Argentina

Despite the negative sentiment pervading global financial markets, opportunities are arising for private equity funds. Indeed, in Latin America private equity funds look set to benefit... 2008-10-23

Spanish banking giant Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) confirmed on October 15 that it has sold its Argentine healthcare provider unit, Consolidar Salud, to local health and... 2008-10-16

Leading inter-dealer broker GFI Group has acquired a 49% stake in Argentina's Premium Securities, with the option to purchase the remaining 51% in blocks over the next few years.... 2008-10-02

The Argentine government will buy back Aerolineas Argentinas from Spain's largest tour operator Grupo Marsans . A price tag has yet to be disclosed, but the government will own 99.4%... 2008-07-24

The fight continues between the Venezuelan government and steelmaker Sidor, over the appropriate price for Ternium's 60% stake in the company. Venezuela's national assembly announced... 2008-06-18

The Bolivian state has taken over US-based Ashmore Energy's remaining stake in the Transredes pipeline company after failing to reach a share buyback agreement with Ashmore.

Texas-based Excelerate Energy has signed a final agreement with Spanish-Argentine RepsolYPF to develop a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import facility at the port city of Bahia Blanca,... 2008-05-20

Repsol YPF, the Argentine subsidiary of Spain's Repsol, has announced that it will raise up to US$3.75bn in a secondary share sale. The sale is reported to be taking place on both... 2008-03-05

Latin America's second-largest Coca-Cola bottler Embotelladoras Arca is to acquire the Coca-Cola franchise in north-west Argentina for an undisclosed sum. The purchase, which will... 2008-03-04