Guatemala
Economy
BMI View: After holding up surprisingly well in the early months of the year, remittance growth has finally started to relent, as Guatemalan workers in the US are faced with increasing...
2008-07-22Economy
Guatemala's Interior Minister Vinicio Gomez, and Deputy Interior Minister Edgar Hernández, died in a helicopter crash on June 27. Pending an investigation, the fatalities occurred...
2008-07-02Economy
BMI View: Despite concerns that American holidaymakers would stay away amid a US economic slowdown, tourism flows have remain relatively robust so far in 2008. Related revenues...
2008-07-02Economy
Headline inflation surged into double digits in April at a rate of 10.4% y-o-y. This CPI outturn represented the fastest pace in well over a decade, fording the government to launch...
2008-06-09Economy
BMI View: We are concerned about the spike seen in Central America's cumulative trade deficit in recent years caused by robust domestic demand and soaring global commodity prices....
2008-06-09Economy
The ruling Unidad Nacional de la Esperanza (UNE) temporarily suspended congress leader Eduardo Meyer at the beginning of June, pending the outcome of corruption allegations filed...
2008-06-09Economy
The Guatemalan quetzal continues to move in our favour, strengthening by 3% to around nine-year highs of GTQ7.4100-7.4300/US$ so far in 2008. In the past, the central bank ( Banguat...
2008-06-04Economy
Guatemalan President Álvaro Colom has appointed Rómulo Caballeros as his new economy minister. Caballeros replaces José García Macal, who tendered his resignation back in March....
2008-05-12Economy
With inflation remaining above Banguat's 7.0% upper limit, at 9.1% in March, a sense of panic is setting in, beginning with the government's proposal to use public funds to stem higher...
2008-04-15Economy
A week after he was dismissed from his post by President Álvaro Colom, former Interior Ministry adviser Victor Rivera was killed in his home, by gangsters, it is suspected. Local...
2008-04-15




