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Shares of Argentine bank Grupo Financiero Galicia S.A. (NASDAQ: GGAL) have crashed 50% this week amid one of the worst equity market collapses in recent global history in Argentina. At least one large option trader took the opportunity to make a move on Grupo Financiero Galicia on Tuesday morning....

Almost every week, an American or Canadian cannabis company announces a large overseas investment. And it's no longer just Germany, Israel and Australia that are piquing investors’ interest. Emerging markets like Jamaica are also turning heads. The largest investment opportunities might...

Grain processors are coming off a difficult 2017 due to an excess supply of soymeal from Argentina flooding the global market. Argentina is now in a drought, and soy production in the country is likely to fall by 8.8 million tonnes year-over-year in 2018 to 49 million tonnes, according to Citi....

The Global X MSCI Argentina ETF (NYSE: ARGT), the largest exchange traded fund dedicated to stocks in South America's second-largest economy, was one of the best-performing single-country ETFs last year.  ARGT surged almost 54 percent in 2017, outpacing the S&P Latin America 40...

Later Tuesday, MSCI Inc. (NYSE: MSCI), one of the largest providers of indexes for use with exchange-traded funds, releases its annual market classification. While most eyes will be on MSCI's decision regarding the status of China A-shares, the status of another market is worth watching as well...

Benzinga recently spoke with IguanaFix’s Matias Recchia. The co-founder and CEO of one of the most successful startups in Latin America discussed the challenges of building a successful business in the region; of servicing large-caps like Anheuser Busch Inbev NV (ADR) (NYSE: BUD), Starbucks...

IguanaFix is one of the most successful start-ups in Latin America, currently functioning in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico, the three largest markets in the region. The company operates a site and mobile app that connects customers with certified handymen-and-women, electricians, plumbers, painters...

“The 3D printing technology, like every other industry technology, has to be a part of a productive process. On its own, it’s much more similar to a toy,” Trimaker Co-Founder Alexis Caporale — recently selected as one of the 50 most innovative young leaders in the world...

“So far, we can only go by Trump’s campaign speech and a few ideas that his advisors have let become known,” Diego Martinez Burzaco, chief economist at the world’s leading Spanish-language financial analysis firm, Inversor Global – an Agora Inc. partner, told Benzinga...

“As of December of last year, we’ve seen a very large shift in expectations with Mauricio Macri’s victory [in Argentina], given that the third economy in the continent, trailing Brazil and Colombia, turned drastically from a populist, economic growth model to a more pro-liberal...

Women endure violence, discrimination, harassment and chauvinism in Latin America. However, women's rights movements are slowly advancing under the #NiUnaMenos (#NotOneLess) banner. Interestingly, and sadly, this trend has also been reflected in the region’s politics as an increasing...

Whether you like Argentina’s center-right-wing President Mauricio Macri or not, one thing cannot be argued: His policies are market friendly. This is one of the things that motivated Diego Saez Gil to take his "connected luggage" startup and move it from New York to Argentina’...

Anyone paying even the slightest attention to Latin America knows that the region has been experiencing a shift away from left-wing governments toward center-right-wing ones — which are considered full-blown right-wing down there. Left-wing presidents in Argentina, Brazil and Peru have been...

Benzinga recently had a chat with Diego Martinez Burzaco, Chief Economist at the world’s leading Spanish-language financial analysis firm, Inversor Global, an Agora Inc. partner. In this article, we will take a look at the expert’s comments on Latin American politics, potential...

When people talk about emerging markets, they usually think about China, India, Russia, Indonesia, Turkey or Saudi Arabia. And, while most also include Brazil in this list, they seldom mention other booming Latin American countries. This trend is clearly seen in the allocation of venture capital,...