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Paraguay / Economy
In a sign of the Paraguayan government's efforts at boosting the country's regional profile, on July 23 Foreign Minister Hector Lacognata announced that President Fernando Lugo had offered to act as a mediator between Colombia and Venezuela in potential talks aimed at cooling bilateral tensions between the two states. According to reports, Lugo has been in contact with both Venezuelan...
2010-07-28Paraguay / Economy
The disinflationary trend in Paraguay continued unabated in June according to latest data from the Banco Central del Paraguay, with consumer price inflation falling to 4.3% y-o-y, down...
2010-07-28Chile / Economy
Following congress's rejection of the government's plans to raise mining royalties on foreign firms in an effort to help raise funds for post-earthquake reconstruction, Chilean President...
2010-07-28Country Risk Rating
Paraguay
In a sign of the Paraguayan government's efforts at boosting the country's regional profile, on July 23 Foreign Minister Hector Lacognata announced that President Fernando Lugo had...
2010-07-28Chile
Following congress's rejection of the government's plans to raise mining royalties on foreign firms in an effort to help raise funds for post-earthquake reconstruction, Chilean President...
2010-07-28Uruguay
Uruguay's monetary authorities kept the country's policy rate on hold at 6.25% in June for the sixth straight month. While the central bank was quick to insist that it is monitoring...
2010-07-02Chile
An opinion poll by the Centro de Estudios de la Realidad Contemporánea has shown a 54% approval rating for Chilean President Sebastián Piñera's government after his first 100 days...
2010-07-01Paraguay
The disinflationary trend in Paraguay continued unabated in June according to latest data from the Banco Central del Paraguay, with consumer price inflation falling to 4.3% y-o-y, down...
2010-07-28Chile
Following the Banco Central de Chile's decision to hike the benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points to 1.50% on July 15, we believe the central bank will continue tightening monetary...
2010-07-28Paraguay
Paraguay's economy looks set for a strong rebound in 2010 (following upon last year's recession, when real GDP contracted 3.7%), with recently released data from the central bank showing...
2010-07-01Chile
Chilean inflation surged to an 11-month high in May according to latest data from the Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas, with the headline print coming in at 1.5% year-on-year (y-o-y),...
2010-07-01Argentina
BMI View: The tide appears to be turning against the Kirchners, as reflected in their crushing defeat in the 2009 mid-term elections and deteriorating approval ratings going into...
2010-03-16Uruguay
We maintain our view that President José Mujca's government will be slightly more socially orientated than his predecessor, while not necessarily opposed to broad policy continuity...
2010-03-08Argentina
BMI View: Rekindled tensions with Britain over planned drilling for hydrocarbons around the Falkland islands are unlikely to escalate. However, we expect the Argentine government...
2010-02-03Chile
Sebastián Piñera has won Chile's presidential race and will be replacing incumbent president, Michelle Bachelet, in March. With the political taboo of centre-right rule in Chilean...
2010-01-18
