The renaissance of Mexico and strong growth in the Andean countries have been casting an unfavourable comparative light on Latin America’s largest economy for nearly a year. But now weakness in the Brazilian economy is increasingly looking absolute and not just relative.
The linked challenges of political risk and a slowing economy have hit investor appetite at home and abroad. Investment – already at low levels – has stalled, slowing GDP growth to 1% in 2012.
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