Political Risk

BMI View: President Daniel Ortega's re-election bid is eroding the legitimacy of Nicaragua's democratic institutions, and will continue to weigh on the country's business environment... 2010-09-07

BMI View: The recent easing of tensions between Panama's government and labour unions is unlikely to last, as President Ricardo Martinelli remains wedded to his reform agenda. Nevertheless,... 2010-09-03

BMI View: Guatemala's President Álvaro Colom looks powerless to deal with the urgent challenges facing his country, problems which we expect to build in the run up to the 2012 elections.... 2010-09-02

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

BMI View: Despite progress on the diplomatic front, Honduran President Porfirio Lobo Sosa still faces a wealth of domestic problems, ranging from growing public opposition to fiscal... 2010-08-16

BMI View: El Salvador's two-bloc political system appears to be on the verge of disintegration as internal divisions plague both the main leftist and rightist blocs. Failure of President... 2010-06-18

BMI View: El Salvador's two-bloc political system appears to be on the verge of disintegration as internal divisions plague both the main leftist and rightist blocs. Failure of President... 2010-06-18

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