Latin American Economy & Business - May 2015 (ISSN 1741-7430)

Is the Latin American education system broken? There is a certainly a sense that it is not working as well as it should.... Read More

Mexico’s automotive industry boom is well known – it has lifted the country to number one in Latin America by annual vehicle production, and to number seven in the world.... Read More

Divorce is a personal and often bitter affair.... Read More

Odebrecht and FCC win Panama Metro contract... Read More

There is no universally accepted textbook approach on how to deliver a successful fiscal austerity programme; economists still argue bitterly about it.... Read More

In spite of its many structural problems, the Dominican Republic (DR) should be one of the fastest growing economies in the region in 2015.... Read More

In economic and financial terms, the politically contentious move to end the state’s set annual contribution to the social security institute does not put the system at risk.... Read More

The March 2015 Global Financial Centres Index report and Long Finance/ Financial Centre Futures (GFCI 17), published by the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC), shows how the relative competitiveness of financial centres in the Latin America and Caribbean region has changed over the last six months.... Read More

The Honduran council of ministers in late May declared 18 zones in the country mining reserves, as the government led by President Juan Orlando Hernández moves to accelerate investment interest in the country’s mining potential.... Read More

China’s Prime Minister Li Keqiang visited Colombia and Peru on 21-24 May as part of a regional tour that also included stops in Brazil and Chile.... Read More