Honduras

Growth in San Pedro Sula, once Honduras' major industrial centre, has stalled. The municipality struggles with high levels of crime, elevated unemployment as well as a lack of major... 2012-08-03

The Honduran government continues its attempts to crack down on violence in the Bajo Aguán region, which has spiked in recent years on the back of the increasing presence... 2012-08-03

Despite the Honduran government's efforts to ease the continuing conflict between small farmers and large-scale commodity producers in the Bajo Aguán region, we believe the... 2012-08-01

Honduran President Porfirio Lobo and representatives of the Movimiento Unificado Campesino del Aguán (Muca) signed a deal on June 5 which could help bring the long-running Bajo Aguán... 2012-06-29

Honduran President Porfirio Lobo's battle to reduce corruption in the country's police force continued, with the swearing in of a new chief of police on May 22. This is the third police... 2012-05-25

BMI View: In light of the Central Bank of Honduras' (BCH) recent 100 basis point rate hike from 6.0% to 7.0%, we are revising up our end-2012 forecast. Whereas previously we had... 2012-05-25

BMI View: We expect Honduran President Porfirio Lobo to implement increasingly hard-line anti-cartel policies in the run-up to the country's 2013 elections, in an attempt to strengthen... 2012-05-23

Honduran President Porfirio Lobo has appointed Isaac Ramon Santos Aguilar as the new director of the country's anti-narcotics ministry. We believe Santos has a daunting task ahead of... 2012-05-08

BMI View: Inflation in Honduras continues to rise, from 5.4% y-o-y in January to 5.7% in March, in line with our forecast for average inflation of 6.4% for 2012. This is slightly below... 2012-05-07

BMI View: The gap between our proprietary sovereign risk ratings and investors' perceptions of regional sovereign risk has increased since our last update. This implies significant... 2012-05-02