If stock markets and currencies are anything to go by, Brazil’s economy would at first glance seem like one of the best bets for investors at the moment. While global markets have been experiencing sharp drops since September, Brazil’s stock market and currency have both soared 13% in the same period. Market analysts say this […]

A judge in Peru has ordered that opposition leader Keiko Fujimori spend three years in jail while she awaits trial for corruption. Judge Richard Concepción said there was a high risk of Ms Fujimori fleeing Peru. Ms Fujimori has been accused of taking $1.2m (£940,000) in bribes from the Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht in 2011. […]