The Petrobras scandal was named the second largest corruption case in the world by popular vote of the NGO Transparency International. With 11,900 votes, the Brazilian state oil company ranked just behind the former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, who received 13,210 votes for the alleged diversion of resources to his private account.

That was the direction of the conversation held between economist Luiz Gonzaga Belluzzo and the Minister of Finance, Nelson Barbosa, in São Paulo.

And 19 percent of consumers say that the country will produce more of the same over the next 12 months. 

Pisco exports in 2015 reached US $ 8.2 million, which meant an increase of 47.4% compared to 2014, according to Commercial Adex Data Trade. 

Venezuela’s international reserves of about US $15.3 billion are in 2-year lows. And according to analysts, only about US $2.4 billion are cash available.

The Center for Exports (CETREX) reported a rise of 22.25 percent in coffee exports to the international market over the same month of the previous cycle, but the average price fell by 15.23 percent.

The numbers are strong and the danger is very great, but the solutions lie in the tax proposals being made by the Committee of Experts and the formula for curbing spending that was used by Santos when he was Minister.

According to data from the Mexican Association of Private Capital, in 2015 venture capital in Mexico was 264 million dollars, a figure lower than those of other countries in the region, such as Colombia or Chile.

In Mexico the National Workers Union (UNT) rejected the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP), pointing to the commercial treaty’s effects on the “peasant class.”

ComexPerú argues that these kinds of tax measures, proposed by some presidential candidates, would have a significantly negative impact on informal labor, and would not boost spending by families.