Nicaragua

Our short-term political risk rating for Nicaragua has been upgraded by four points this month, in the wake of President Daniel Ortega's inauguration as president on January 10. In... 2007-01-12

BMI View: Now that Daniel Ortega has been inaugurated as president, we think that Nicaragua will face a tricky diplomatic balancing act. On the one hand, Ortega hopes to remain... 2007-01-12

BMI View: BMI's proprietary sovereign risk rating index, which our Financial Markets team launched back in March 2006, is designed to quantify the debt servicing capabilities... 2007-01-08

BMI View: Data released by the Banco Central de Nicaragua (BCN) showed that October's inflation reading came in at a three-year low. Consumer prices registered a 6.98% y-o-y rise,... 2006-12-04

President-elect Daniel Ortega has promised to work towards achieving a more closely integrated Central America. In a meeting with Guatemalan President Oscar Berger, Ortega claimed... 2006-12-04

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

Although the final vote count is not yet complete, it appears that Daniel Ortega of the Frente Sandinista de Liberacion Nacional (FSLN, or Sandinistas) won an outright victory in... 2006-11-07

Nicaragua's export sector continues to boom. Accumulated exports in the eight months to August (not counting re-exporting free trade zones) came in at US$688mn, a 17.9% y-o-y increase,... 2006-11-03

Nicaragua's export sector continues to boom. Accumulated exports in the eight months to August (not counting re-exporting free trade zones) came in at US$688mn, a 17.9% y-o-y increase,... 2006-11-03