Political Risk

We believe that the growing popularity of Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN) opposition candidate Mauricio Funes will secure the former Marxist rebel group... 2009-02-25

Guatemala's Interior Minister, Francisco Jiménez, was fired from his post in mid January, as President Álvaro Colom continued to ring high level changes on the security front. Jiménez'... 2009-01-26

BMI View: With the regional economy expected to face a frostier climate (we expect real GDP growth to slump to an eight-year low of 2.0% this year), Central America is gearing up... 2009-01-14

Costa Rican minister Rodrigo Arias has stated the pressing need to reform the country's constitution, which dates back to 1949, in order to improve governability. According to Arias,... 2009-01-06

BMI View: The murder rate in Honduras is rising fast, a situation that we do not expect to improve in 2009. As a result, we caution that security risk, combined with a deteriorating... 2009-01-05

BMI View: More than one month on from Nicaragua's controversial municipal elections, the country remains in a state of political paralysis. The refusal of both the ruling FSLN and... 2008-12-29

BMI View: With El Salvador entering the final straights of campaigning ahead of the March 2009 presidential election, it appears as though opposition frontrunner Mauricio Funes of... 2008-12-22

Guatemala's ruling party, the Unidad de la Esperanza Nacional (UNE), is facing acute risks to its stability. On December 6, UNE member Manuel Baldizón fled to the US after receiving... 2008-12-10

Chinese President Hu Jingtao has heralded the advantages of closer economic ties between the east Asian giant and Costa Rica on a recent trip to Central America and the Caribbean.... 2008-11-18

BMI View: Provisional exit polls showed a comprehensive victory for President Daniel Ortega's Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) in Nicaragua's municipal elections,... 2008-11-11