Carlos Edmundo Ramos

Millicom makes big bet on Guatemala in $2.2bn telecoms deal

...Tigo, Millicom’s brand in Guatemala, is the largest mobile provider in the country, ahead of Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim’s América Móvil, with which it competes across the region....

November 12, 2021

News in-depthBatteries

Chinese and Russian companies dominate in race to tap Bolivia’s lithium

...Carlos Ramos, executive president of YLB, responded to written questions saying that any eventual contract would “respect our laws and seek the maximum benefit for the Bolivian people”....

October 17, 2022

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Inflation returns to haunt Brazilians

...Carlos Vieira, a carpenter in São Paulo, hoped runaway inflation was consigned to Brazil’s past. Now, with the cost of his materials doubling in just three years, he fears those days are back....

May 16, 2022

Millicom Inc.

Millicom fortifies strategy on unloved Central America with $3bn investment

...In eight of those nine markets, its main competitor is Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim’s América Móvil, one of the world’s biggest telecoms companies....

February 14, 2022

Michael Stott

LatAm will squander pandemic gains without digital infrastructure push

...Carlos Ramos de la Vega, director of venture capital at LAVCA, says: “One of the most important trends . . . is how M&A activity plays out across the market, given the substantial capital pockets that these...

April 28, 2022

Argentina

Argentina heads towards latest IMF deadline with little sign of progress

...said Carlos Melconian, former head of the Bank of Argentina....

January 11, 2022

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Venture capital investment

Latin American VC investments triple record to pass $15bn in 2021

...Ramos de la Vega, director of venture capital for Lavca....

January 24, 2022

The Big Read

FT interview: Brazil’s Lula on the prospects of an extraordinary comeback

...Alberto Ramos, chief Latin America economist at Goldman Sachs, is more concerned....

July 11, 2022

News in-depthPhilippines

Marcos Jr’s presidential bid stirs painful memories in Philippines

...Additional reporting by Guill Ramos in Manila...

November 26, 2021

Brazilian politics

Brazil’s establishment strikes back at anti-corruption drive

...The fight against corruption is strengthened when it resumes the path of legality and respect for due process of the law,” said Marcelo Ramos, a federal lawmaker and key powerbroker in the bloc....

March 21, 2021

News in-depthPhilippines

Duterte maintains firm support despite mishandling of Covid-19

...“[Mr Duterte] is very popular among poor and middle-class Filipinos,” said Carlos Conde, a researcher with Human Rights Watch....

January 28, 2021

Americas politics & policy

Artists and activists stage rare rights protest in Cuba

...It drew support from well-known cultural figures, including singer Carlos Varela, who called on the authorities for dialogue, while film-maker Fernando Perez quipped “it is time for a new language” before...

November 28, 2020

Mexico

Mexico’s economy records fifth straight quarterly contraction

...“We estimate it will take until the end of 2024 to get back to the level of GDP we had at the end of 2019,” said Carlos Serrano, chief economist at BBVA in Mexico City....

July 30, 2020

Gig economy

California sues Uber and Lyft over gig economy law

...“This is a big win for drivers,” said Carlos Ramos, a driver and organiser with the activist group Gig Workers Rising. “Billionaires like to pick and choose what laws they follow....

May 5, 2020

Jair Bolsonaro

Bolsonaro defies coronavirus to rally against Congress

...At a sensitive time for Brazil, “the crisis between Bolsonaro and Congress has entered an acute moment”, said Carlos Melo, a professor of politics at Insper....

March 16, 2020

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Mexico

Mexico banks on $43bn infrastructure plan to build growth

...Edmundo Gamas, executive direct of the Mexican Institute of Infrastructure Development, said the proposed programme looked “like fantasy unless they are very small roads”....

November 26, 2019

News in-depthGlobal Insight

Mexico’s president makes economic mis-steps just as Brazil’s delivers reforms

...Finance minister Carlos Urzúa, seen as the strongest voice for moderation in an increasingly investor-unfriendly administration, resigned abruptly....

July 16, 2019

Brazil

Jair Bolsonaro fires Brazil minister seen as voice of moderation

...He will be replaced by another general, Luiz Eduardo Ramos, as minister for government relations....

June 14, 2019

News in-depthFT Alphaville

Argentina: bottoming out?

...Carlos de Sousa at Oxford Economics expects this slide to continue, with annual inflation settling around 38 per cent by year-end: Ironically, it's the peso's current stability that has led De Sousa to...

June 24, 2019

Brazilian economy

Brazil avoids recession as 0.4% growth beats expectations

...The economy has been crawling out of a very deep and long recession at a painfully slowly pace,” said Alberto Ramos of Goldman Sachs....

August 29, 2019

Brazil

Brazil unveils long-awaited pensions reform proposal

...Alberto Ramos of Goldman Sachs described the proposal as robust, comprehensive and well designed....

February 20, 2019

World

Philippine police arrest President Duterte’s fiercest critic

...“Trillanes has been a huge thorn in the side of Duterte, and he hasn’t shown any sign of backing down,” said Carlos Conde, Philippines researcher for Human Rights Watch....

September 25, 2018

News in-depthVenezuela

Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro tightens grip on media

...In February, Mr Maduro cut short a TV interview with Jorge Ramos of US-based broadcaster Univision because he did not like the journalist’s questions....

March 27, 2019

Mexico

Mexico confronts conquistadors in López Obrador’s new world

...There shouldn’t be a monument to that,” said Carlos Ruíz León, a tour guide in the colonial southern city of Oaxaca....

April 29, 2019

Central banks

Economist Jonathan Heath to be nominated to Mexico central bank board

...Mr Heath will take the place of Manuel Ramos Francia, who leaves the bank at the end of December, Reuters news agency quoted Mr Urzúa as saying....

September 28, 2018

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