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Officials admit that the country needs to become more competitive, writes Stephen Fidler For most of 2008, as the global financial crisis deepened, it seemed as if Mexico would escape [...]

ECONOMY Growth is still low for an emerging country, writes Stephen Fidler A financial and economic storm of the size of that striking Mexico in recent months would in the [...]

News Analysis Leaner times are ahead for lenders, write Stephen Fidler , Jonathan Wheatley and Adam Thomson Latin American economies are still paying the price for past home-grown banking crises. [...]

Argentina Argentine pension funds were yesterday preparing to liquidate their assets in Brazil, to comply with a government order to repatriate funds that could enable it to support the peso, [...]

Moves under way to repatriate shares Deals to begin after state takeover Argentine pension funds were yesterday preparing to liquidate their assets in Brazil, to comply with a government order [...]

Argentina Argentine pension funds were yesterday preparing to liquidate their assets in Brazil, to comply with a government order to repatriate funds that could enable it to support the peso, [...]

Argentina Argentine pension funds were yesterday preparing to liquidate their assets in Brazil, to comply with a government order to repatriate funds that could enable it to support the peso, [...]

Real Economies Investment projects worth billions of dollars are being cancelled or delayed across Latin America as financial turmoil in the industrialised world casts its long shadow over the real [...]

Mexico's central bank chief has accused investment banks of behaving irresponsibly and unethically in marketing derivative products to companies - warning that the problem extended far beyond Mexico. In recent [...]

Amid deepening international financial panic, the World Bank has slashed its 2009 growth forecasts for Latin America and expects several countries in the region to ask it for emergency cash [...]

Reaction As the crisis in the global financial system deepened, yesterday governments and investors took action in Asia, Latin America, Europe and in commodities markets. COMMODITIES Oil and commodities prices [...]

Contingency Draft The German government was drawing up a multi-billion contingency plan last night to shore up its banking system, which could see the state guarantee interbank lending in the [...]

Emerging Markets The idea that the developing world has grown immune to shocks has been undermined, writes Alan Beattie Financial infernos in the developing world are usually episodes of spontaneous [...]

construction Big foreign investors in Brazil are urging stock exchange intervention to halt a deal that would merge two of the country's low-cost housebuilders. Fifteen investment institutions from North America [...]

China and Taiwan have been using economic incentives for at least two decades as they engaged in a secretive battle to secure diplomatic recognition from small nations in Africa, Asia [...]

Typhoons offered to Japan and others Defence ministry grapples with deficit The UK has held talks with other countries, including Japan, about offloading large numbers of Eurofighter Typhoons that the [...]

News Analysis The Eurofighter dilemma is symptomatic of the ministry's problems, write FT reporters In recent months the Ministry of Defence, led by Des Browne, has faced headline after headline [...]

Ministry cannot afford Eurofighters it ordered Cancellation brings big financial penalty Talks have been held with countries including Japan about offloading large numbers of Eurofighter Typhoons that the Ministry of [...]

Aerospace Saudi Arabia has begun discussions to buy a second batch of Eurofighter Ty-phoons in what could lead to another multibillion pound order for BAE Systems. The Saudi Royal Air [...]

AEROSPACE Saudi Arabia has begun discussions to buy a second batch of Eurofighter Typhoons in what could lead to another multi-billion pound order for BAESystems. The Saudi Royal Air Force [...]

Aerospace & defence BAE Systems set for doubling of order Controversy dogged previous arms deal Saudi Arabia has begun discussions to buy a second batch of Eurofighter Ty-phoons in what [...]

Margaret Thatcher's favourite public relations man, Tim Bell, signed a contract this week to improve the image of the government of Belarus, described by the White House as a 'repressive [...]

Russia yesterday denied having agreed with the US, UK and other countries to push for another round of economic sanctions against Iran at the United Nations. US and British officials [...]

Efforts to secure a new round of economic sanctions against Iran at the United Nations will begin soon, US and British officials said yesterday after Tehran sidestepped an initiative aimed [...]

Senior officials from six big powers will hold a conference call today to discuss Iran's response to a recent initiative aimed at negotiating an end to the country's disputed nuclear [...]

