Latin American Economy & Business
Economy & Business - June 2020
Click here for full report
- Airlines try to fly out of trouble
ANDEAN COUNTRIES
- ECUADOR: Government seeks to shore up future finances
- VENEZUELA: Oil sector seeks reform to survive
- BOLIVIA: GMO decree ignites war of words
- ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
BRAZIL & SOUTHERN CONE
- CHILE: Copper: a manageable problem in 2020?
- ARGENTINA: Are we there yet?
- ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
CENTRAL AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
- REGION: Fiscal pressures intensify due to coronavirus pandemic
- REGION: Feeling for a way forward
- ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
MEXICO
- MEXICO: Electricity market regulation changes spark confrontation
- MEXICO: Aviation industry wounded
- MEXICO: Auto industry back on the road to recovery
- MEXICO: Unemployment data continues to deteriorate
- ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
The coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, and resultant quarantine measures and travel bans, has hit Latin America’s airlines particularly hard.
Economy & Business - May 2020
Click here for full report
- China’s ‘face mask diplomacy’ tests geopolitical ties
ANDEAN COUNTRIES
- ECUADOR: Triple emergency drives debate on debt restructuring
- PERU: Indigenous groups call for clean-up of extractive industries
- ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
BRAZIL & SOUTHERN CONE
- REGION: Argentina does a U-turn on Mercosur
- PARAGUAY: Down but not out
- URUGUAY: Looking for long weekends
- BRAZIL: Who is in charge?
- ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
CENTRAL AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
- CENTRAL AMERICA: Tourism industry lobbies for gov’t support
- CENTRAL AMERICA: Palm oil industry seeks to turn a page
- CARIBBEAN: Unprecedented pressure on Caribbean economies
- ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
MEXICO
- MEXICO: Trying to adjust to oil price crash
- MEXICO: Credit ratings downgrades
- MEXICO: Banxico takes differing approach
- ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
Amid ‘China virus’ jibes emanating from the US and from Brazilian congressman Eduardo Bolsonaro, the Chinese government has busily supplied stressed Latin American health systems with unprecedented medical aid.
Economy & Business - April 2020
Click here for full report
- Fiscal austerity out the window – for now
ANDEAN COUNTRIES
- VENEZUELA: The continued importance of trade with China
- BOLIVIA: Future of state-owned companies up for debate
- ECUADOR: Tricky path to a US trade agreement
- ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
BRAZIL & SOUTHERN CONE
- ARGENTINA: A dead cow, not a golden goose
- BRAZIL: Petrobras better placed to navigate the slump?
- ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
CENTRAL AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
- CENTRAL AMERICA: Coronavirus highlights need to reform labour markets
- CARIBBEAN: Paradise lost
- ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
MEXICO
- MEXICO: Limited measures to mitigate Covid-19 economic impact
- MEXICO: Infrastructure investments
- MEXICO: Beer plant cancellation
- ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
As they buckle under the combined effects of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, the gathering global economic recession, and a slump in commodity prices, Latin American countries are all scrambling to launch countercyclical fiscal measures.
Economy & Business - March 2020
Click here for full report
- Coronavirus poses risks to Mexico’s economy
ANDEAN COUNTRIES
- REGION: Facing major challenges to meet clean palm oil targets
- COLOMBIA: Technological innovation and transport: the trials of Uber in Colombia
- ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
BRAZIL & SOUTHERN CONE
- CHILE: Under the cosh
- URUGUAY: Arbeleche’s balancing act
- BRAZIL: A green hole in Petrobras strategy?
- BRAZIL: The expansion of Pentecostalism: an economic matter?
- REGION: A busy year in energy-related M&A
- ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
CENTRAL AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
- CENTRAL AMERICA: Wrangling threatens much needed energy investment
- CARIBBEAN: Seeking to address the brain drain
- ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
MEXICO
- MEXICO: A worrying time for Pemex
- MEXICO: Changes under way in the telecoms sector
- ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
The Mexican economy, like many others, is exposed to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.
Economy & Business - February 2020
Click here for full report
- The new face of China's chequebook diplomacy in Central America
Andean Countries
- VENEZUELA: Struggling to address the electricity crisis
- ECUADOR: Tax reform a much-needed victory for the government
- BOLIVIA: Economy faces ongoing challenges in 2020
- Economic Highlights
Brazil & Southern Cone
- BRAZIL: Riding the dragon
- BRAZIL: The Brazil-Mexico trade option
- ARGENTINA: Beware the ides of March
- PARAGUAY: Fly me to Asunción
- Economic Highlights
Central America & Caribbean
- REGION: IMF urges Caricom to renew integration efforts
- REGION: Guyana’s oil surge distorts regional outlook
- Economic Highlights
Mexico
- MEXICO: GDP data confirms economic recession in 2019
- MEXICO: Interest rates fall to three year low
- MEXICO: Energy policy in the spotlight
- Economic Highlights
On his 1-6 December 2019 visit to China, El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele announced the latest infrastructure investment from the country’s new Asian benefactor would be “gigantic” and “non-refundable”.
Economy & Business - January 2020
Click here for full report
- Does poverty drive protest?
ANDEAN COUNTRIES
- ECUADOR: The costs of protest: Ecuador digs itself into a deeper economic hole
- COLOMBIA: Chinese companies win Bogotá Metro contract
- Economic Highlights
BRAZIL & SOUTHERN CONE
- ARGENTINA: Alberto Fernández gets off to a reasonably good start
- ARGENTINA: Can a dead cow save the country?
- URUGUAY: IMF sends message to Lacalle Pou team
- CHILE: Broken retail faces adjustments
- Economic Highlights
CENTRAL AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
- REGION: Ambitious plans for Central American integration
- GUATEMALA: Giammattei faces a raft of issues as Guatemala’s new president
- SURINAME: Suriname finds oil at last
- Economic Highlights
MEXICO
- MEXICO: US Congress ratifies USMCA
- MEXICO: Market sentiment calms as tensions ease
- MEXICO: Minimum wage rises sharply
- Economic Highlights
Protests in Ecuador, an abrupt change of government in Bolivia, strikes in Peru, demonstrations in Colombia and the ongoing political crisis in Venezuela suggest the Andean region as a whole is in the throes of an upheaval.