Brazil is meeting with three airlines, trying to persuade them to provide domestic service for the country, Reuters reports via Business Times. The country will talk to Jet Blue, Mexico’s Volaris and Chile’s Sky Airline.  "These are conversations to introduce Brazil to them, they do not mean that the airlines are saying that they will come here," Brazil's civil aviation secretary, Ronei Glanzmann, says. Brazil has opened up its domestic air market, the largest in Latin America, to foreign companies. Details

The Arkansas Democrat reports that Walmart’s Mexico and Central America division saw its profits increase by 6.5% in the quarter that ended Sept. 30. Walmex posted net income of $484 million, or 2.8 cents per share, up from $454.5 million, or 2.6 cents per share the year before. Revenue increased 4.9% from the third quarter in 2018 to $8.12 billion.  Walmex is one of the retail’s giant’s strongest international operations. Walmex’s same-store sales increased 3.8 percent over the third quarter in 2018. Details

President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says the government will announce major infrastructure projects to give the economy a shot in the arm, Reuters reports. About 1,600 projects are under consideration. The projects are being drawn up by the private sector. The government has set aside $400 billion over the next several years. “This is really important, because it would help us to spur economic growth,” Lopez Obrador says. Details

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