Posts Tagged ‘Central America’

Top Emerging Market Picks: Focus Latin America (Colombia and Brazil)

On this week’s Business Monitor Podcast, we continue our theme of ‘top emerging market picks’ with a focus on Latin America. BMI’s Head of Country Risk and Financial Markets Justin Patrie discusses the region with Head of Latin America Analysis Richard Hamilton and Latin America Analyst Martha Stickings. Specific countries discussed include Colombia, Brazil, Panama [Read more...]

 
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3 Core Themes For Latin America

Against an increasingly challenging global economic backdrop, Richard Hamilton, Head of Latin America analysis at Business Monitor International, outlines three core themes for the region. Having been among the first regions to emerge from the global economic downturn in 2009, we take a look at the likely impact of a double-dip in China and an [Read more...]

 
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Unlocking Central America’s Infrastructure Potential

Back in November my colleagues at BMI expressed their view that Central America’s investment appeal as a region for investors is set to grow. I decided to take another look at the core tenets of this view:

Central America exhibits enormous economic convergence potential.

A relatively attractive business environment in light of high entry barriers in South [Read more...]

Central America: Should It Be On Investors’ Radar Screens?

A region which traditionally received only little coverage is being considered an option by an increasing number of foreign investors. Richard Hamilton, BMI’s Latin America analyst, explains why interest in the region is growing, and whether Central America should be considered a viable option for foreign investors.

 
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Zelaya’s Return Ups The Ante In Honduras

With the return of ousted President Manuel Zelaya to Honduras following June’s military coup, we examine how the political stalemate is likely to unfold over the coming days and weeks, and why events in this small Central American country have taken on such regional importance.

 
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Political Risk On The Rise - Is The Economy To Blame?

With public unrest and ethnic tensions rising, we look at the role the economy has played in fostering political risk around the world, from China’s Xinjiang province to Central America on the eve of a military coup in Honduras. BMI’s Europe, Asia and Latin America analysts all agree, political risk will remain a force to [Read more...]

 
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Obama’s Honduran Headache

Personally I thought it would be some time before President Obama was next forced to put his diplomacy skills to the test, but just a few days after condemning the Iranian authorities’ crackdown on protestors, another political crisis is dumped on his doorstep. At first glance, Honduran politics seems like a relative backwater when compared [Read more...]


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