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| Aug.11 |
 Venezuela |
 Venezuela's currency worth less than 'World of Warcraft' gold| Dolar Today, a website that tracks the black market rate of the Venezuelan currency, puts the exchange rate at about 10,987 Bolívars per dollar | |
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| Dec.17 |
Venezuela |
Venezuela delays 100-bolivar banknote withdrawal| President Nicolas Maduro has delayed the withdrawal of the 100-bolivar banknote until 2 January | |
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| Dec.11 |
Venezuela |
Venezuela to swap highest denomination banknotes for coins The Venezuelan government has announced it will replace the country's highest-denomination banknotes with coins within 72 hours
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| Jun.17 |
 Rio de Janeiro |
 Rio state declares 'public calamity' over finances The Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro has declared a financial emergency less than 50 days before the Olympics
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| May.1 |
 Puerto Rico |
Puerto Rico to default on debt payment after talks fail Puerto Rico has halted a $422m (£289m) debt payment due on Monday after talks to ease the US territory's crisis ended without a deal
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| Apr.20 |
 Ecuador |
Ecuador quake: Millionaires to be taxed more to pay for relief Ecuador's president has introduced new measures to try to pay for rebuilding after Saturday's earthquake, including a one-off tax on million...
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| Apr.3 |
 Panama |
Panama Papers: Mossack Fonseca leak reveals elite's tax havens| A huge leak of confidential documents has revealed how the rich and powerful use tax havens to hide their wealth | |
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| Jan.4 |
Puerto Rico |
Puerto Rico misses second major debt payment as economy struggles  Puerto Rico has defaulted for the second time in five months, as the island struggles with massive debt obligations and a flagging economy
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| Dec.18 |
Brazil |
Brazil's pro-austerity Finance Minister Joaquim Levy replaced President Dilma Rousseff has replaced her finance minister as Latin America's largest economy struggles to recover from recession
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| Oct.23 |
Venezuela |
Venezuela Central Bank sues US-based DolarToday website Central Bank has filed a lawsuit at a court in Delaware against the US-based website DolarToday
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| Nov.6 |
Venezuela |
Venezuela tightens control of foreign exchange President Maduro is tightening control of the foreign exchange system to fight what he calls an 'economic war' being waged against his gover...
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| Oct.22 |
 Cuba |
Cuba to scrap two-currency system Cuba is to scrap its two-currency system in the latest financial reform rolled out by President Raul Castro, official media report
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| Jul.27 |
 Argentina |
Evita's face on Argentina's new 100-peso bill Eva Peron will be on new 100-peso bills released into circulation in the coming weeks, Argentinian President announced
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| Jun.18 |
 Mexico |
 World leaders alarmed at eurozone crisis  World leaders meeting at a G20 summit in Mexico have urged Europe to take all necessary measures to overcome the eurozone debt crisis
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| Jan.4 |
Argentina |
Thieves entered through tunnel in bank heist
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| Jul.21 |
Haiti |
IMF forgives Haiti's $268 million debt
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| Jun.15 |
Mexico |
Mexico targets 'dirty dollars'
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| Jan.11 |
Venezuela |
Stores face punishment after devaluation
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| Jan.10 |
Venezuela |
 Chavez: military will monitor prices| In the wake of devaluation currency, Chavez on said he would put the military on the streets to ensure that business owners don't raise prices | |
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| Jan.8 |
Venezuela |
Venezuela will slash value of currency
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| Jan.7 |
Argentina |
President dismisses central bank governor Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has ordered the removal from office of Martin Redrado, who had refused to use currency reserves to pay foreign debt
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| Apr.30 |
Venezuela |
 Venezuela to pull out of IMF, World Bank President Chavez announced he would make a symbolic move because the nation has already paid off its debts to the lending institutions
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| Aug.7 |
Brazil |
IMF throws extra $30bn to Brazil The International Monetary Fund is hoping to help pull the country and the region out of crisis
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| Feb.11 |
Argentina |
Peso passes first test Peso, floating freely for the first time in a decade, ended trading stable against the dollar
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| Jan.6 |
Argentina |
Peso devaluated| New government ends 10 years of parity with the US dollar. 1.4 pesos would buy $1, a devaluation of 30% | |
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| Dec.23 |
Argentina |
Debt payments suspended New interim president will suspend foreign debt payments, triggering the default
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| Dec.19 |
Argentina |
Argentina plunges into turmoil Economy Minister, Domingo Cavallo, has resigned. Police fired tear gas to disperse tens of thousands of angry protesters
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| Aug.3 |
Argentina |
 IMF to accelerate $1.2 billion loan $1.2 billion loan for Argentina and $15 billion line of emergency credit for Brazil
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