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Economy & Business - April 2006
BOLIVIA: No to IMF
Luis Arce, the finance minister, announced on 29 March that the government would not sign another standby agreement with the IMF. Simultaneously, Petrobras, the most important foreign investor in the strategically important gas industry, said that it was suspending further investments until the government clarified its position on
renationalisation.
- 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