Political Risk

Venezuela and Guatemala withdrew their candidacies for the non-permanent seat in the UN Security Council and gave their joint support to Panama on 1 November. The countries' decision... 2006-12-01

BMI View: In a break from his Marxist past, Nicaraguan president-elect Daniel Ortega has promised to maintain orthodox macroeconomic policies and respect foreign investment. Although... 2006-11-24

BMI View: Preliminary results indicate that Sandinista candidate Daniel Ortega has won the Nicaraguan presidency. This is a very negative development, because although Ortega suggested... 2006-11-07

BMI View: Honduran President Manuel Zelaya's bold plan to crack down on gang crime has met with a mixed reaction so far. While the country's crime problem clearly needs to be tackled,... 2006-11-03

BMI View: Guatemala's hopes of becoming a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council in 2007 and 2008 were dashed by a highly politicised voting stalemate in the General Assembly.... 2006-11-02

As we had anticipated, the Nicaraguan presidential election, scheduled for November 5, has come down to a two-horse race between Eduardo Montealegre and the frontrunner, the Sandinista... 2006-10-11

BMI View: A government-led majority of parties has dominated congressional business in the first months of the new legislator, but the opposition Frente Farabundo Marti para la... 2006-09-11

BMI View: President Oscar Arias is staking his government's success on securing key reforms by the end of the year, including approval of DR-CAFTA and an end to state hold over... 2006-09-11

BMI View: President Oscar Arias is staking his government's success on securing key reforms by the end of the year, including approval of DR-CAFTA and an end to state hold over... 2006-09-11

The latest polls ahead of the November presidential elections show that ex-president Daniel Ortega of the left-wing FSLN remains in the lead, a position he has held since May 2006.... 2006-08-14