Brazil Real Tumbles Hard

SAO PAULO, July 24 Brazil's currency, the real,
plunged to its weakest level in 12 years on Friday as investors
continued to digest the government's recent announcement that it
would slash its fiscal savings goals.

Currencies
                  daily % YTD % 
Brazil real 3.3500 -1.63 -20.87 
Mexico peso 16.225 -0.10 -9.13 
Chile peso 660.9 -0.74 -8.25 
Colombia peso 2849 -0.59 -16.18 
Peru sol 3.1891 -0.03 -6.59 
Argentina peso 9.1675 -0.03 -6.74 (interbank) Argentina peso 14.45 1.31 -3.11 (parallel)