Latin American Economy & Business
Economy & Business - January 2025
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- Coming up: a surge in Caribbean debt-for-climate swaps?
ANDEAN COUNTRIES
- COLOMBIA: Finance minister replaced amid budget drama
- ECUADOR: IMF praise, but deep problems persist
- ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
BRAZIL & SOUTHERN CONE
- REGION: Mercosur and EU seal the deal, again
- ARGENTINA: Growth and IMF raise Milei success prospect
- BRAZIL: Rising debt weighs on economic prospects
- BRAZIL: Lower house plugs holes in tax reform
- ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
CENTRAL AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
- EL SALVADOR: Bukele moves to restart mining
- GUATEMALA: Approved budget increases social spending
- ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
MEXICO & USMCA
- MEXICO: Gov’t strengthens labour rights in gig economy
- MEXICO: Fighting monopoly power: Antitrust watchdog fines Walmex
- MEXICO: Cost of crime growing for businesses
- MEXICO: US requests dispute settlement panels amid trade tensions
- ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
Caribbean countries are caught in a vice.