Political Risk

BMI View: Central America's two speed economic development is set to continue, as political obstacles in the economies with the weakest growth outlook prevent the introduction of... 2010-08-31

In its first rating's action on Nicaragua since 2006, on May 26 Moody's raised the Central American state's foreign currency government bond rating to B3 from Caa1 and affirmed its... 2010-06-03

BMI View: Progress in Guatemala's fight against organised crime is allaying investor concerns after last year's spike in political risk. However, while we continue to see potential... 2010-04-22

Costa Rican president-elect Laura Chinchilla is already busying herself with closer regional integration and a concerted effort to tackle organised crime in Central America before... 2010-04-19

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