China-Latin America Trade: Balancing out
Trade with China is reaching more normal rates of yearly growth; Colombia and Costa Rica are this year’s success stories.
President says the country will move forward with $40 billion canal project, pending feasibility studies.
IMF report predicts modest growth, and urges the region’s economies to lay the groundwork for long-term, sustainable development.
Remittances were largely flat year-over-year in 2012 due to a sluggish Spanish economy.
Haiti, Venezuela, and Honduras top our index for the second year as the most dangerous countries in the Americas.
Albeit the cooling-off of Latin America's GDP growth in 2012, the region gained dynamism as destination for products sourced from the beleaguered euro-zone. According to Eurostat figures,
Students with limited access to education in Latin America sometimes fail to develop cognitive skills needed for success. Latin Education Index shows how Guatemala and Haiti lag in this area.
Brazil ranked for the second consecutive year, as the least globalized country in the region. Venezuela and Colombia are also at the bottom of the list. Panama, Nicaragua, Honduras and Chile are the most connected to global trade flows.
Panama sails up as second-most competitive economy in Latin America.
The 100 most powerful men and women in Latin American business.
Panama has Latin America’s highest foreign direct investment level compared to its economy.
Can contact centers provide a cushion for Nicaragua as it suffers from growing political and economical uncertainty?
EU trade with Latin America grows twice as much as U.S. trade with the region. Brazil and Paraguay lead the way in growth.
President Daniel Ortega is getting the benefit of the doubt from local and foreign investors.
Panama and CAFTA are most globalized, while Brazil and the Andean Community are the least globalized.
The big losers of the anti-investment policies of Latin America's leftist governments are the people.
Nicaragua's government will likely reach an agreement with Esso over its confiscated terminal, experts predict.
Nicaragua's confiscation of an ExxonMobile terminal for offloading Venezuela oil is both illegal and unsafe, company officials say.
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Trade and business grows in CAFTA. But so will the number of disputes, experts warn.
Real estate continues its boom in Nicaragua, spurred by low prices and growing tourism.
CAFTA faces 2007 with the likely implementation in two more countries and the start of free trade talks with the European Union.
A debt default in Ecuador and future expropriations in Venezuela will likely lead to a wave of disputes with private investors, experts say.
Will Daniel Ortega bring back hyperinflation and economic chaos?
While the opposition is divided, Daniel Ortega leads a well-oiled political machine deeply intermeshed with government agencies staffed by FSLN cadres. Ortega heads the polls, but the outcome could be decided by last-minute support for his main rivals.
As Nicaraguans prepare to vote in their country's presidential election on November 5, Sandinista dictator Daniel Ortega is leading in the polls against a divided field. If Ortega were to regain the presidency, the reversal of the democratic trend in Central America would be devastating.
The Nicaraguan elections will have loud geopolitical reverberations for inter-American relations, reports Richard Feinberg.
Latin America is setting a new record in international arrivals, led by Central America. But major markets like Mexico, Brazil and Argentina are also seeing healthy growth.
The EU still has to wait for the big prize - a free trade agreement with Mercosur, but in the interim Central America and parts of the Andean Community are ready.
DR-CAFTA countries have several advantages, including close proximity to the region’s major export market and relatively inexpensive labor. But challenges include weak public structures and low access to capital.
As the U.S. Congress approves CAFTA, U.S. trade with the pact's countries - already up - is expected to increase substantially. Likewise, the CAFTAeconomies should expand as a result.
Neoliberalism, Geopolitics, and Oil - What is Really Occurring South of the Border?
