Latin American Economy & Business
Economy & Business - February 2021
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- Ecuador’s mining industry at a crossroads
ANDEAN COUNTRIES
- VENEZUELA: Maduro eyes digital economy in response to hyperinflation
- PERU: Wind power reaches the sierra
- ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
BRAZIL & SOUTHERN CONE
- BRAZIL: Looking for a rare earth revolution
- BRAZIL: Stop dancing in the streets
- ARGENTINA: YPF faces financial squeeze
- ARGENTINA: ‘Wealth tax’ comes into force
- PARAGUAY: The call of the Peoples’ Republic
- CHILE: Moving beyond fossil fuel
- ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
CENTRAL AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
- REGION: Campaigns target visitors following dire year for tourism
- COSTA RICA: Alvarado pins hopes on IMF deal
- THE BAHAMAS: Mixed feelings over oil search failure
- ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
MEXICO
- MEXICO: Growth forecast will not offset 2020 contraction
- MEXICO: Electricity reform plans deepen investors’ concerns
- MEXICO: Alternative plan may avoid Banxico reform
- MEXICO: Semiconductors shortage undermines auto production
- ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
Ecuador’s mining sector grew substantially in 2020, albeit from a low base, as large-scale mining production accelerated rapidly after being launched in late 2019.
Economy & Business - January 2021
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- Argentina’s policy zig-zags cloud investor outlook for 2021
ANDEAN COUNTRIES
- ECUADOR: Progress made in US trade talks
- PERU: Agrarian law stirs controversy
- COLOMBIA: Cerrejón cuts a deal with striking miners
- ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
BRAZIL & SOUTHERN CONE
- BRAZIL: The vaccine is not an economic silver bullet
- URUGUAY: No longer the pandemic poster boy
- REGION: A six-month window for a Mercosur-EU deal?
- CHILE: Finance minister blasts SQM
- ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
CENTRAL AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
- REGION: Struggles to rebuild after Hurricanes Eta and Iota
- REGION: Multinational telecoms firms drive FDI
- TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: Pressure on central bank to help recovery
- ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
MEXICO
- MEXICO: Pension reform welcome but concerns remain
- MEXICO: More Chinese involvement in railway projects
- MEXICO: Mexican airlines at risk of collapse
- ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
The Argentine government led by President Alberto Fernández completed the first of its four years in office on 10 December 2020.