Country Risk Rating

Pressure has further mounted on the FARC to release their highest-profile captive, Franco-Colombian 2002 presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, after reports of her severely deteriorating... 2008-04-14

President Hugo Chávez has enacted legislation to create a new national police force, which will help to bring together the 126 different police forces in Venezuela into one unit.... 2008-04-11

Peruvian headline inflation exceeded expectations in March, increasing by 5.6% y-o-y as rising food prices continued to push higher. We expected an increase in consumer price growth... 2008-04-11

Bolivia's political environment continues to deteriorate and the country has received another downgrade in our short-term political ratings. President Evo Morales has stepped up his... 2008-04-10

On March 1, Colombian troops mounted a cross-border raid into Ecuador, culminating in the death of Raul Reyes, allegedly the second-in-command of the FARC terrorist group. The episode... 2008-03-07

In February, a large pro-government rally took place in Santa Cruz, the region most opposed to the Evo Morales administration. While the protests did not result in any injuries, there... 2008-03-07

Following the incursion of Colombian forces across the border to root out a FARC terrorist camp and the subsequent suspension of diplomatic ties, President Rafael Correa embarked... 2008-03-07

Peru's economy expanded at a rate of 9.0% in 2007, the highest level in 13 years, helped by a booming construction sector. According to the National Statistics Institute the construction... 2008-03-07

We have revised down Venezuela's short-term political risk rating considerably as a result of the escalating tensions between Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez and Colombia's Álvaro... 2008-03-06

Under the banner 'No more kidnapping, No more lies, No more killing, No more FARC', millions took to the streets in Colombia and around the world to protest the kidnapping tactics... 2008-02-07