Latin American Economy & Business
Economy & Business - March 2020
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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.