Roberto Dañino, the prime minister, promises to straighten out the government’s difficult relations with Congress and improve those with the businesses and financial markets.
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After the Honeymoon
Finance Minister Carlos Julio Manuel was a strong proponent of dollarization. Now he must be in the vanguard of sweeping reforms to ensure sustained growth.
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Holding the Anchor
LatinFinance: Why is it important to lower inflation to the same level as in the US? Guillermo Ortíz:I think that if the history of Mexico has been of convergence and […]
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Bailing Out the Banks
The final cost of Ecuador’s banking crisis is still unknown. Most deposits in the failed private sector banks were covered either by cash payments from a government agency, the AGD, […]
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Secondary Marketplace – Sovereign Report
Mexico Sheds Junk Rating Standard&Poor’s finally joined fellow ratings agencies Moody’s Investors Service and Fitch Ratings by awarding Mexico a long awaited investment grade rating of BBB-, up from BB+. […]
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Enhancing Flight and Cargo
Jorge Chávez International Airport is improving with investment by its new owners.
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The Envy of the Region
Guillermo Ortíz is not a popular man, not that he cares much. For the thick-skinned Ortíz, governor of Mexico’s central bank and hardline inflation hawk, his victory last year when […]
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Getting an Unexpected Boost
Jamaica’s economy was just beginning to enjoy a renaissance when a bout of political violence last July that left 25 people dead was followed by the disastrous drop in tourism […]
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Lifting Local Power
Development of Peru’s Camisea natural gas field is finally underway.
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Crossing the Political Divide
Gustavo Noboa, Ecuador’s president, has shown an uncanny ability to pick a path through Ecuador’s political minefield. Will his successor?