Country Risk Rating

In a direct challenge to the popularity of President Rafael Correa, the mayor of Guayaquil, Jaime Nebot, drew a 40,000-strong crowd for a street march only a week after the president... 2008-02-07

Despite the economic progress made under Alan García, the Peruvian president is failing to secure popular support. According to a recent poll published in El Comercio, 32% of respondents... 2008-02-07

The Bolivian political scene remains in turmoil. Talks between President Evo Morales and opposition leaders to forge a national unity pact to incorporate some of the breakaway provinces'... 2008-02-07

Persistent food shortages are their toll on President Hugo Chávez' popularity at home, while his confrontational rhetoric seems to be loosing him international support. At the presidential... 2008-02-07

Persistent food shortages are their toll on President Hugo Chávez' popularity at home, while his confrontational rhetoric seems to be loosing him international support. At the presidential... 2008-02-07

President Hugo Chávez has reshuffled his cabinet in January after his defeat in the December constitutional referendum. The most high-profile decision has been to replace Vice President... 2008-01-11

Peruvian President Alan García reshuffled his cabinet in December for the first time since coming to power in July 2006. García replaced six of his 15 cabinet ministers, with the... 2008-01-11

Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa has decided to strip the country's finance ministry of its power over public investment decision making and economic incentive policy. Correa has... 2008-01-11

Following the last-gasp success of President Hugo Chávez to secure the release of three hostages from the FARC, the Colombian government has done a U-turn on a supposed ban on foreign... 2008-01-11

The political deadlock between ruling MAS party and the opposition leaders, and the associated unrest, has caused us to further downgrade Bolivia's political risk rating. The short-term... 2008-01-10