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Economy & Business - April 2006
Latin America's new alignments
Two events, at different ends of South America, show that the regional blocs which have been such a feature of Latin America for the past 20 years may be breaking up. The Comunidad Andina de Naciones (CAN), which had the lowest ratio of intra-regional trade to total trade (less than 20%) looks as if it is likely to move to a looser, rather than ever-closer, union. In the Mercosur, the problem posed by Uruguay's success in attracting huge new investment into its paper and pulp industry has infuriated Argentina and may derail the whole Mercosur ideal.
- Latin America's new alignments
- A bit of a boom, as the peso slides
- López Obrador and the economy
- A few problems
- BOLIVIA: No to IMF
- ECUADOR: Tax receipts slightly ahead
- COLOMBIA: Economy booms
- PERU: Exports up
- VENEZUELA: Non-oil sector leads growth
- ARGENTINA: Worrying signs
- CHILE: IMF forecasts 5.5% growth
- PARAGUAY: Central bank under criticism
- URUGUAY: Difference over current account
- COSTA RICA: Slowing down
- GUATEMALA: Textile industry hits problems
- CUBA: Fidel's spurious green credentials
- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Peso likely to strengthen further
- EL SALVADOR: Honduras and El Salvador closer to customs union
- HONDURAS: Tax revenues up by 11.5% in first quarter
- NICARAGUA: Textile investment
- PANAMA: Tax receipts rise
- Why Chile's copper industry will benefit from a Humala victory
- OIL: What does oil at US$70 a barrel mean for the region
- Briefs
- What remitters do in Colombia
- Brazil: Bradies bought back
- Telefónica wins in Colombia