Country Risk Rating
Nicaragua
We believe that Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega may struggle to maintain his high level of popular support over the long term. In recent years, the leader's approval rating has jumped...
2013-06-03Honduras
Honduras' two rival gangs, the Barrio 18 and Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13), have recently announced a truce. A similar agreement in El Salvador saw a sharp reduction in the homicide rate,...
2013-06-03El Salvador
Salvadoran president, Mauricio Funes, has recently been forced to replace his Minister of Security & Justice as well as the Head of Migration. This came in the wake of a May...
2013-06-03Guatemala
The trial of former dictator, José Efraín Ríos Montt, who ruled Guatemala between 1982 and 1983, looks set to continue for several months more....
2013-06-03Panama
In line with our expectations, Panama's ruling Cambio Democrático (CD) has selected José Domingo Arias as its candidate ahead of the 2014 presidential election....
2013-05-31Costa Rica
In early May, US President Barack Obama visited Mexico and Central America, including a stopover in Costa Rica. A meeting between Obama and Central American business leaders in Costa...
2013-05-06Nicaragua
Recent opinion polls show President Daniel Ortega has strong popular support. Indeed, a Borge and Associates poll gives the president a 74.7% approval rating, while an M&R Consultants...
2013-05-06El Salvador
In the first four months of 2013, there were 45% less homicides than in the same period last year according to the National Police. This is due in large largely to the truce struck...
2013-05-06
