Mexico

Latin America's largest Coca-Cola bottler and the world's second-largest in terms of volumes, Coca-Cola FEMSA, announced on June 26 that it has acquired Refrigerantes Minas Gerais... 2008-07-02

Financial services group Morgan Stanley and The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan have agreed to buy Chilean electric company SAESA Group. They will jointly acquire the company from... 2008-06-25

Mexico's Genomma Lab, an over-the-counter (OTC) drugmaker, is the only Mexican company, apart from Bolsa Mexicana de Valores SAB, the operator of Mexico's stock exchange, to launch... 2008-06-19

After several months of speculation and rumour surrounding a proposed merger or take over of two of Brazil's telecoms operators, Oi has announced a deal to buy a controlling stake... 2008-05-01

We keep harping on about the resilience of emerging market (EM) economies during these troubled times for developed states. Whilst of course they are not immune from the ongoing economic... 2008-04-11

On April 3 the President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez announced the nationalisation of the cement industry. However, it is now unclear what degree of nationalisation will take place.... 2008-04-10

Grupo Salinas, a Mexican conglomerate founded by Ricardo Salinas, announced that two of its companies, TV Azteca and Banco Azteca, would be expanded further into Latin America. TV... 2008-03-28