Tom Azzopardi

Flush with capital and with a mandate to diversify, Gulf sovereign and private investment is moving beyond traditional markets and into Latin America and the Caribbean. From energy and infrastructure to food security and consumer sectors, the region is emerging as a strategic testing ground for a new phase of Gulf global investment.

Chile's incoming conservative president faces the challenge of reviving a lackluster economy while keeping the peace with an expectant electorate.

France's Eramet (Euronext: ERA) and Chile's state mining company Empresa Nacional de Minería (ENAMI) are headed to court in a dispute that could delay development of one of the world's largest lithium deposits.

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Bolivia's addiction to natural gas has taken it to the brink, and now the Andean nation is struggling with a dramatic collapse in production and exports.

With an anti-corruption president in power, Guatemala is cleaning up to strengthen the rule of law. But more needs to be done to attract much-needed investment, chiefly to fix its run-down infrastructure. Do that, and more companies will pile in, including to build factories to supply the United States.

Local market has languished due to high financing costs, political uncertainty and crowding out by a debt-hungry government

Overhauling the oil firm would indicate the government is ready to take tough decisions to address Peru's structural problems, say analysts

A reform of Chile's 45-year-old private pension system is set to boost the volume of savings channelled into local bonds

Latin America's central banks have built more than $900 billion in reserves to guard against the next crisis. Keeping that money safe and liquid means giving up returns, so reserve managers are looking beyond the dollar, reaching carefully for yield and bringing in outside expertise, without forgetting what the money is for.