|
Adjusted net national per capita income in Brazil
|
Figures in 2010 U.S. dollars, rounded to nearest dollar. Source: data.worldbank.org.
|
Exchange rate
|
Currency
|
Per US Dollar
|
|
Argentine Peso
|
15.70
|
|
Belizean Dollar
|
2.01
|
|
Brazilian Real
|
3.28
|
|
Bolivian Boliviano
|
6.93
|
|
Costa Rican Colon
|
550.96
|
|
Chilean Peso
|
658.76
|
|
Colombian Peso
|
3,026.08
|
|
Cuban Peso
|
26.50
|
|
Dominican Peso
|
46.54
|
|
Guatemalan Quetzal
|
7.50
|
|
Haitian Gourde
|
67.38
|
|
Honduran Lempira
|
23.47
|
|
Mexican Peso
|
20.69
|
|
Nicaraguan Cordoba
|
29.32
|
|
Panamanian Balboa
|
1.00
|
|
Paraguayan Guarani
|
5,798.18
|
|
Peruvian Sol
|
3.35
|
|
Uruguayan Peso
|
28.95
|
|
Venezuelan Bolivar
|
9.95
|
|
|
FUN IN THE SUN
Over the water bungalows in Belize
Located on a private island along the Belize Barrier Reef, Thatch Caye boasts of bungalows over the water. The resort limits the number of guests to 26 at any one time. Thatch Caye offers scuba and fishing expeditions. Details
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
THE REGION
|
Pepsi pledges to replenish watersheds in Latin American
The Guardian reports that Pepsi promises to put water back in the watersheds in Latin American countries where it operates bottling plants. This comes as a contrast to rival Coca-Cola, which drew heated criticism after it was revealed its water restoration projects didn't restore in the exact spot where it was taken. Details
|
BRAZIL
Brazilian firms agree to pay record $3.5 billion in corruption case
Reuters reports via the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that construction company Odebrecht SA and affiliated petrochemical company Braskem SA will pay at least $3.5 billion to resolve charges of breaking U.S. foreign bribery laws. The agreement is part of a deal with authorities from the U.S., Switzerland and Brazil in connection with political kickbacks at Brazil's Petrobras. Some of the bribes used the U.S. banking system, giving courts here jurisdiction.
Details
|
VENEZUELA
Military troops force shops to cut prices by as much as 80 percent
Bureaucrats who regulate prices visited retailers in shopping districts frequented by tourists before Christmas to make sure mandated price cuts were enforced, Q Costa Rica reports. Generally these mandates have been ignored. But this season the officials brought soldiers with them. Details
MEXICO
Auto sales in November jump 23 percent over previous year
Auto News reports that despite rising interest rates and a weak peso, light truck and auto sales in Mexico was up 23 percent. For the first 11 months, auto sales were up 19 percent. Nissan continues to hold the largest market share with 25 percent. Kia, which opened its first factory in Mexico, has only a 3.7 percent share, but its sales grew 500 percent. Details
Mexico gas prices rising by a fifth
Mexico is attempting to deregulate its oil and gas industries and the latest move was to announce a 20.1 percent hike on gasoline, the Business Times reports. Prices for diesel are going up by 16.5 percent. And there's more to come. Starting Feb. 18, the government price ceiling will be adjusted every 24 hours. In March the plan is let supply and demand dictate the price, first in Sonora and Baja California, and eventually throughout the country. "We are going to divorce the price of oil from fiscal and political considerations," Finance Minister Jose Antonio Meade said in a radio interview.
Details
|
|
|
|
|
