El Salvador

The Salvadoran Ministry of Finance reports that it has collected US$19.8mn less in taxes in Q113 than during the same period last year. The largest reduction was in import tax, but... 2013-05-06

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

El Salvador's real GDP growth looks set to remain sluggish in the coming years. Indeed, given our expectation for continued weak private consumption and that a virulent strain of coffee... 2013-04-24

A joint operation between the Salvadoran and Guatemalan police forces has resulting in the detention of major drug-trafficker Jorge Ernesto Uloa Sibrián (known colloquially... 2013-04-05

El Salvador recorded real GDP growth of only 1.6% in 2012, just above our own 1.5% estimate. This came on the back of gross fixed capital formation subtracting 0.2 percentage points... 2013-04-04

BMI View: Central America's energy sector is fragmented and overly reliant on expensive imported fuels and unreliable hydropower. Plans to change this include the construction of an... 2013-04-02

On February 25, El Salvador’s former president, Tony Saca formally launched his presidential candidacy for the Movimiento Unidad, a coalition comprising three minority parties... 2013-03-05

After a fiscal deficit of 3.9% of GDP in 2011, El Salvador saw some fiscal consolidation in 2012, posting a budget deficit of 2.9% of GDP (better than our 3.6% forecast). However, we... 2013-03-03

Although the latest sovereign risk ratings data shows no change in the average overall score for Latin America since our last (October) update, we continue to see 2013 as a challenging... 2013-02-28

We believe that in the coming years Central America's poor infrastructure and lack of regulatory convergence will weigh on the regional economies' export competitiveness and growth.... 2013-02-15