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The move is likely to trigger further unease for Spanish companies operating in Latin America following the seizure of Repsol’s YPF unit in Argentina

2. Brazil wealthy set to double in 11 years

Rise of well-educated, financially empowered groups changes Brazil’s politics and social fabric, analysts say, with demands for efficient government

3. Vale profits tumble as China slows

First-quarter earnings nearly halved from a year earlier, aggravated by heavy rains which disrupted production

4. Mexico launches Walmart investigation

The federal authorities have announced their own inquiry into how the US retailer obtained permits at the centre of corruption allegations

5. Argentine rules hinder oil exploration

The restrictions, which Buenos Aires hopes will shore up a shrinking trade surplus, threaten to cause an equipment shortage

6. Mexico bribery claims hit Walmart shares

Shares in the Mexican subsidiary and its US parent tumbled after the company was rocked by allegations of bribery and a cover-up over store permits

7. Repsol threatens action against YPF investors

Spanish executives at Argentine subsidiary were ‘hunted down’ by security forces, claims Madrid

8. Hue and cry for Argentina

Action to bring the privatised oil group YPF back under Buenos Aires’ control has led to concern at an increasingly wayward economic approach

9. EU to retaliate for Argentina’s YPF seizure

The trade commissioner says the renationalisation of the oil group controlled by Spain’s Repsol could scupper talks with Mercosur

10. YPF move puts Eskenazi clan in debt bind

The renationalisation of Argentina’s largest oil company is also a blow to a once-favoured business family who will need to renegotiate borrowings

11. Argentina quick to make YPF changes

A day after kicking Spain’s Repsol out of YPF, the Argentinian government said it was making operational changes that would save money and boost production

12. UK backs Spain over Repsol-YPF seizure

William Hague, foreign secretary, criticises Buenos Aires’ move to renationalise 51% of Repsol’s 57% of YPF, Argentina’s largest oil group

13. Repsol reels from Argentinian body blow

The Spanish group without YPF will have to become accustomed to life as a smaller company, with a significantly less attractive growth story

14. Fernández takes her revenge

Among the reasons put forward for the move are that the president feels isolated and that she wanted to teach Argentine oligarchs a lesson

15. Argentina to renationalise oil group YPF

Cristina Fernández brushes off Spanish outrage and announces that the country’s biggest oil group will come under state supervision

16. Colombia sets its sights on Codelco deal

Government is trying to woo Chilean state-owned copper miner to expand its limited foreign interests and develop and expand mineral exploitation

17. Abu Dhabi fund to buy into Brazil’s EBX

Mubadala to invest $2bn in return for 5.63% stake in Eike Batista’s EBX and an indirect interest in the holding group’s publicly listed companies

18. China and IDB set up $1bn Latin American fund

As well as infrastructure, the fund is expected to make equity investments in mid-cap companies and in the natural resources sector

19. Latin America vulnerable to new downturn

Latin America, which weathered financial crisis well, is vulnerable to new downturn in global outlook, Inter-American Development Bank warns

20. UK diplomat accused of tobacco lobbying

Ambassador to Panama raised concerns over tax increases and cigarette smuggling with government