Political Risk

BMI View: The diplomatic cold shoulder many regional leaders will cause little concern for the new Honduran president, provided Porfirio Lobo Sosa's administration can maintain... 2010-03-05

Panama's long-term political risk ratings have been downgraded slightly on the back of growing concerns over the impartiality of the country's judiciary. The move to replace a popular... 2010-02-24

Laura Chinchilla has won the presidential race in Costa Rica on February 7, paving the way for another four-year term for the Partido Liberación Nacional (PLN). Her main policy... 2010-02-08

BMI View: Central America is likely to experience spiraling levels of drug-related crime in 2010, with regional governments relatively powerless to counter the influence of local... 2010-01-08

A surge in support for Movimiento Libertario candidate Otto Guevara in November (more than double his approval ratings in September), seems to have introduced an eleventh-hour game... 2009-12-08

BMI View: President Daniel Ortega has surreptitiously managed to pull off a scrapping of rules preventing his re-election in 2011, in contravention of the constitution. The supreme... 2009-12-02

While the successful election of Porfirio Lobos on November 29 is an important step towards resolving Honduras's five-month old political crisis, we caution that concerns over legitimising... 2009-12-01

The ruling left-wing Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nactional (FMLN) bloc of President Mauricio Funes received a welcome surprise in parliament in late October, when... 2009-11-04

BMI View: The stealthy return of ousted President Manuel Zelaya to Honduras has brought the country's political face-off to a head. Nevertheless, while events over the next few days... 2009-09-22

BMI View: With domestic opposition to Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's re-election bid building, his chances of standing again in 2012 appear to be fading rapidly. Nevertheless,... 2009-09-10