Britain has opened negotiations with the Iraqi government on a long-term military commitment that officials say could leave significant numbers of UK troops in the country beyond next year. The [...]

The world's big powers have been told to expect a formal response as soon as today from the Tehran government that sets out an initiative designed to restart negotiations over [...]

There is little optimism among European diplomats that Iran will respond positively to the latest initiative from the world's big powers aimed at restarting talks over the ending of Iran's [...]

OIL & GAS Petrobras is to reduce exploratory activities abroad in order to concentrate on exploiting a potentially huge Brazilian offshore oilfield, according to the company's president and chief executive. [...]

Standard Operating Procedure: A War Story by Philip Gourevitch and Erol Morris For Donald Rumsfeld, they gave rise to the worst day of the war in Iraq. The photographs of [...]

The United Nations atomic watchdog yesterday approved a controversial agreement that would increase the number of Indian nuclear reactors it inspects in a move that should ease the way for [...]

The armed forces are missing targets for recruiting and retaining personnel, and numbers of people leaving before the end of their term are rising. A Commons defence committee report out [...]

Ministry concern over new missions Priorities are Iraq and Afghanistan The ability of Britain's military to respond to challenges beyond Iraq and Afghanistan has deteriorated over the past year, rendering [...]

The ability of Britain's military to respond to challenges other than Iraq and Afghanistan has deteriorated throughout the year - meaning that the armed forces are unable to meet the [...]

Ahmadi-Nehad hails 'step forward' Two-week deadline on nuclear issue Iran yesterday put a positive gloss on the Geneva nuclear talks though its negotiators had shown little flexibility in a meeting [...]

Democrat says Iraq war is harming US Poll gives McCain advantage on issue Barack Obama yesterday renewed his case for ending the war in Iraq and focusing attention on Afghanistan [...]

Barack Obama yesterday renewed his case for ending the war in Iraq and refocusing attention on Afghanistan ahead of his forthcoming trip to the two countries and amid an intensifying [...]

Defence and aerospace manufacturers from Europe and the US have agreed to discuss a joint code of business ethics. A meeting between industry associations and the heads of leading companies [...]

A Conservative defence spokesman has protested to the US about the treatment of three BAE Systems executives by US government agents investigating alleged bribery at the company. Gerald Howarth, shadow [...]

Sixty agencies across the public sector are buying equipment related to national security, generating inefficiency and uncertainty across the industry, according to manufacturers. Government spending on national security has grown [...]

European and US defence companies will this week start talks to introduce a joint code of ethics to cover arms sales. Representatives from the industry's leading trade bodies will meet [...]

European and US defence companies will this week kick off talks on a joint code of ethics to cover arms sales. Representatives from the industry's leading trade bodies will meet [...]

The public relations arm of Iran's Revolutionary Guard appears to have doctored an image purporting to show an Iranian missile test on Wednesday. The picture on the top was released [...]

The Ministry of Defence has been delivering out-of-date and inaccurate estimates of spending on operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, ac-cording to a report from MPs. The Commons defence select committee [...]

System eyes threat to infrastructure Nine 'critical' sectors identified The risks posed by employees linked to terrorist groups have been inadequately addressed by companies managing Britain's infrastructure, according to government [...]

PROLIFERATION A riskier version of the cold war is in prospect, warns Stephen Fidler Japan's decision to place the spread of nuclear weapons technologies on the agenda of the Group [...]

It was February 1942 on the Sittang River in Burma. Sam Manekshaw had already lost half his men as they fought to take Pagoda Hill from the Japanese invaders. He [...]

Military Options Israel's prime minister has the capability to strike at Tehran but the consequences could be too high, write FT Reporters Israel is technically capable of mounting a military [...]

News Analysis He has the capability . . . but the costs of attacking Tehran's nuclear facilities might be too high, write FT Reporters Israel is technically capable of mounting [...]

Plan for fewer tanks and more soldiers Identical brigades could be developed The British army is considering reductions in the numbers of battle tanks and heavy artillery pieces and hoping [...]