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Peruvian president Dina Boluarte is being investigated for allegedly acquiring an undisclosed collection of luxury watches since becoming vice president in 2021, and then president in 2022.

FDI into large-scale infrastructure projects has been reduced and redirected to smaller, yet more numerous, investments into high technology

A former TV personality-turned political maverick, Argentina’s president-elect Javier Milei has promised no half-measures as he bids to make his stricken country “great again”. Riding a wave of anti-establishment rage, the far-right outsider known for his foul-mouthed outbursts will have no time to bask in his stunning victory as he…

Likened to Wolverine and Trump and nicknamed ‘the madman’, the former TV pundit is known for his prolific swearing and pledge to take a chainsaw to the machinery of state

If elected on Sunday, populist Javier Milei vows to abolish central bank, loosen gun laws, legalize sale of human organs

The hard-right libertarian has brandished a chainsaw on the campaign trail, found fame on TV scrutinizing the economy and evangelizing about tantric sex, and appears poised to win

Bolivia is using the yuan to pay for imports and exports, becoming the latest country in South America to regularly use the Chinese currency in a small but growing challenge to the hegemony of the U.S. dollar

Argentina's economy hit 100 per cent inflation in February — the highest it's been in 32 years. But the crisis has done nothing to dampen Argentines' enthusiasm for spending.

Financial markets are celebrating the arrival of Sergio Massa as Argentina’s third economy minister in less than a month, but analysts caution that more details are needed about his plans to get the South American country out of itsdire economic straits