe editorial board

  Border crisis threatens the Biden honeymoon

  The US president must risk upsetting his own party to control migration

  
• March 21 2021
  Brazilian politics

  Brazil’s establishment strikes back at anti-corruption drive

  A landmark effort to weed out endemic graft has been abandoned and its legacy is under threat

  
• March 20 2021
  News in-depthUS immigration

  ‘We have faith Biden will let us cross’: migrants huddle at US-Mexico border

  For many, reaching the US may be impossible but returning home is out of the question

  
• March 19 2021
  Chinese politics & policy

  Two Canadians held in China over arrest of Huawei CFO go on trial

  Diplomats denied access to hearing of men detained since 2018 under harsh conditions

  
• March 18 2021
  Covid-19 vaccines

  US plans to send 4m AstraZeneca vaccine doses to Mexico and Canada

  Deal would mark its first shipments of Covid-19 jabs to other countries

  
• March 17 2021
  Banco Central do Brazil

  Inflation fears prompt Brazil to lift rates for first time in 6 years

  Central bank decision comes against a backdrop of rising prices and a new deadly wave of Covid-19

  
• March 17 2021
  Americas politics & policy

  Cape Verde court rules Maduro dealmaker can be extradited to the US

  Venezuelan regime has been desperate to keep Colombian businessman from being sent to face charges

  
• March 16 2021
  News in-depthUS immigration

  Biden scrambles to cope with rising number of migrant children

  White House admits ‘big problem’ at Mexico border as minors arrive in thousands

  
• March 16 2021
  Cecilia Farfán Méndez

  Women make good crime bosses too

  From Mexico and Somalia to Japan, the perception that they don’t can make women ideal illegal partners