Nicaragua

BMI View: Although the recession may well have passed we do not expect to see a sharp bounce back of the Nicaraguan economy in 2010, with private consumption and investment appetite... 2010-02-02

Headline consumer price inflation (CPI) rose 0.24% month-on-month in December, taking the year-on-year (y-o-y) rate up to 0.9% by the end of the year, up from 0.5% in the preceding... 2010-01-13

On January 9 President Daniel Ortega issued a decree that could lengthen the terms of electoral officials that back his bid for re-election in 2011. A deadlock in congress - between... 2010-01-13

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

President Daniel Ortega's calls for indebted farmers to hold protests against high interest rates by microfinance banks has been taken quite literally by some debtors, as evidenced... 2009-12-02

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

As companies seek alternative investment opportunities in Latin America, we believe that impressive business environment credentials and scope for economic convergence with more advanced... 2009-11-26