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Economy & Business - January 2012 (ISSN 1741-7430)
AGRICULTURE: La Niña wreaks havoc
The weather right across South America, and even in Central America, has become increasingly extreme. In the Southern Cone, high pressure has sent the temperature soaring and some places have had no rain at all since the beginning of December. In Asunción the temperature for most of the past six weeks (beginning of December to mid-January) has not dropped below 40 degrees centigrade.
- Latin America’s moment
- Waiting for the domestic economy
- Shooting for 4%
- ARGENTINA: Pressure on the model
- CHILE: Copper powers exports
- PARAGUAY: Inflation undershoots
- URUGUAY: Trade hits a new record
- BOLIVIA: Government tries direct borrowing
- COLOMBIA: Bit of a boom
- ECUADOR: Leaner and meaner public sector drives boom
- PERU: Humala goes off to Davos
- VENEZUELA: Recovering
- Macroeconomic data and forecasts
- COSTA RICA: Still scooping high-tech investment
- CUBA: Venezuela stays loyal
- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Government switches to inflation targeting
- EL SALVADOR : Lagging
- GUATEMALA : Pérez Molina bets on FDI
- HONDURAS : Pressure mounts
- NICARAGUA: Central bank still bullish
- PANAMA: Bank assets grow
- AGRICULTURE: La Niña wreaks havoc
- COFFEE: Banking on Brazil
- ENERGY: Is Ecuador sticking to the spirit of Yasuní?
- BUSINESS: Anglo American comes under more pressure
- DEBT: Colombia to increase borrowing in 2012