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Economy & Business - April 2007
ETHANOL: The Mexican position
Mexico has started a public debate on the use of the ethanol as a biofuel; an issue which has immense ramifications. One of the new fault lines in Latin America is between those countries which advocate greater use of biofuels and those that oppose using agricultural land to grow crops for fuel. The advocates of biofuels are led by the US and Brazil; the critics by Cuba and
Venezuela.
- A new approach to economic policy
- Looking good
- Central bank's foreign reserves to reach US$160bn
- Interest rates down to a single figure in real term
- COLOMBIA: Central bank calls for fiscal austerity>
- BOLIVIA: Sluggish growth in hydrocarbons
- ECUADOR:More anti neoliberal posturing
- VENEZUELA: Heterodox policies work, at least in the short term
- PERU: García aims for investment grade
- COSTA RICA: Retailing buoyant
- CUBA: 35% increase in exports claimed
- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: The benefits of Petro-Caribe
- EL SALVADOR: Poor coffee harvest
- GUATEMALA: Junta Monetaria raises rates
- HONDURAS: Ethanol problems
- NICARAGUA: Sandinista unions demand higher wages
- PANAMA: Strong start
- ETHANOL: The Mexican position
- OIL: Ecuador reserve claims
- The PDVSA bond
- Is the IMF biased against Argentina and Venezuela?
- CORPORATE LISTING: Sagicor lists in London
- Down but not out
- Japanese Car Sales