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Economy & Business - October 2009 (ISSN 1741-7430)
CUBA: Cuba's 21st Century Socialism
Economic realities have forced the Cuban government to cut spending.
This austerity, advocated by President Raúl Castro, has been accompanied by
efforts to incentivise workers, decentralise decision making and inch towards
more targeted social spending. They are not just interim cost saving measures -
they also point to an unprecedented shift from the 'egalitarianian' ideology of
the 1959 Revolution.
- Latin America and the international capital markets
- Investors start to fret
- Looking good
- ARGENTINA: On the mend
- CHILE: Still bumping along
- PARAGUAY: Tinkering
- URUGUAY: Exports fall, but not by much
- BOLIVIA: The case for the Bolivian capital market
- COLOMBIA: Budget approved by congress
- ECUADOR: On the up
- PERU: On the (slight) up
- VENEZUELA: Pretty orthodox
- COSTA RICA: Are Colon interest rates too high?
- CUBA: Cuba's 21st Century Socialism
- EL SALVADOR: Remittances down, coffee up
- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Inflation was only 0.11% in September
- GUATEMALA: Tax revenues fall
- HONDURAS: Struggling
- NICARAGUA: Export decline not too bad
- PANAMA: Bullish
- LITHIUM: Bolivia talks big
- Brazil's JBS becomes world's biggest meat company
- Argentina tries again