With the boom years of the nineties long gone, manufacturers in one of the Dominican Republic’s most distinctive industries – cigar production – must now confront a further period of […]
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A Dollar Republic?
Could the Dominican Republic be a candidate for dollarisation? It shares some obvious characteristics with El Salvador, which recently adopted the dollar: most notably a high dependence on the US, […]
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Will the good times roll on?
The country’s free zones have created 200,000 jobs and an export boom, but are now trying to stay out of the chill winds from a US downturn.
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Aiming for the major leagues
The Dominican Republic has a sound economy and a buoyant export market – and a fine reputation for baseball. Now the Caribbean country needs to fix itself in the minds of international investors.
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Been there, doing that
Peter Wallin Senior VP of Standard New York Securities The view that September’s debut sovereign bond put the Dominican Republic on the map for investors is […]
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Going Big, Going Wide
Banorte, Mexico’s leading regional bank, has bought Bancrecer, a bank with a strong branch network in an attempt to create a powerhouse operation that serves the enitre country.
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A Dominican Rebound
Despite intense market volatility in September, the Caribbean country was able to raise $500 million with a debut global bond. The issue is an effort to develop the Dominican Republic’s yield curve.
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Competent, Committed and Controversial
With three decades of finance experience and long alliance with Peru’s president and finance minister, newly appointed Prime Minister Roberto Dañino could add another shot of credibility to Toledo’s administration. But critics view Dañino as an opportunistic outsider.
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People
Enter QuirogaOn August 7, an unpretentious 41-year-old engineer wearing Bolivia’s red, yellow and green presidential sash, stood in the Casa de la Libertad in Bolivia’s capital city and took over […]
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Living with Headline Risk
Investors are applauding Colombia’s economic team for straightening out the government’s finances. But political uncertainty is rising with the approach of the 2002 elections.