Country Risk Rating
Honduras
We have revised up Honduras's short-term political risk ratings again this month, thanks to ongoing improvements on both the domestic and external fronts. One key area to benefit...
2010-03-09Costa Rica
Costa Rica's public debt burden rose to 42.3% of GDP in 2009, up 2.9 percentage points on the previous year. Although considerably lower than the 60% of GDP level reached in 2004,...
2010-03-09Guatemala
Guatemalan President Álvaro Colom is backpedalling to restore confidence in the country's security institutions, after another series of high-level corruption allegations. On February...
2010-03-09El Salvador
The Inter-American Development Bank approved on February 19 a US$200mn loan to finance a programme aimed at improving El Salvador's public finances. The programme will come as a welcome...
2010-03-09Panama
Panama's President Ricardo Martinelli has denied claims that he will seek re-election in 2014, although he has spoken in favour of constitutional amendments to the length of presidential...
2010-03-09Panama
We have decided to lower Panama's long-term political risk rating, as criticism of President Ricardo Martinelli's alleged nepotism grows both domestically and abroad. The most recent...
2010-02-09El Salvador
Representatives of El Salvador's private sector have called on President Mauricio Funes to strengthen existing legislation and increase the role of the military in combating the country's...
2010-02-08Guatemala
Guatemalan President Álvaro Colom is coming under criticism for his failure to have a clear strategy in addressing the issue of drug trafficking in the country. A recent UN report...
2010-02-08
