Country Risk Rating

Bolivia's president Evo Morales' plans for a 300km highway is proving problematic with indigenous groups in the region after representatives failed to come to an agreement with the... 2011-07-28

Bolivian President Evo Morales suffered an unexpected setback to his May 1 nationalisation plans following opposition from Bolivia's independently organized miners. Government officials... 2011-05-05

We believe that Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez's decree to increase the national minimum wage by 26.5% in 2011 will have a limited impact on improving domestic social stability.... 2011-05-05

We expect diplomatic relations between Ecuador and the US to improve following a period without ambassador representation in either country. Indeed, the Ecuadorian government expelled... 2011-05-04

On March 30 Peruvian presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori faced widespread protests and riots in the Amazonian region of Iquitos, where she was due to make a speech. Protestors' anger... 2011-04-01

On March 28, two former Bolivian presidents accused President Evo Morales of political persecution, as they face trial for signing contracts with international oil companies that caused... 2011-04-01

We believe that Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa's recent move to provide the International Court of Justice (ICJ) with a map of its maritime boundary with Peru could help to settle... 2011-03-31

Venezuela's revived foreign relations with Colombia stand to be tested after the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) blew up a pipeline which the former uses to import... 2011-03-31

Unless the Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos' government is granted additional funding from Congress, we believe that the flood reconstruction efforts are going to come in under... 2011-03-31

We believe that Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez's domestic and international popularity could suffer following the recent announcements he made regarding Colonel Muammar Qadhafi... 2011-03-04