Belize Guatemala agreement to foster tradeTuesday, December 9, 2008 Greater attraction of investments, possible joint petroleum development are some of the economic benefits that both countries was get by settling their territorial dispute. This was confirmed by an investigation carried out by the Intelligence Unit of the British magazine, The Economist, at the request of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the UK, that was obtained by the Prensa Libre. The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Index of Democracy 2008Wednesday, October 22, 2008 Costa Rica is second in Latin America with an index of 27. Panama is at 43, El Salvador 67, Honduras 74, Nicaragua 78, Guatemala 79. The results of the Economist Intelligence Unit's Democracy Index 2008 confirm that, following a decades-long global trend in democratisation, the spread of democracy has come to a halt. Comparing the results for 2008 with those from the first edition of the index, which covered 2006, shows that the dominant pattern in the past two years has been stagnation. Although there is no recent trend of outright regression, there are few instances of significant improvement. However, the global financial crisis, resulting in a sharp and possibly protracted recession, could threaten democracy in some parts of the world. Meeting Bewteen Obama and Region PresidentsWednesday, April 15, 2009 President Obama will have a meeting exclusively with Central American leaders in Trinidad and Tobago on April 19. The meeting between the presidents will be held immediately after the Summit of the Americas, according to a press release by the First Lady of Nicaragua, Rosario Murillo, in an article published in Ticotimes.net. Central America in the Hands of Drug TraffickersWednesday, February 17, 2016 If emergency measures are not taken, Central America will soon collapse into failed states dominated by criminal organizations who are able to buy political power. This is the dramatic but realistic conclusion reached by a study on the subject carried out by a coalition of Guatemalan institutions composed of the Coordinating Committee of Agricultural, Commercial, Industrial and Financial Associations (CACIF), the National Economic Research Center (CIEN) the Foundation for the Development of Guatemala (FUNDESA) and Fundación G. Financial Sustainability of the State in GuatemalaThursday, October 2, 2014 "Net contributors are providing less and less taxes in relation to the services they receive, while net receivers are demanding more and more benefits compared to what they provide." Despite the relatively small size of government relative to the economy, a factor which some international analysts point to as a factor which undermines a country's development, "... Errors in Ranking by The EconomistWednesday, November 20, 2013 Forecasting more risk of social unrest for Nicaragua than Costa Rica in 2014, indicates ignorance of the political, economic and social realities of Central America. EDITORIAL An Attorney General with Drug-Trafficking TiesTuesday, July 20, 2010 Conrado Reyes was elected as Guatemala’s Attorney General by the deans of 9 law schools and the chief of the Supreme Court; his designation was annulled after 17 days in office. An article by Tim Johnson in the Miami Herald describes how the country’s fragile democracy “nearly went narco”. More Taxes are a Good Thing ... For GovernmentsMonday, November 14, 2011 And apparently for bureaucracies in general, including those of international organizations; an "expert" from the Inter-American Development Bank is supporting tax reform in Costa Rica. Although officially the IDB "does not advocate a tax burden or specific tax policy," one of its officials warmly supports the project to increase the tax burden to support the Costa Rican economy, to the point of suggesting that the tax burden be similar to Argentina’s. Public-Private Partnerships: Where Would They Work Better?Thursday, May 23, 2019 Guatemala, El Salvador and Costa Rica are the countries in the region with the best conditions to develop Public-Private Partnerships, followed by Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama. The 2019 Infrascope index, which evaluates 23 indicators and 78 qualitative and quantitative sub-indicators in Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) in Latin America, is prepared by The Economist Intelligence Unit and has the financial backing of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Efficiency of Fomilenio I in El Salvador Being QuestionedMonday, July 1, 2013 A Wall Street Journal article has pointed out the futility of the Northern Longitudinal Highway and a recession in the Salvadoran economy over the last 10 years. "... The Northern Highway (which passes through some of the least populated areas of the most densely populated country in Central America) is an unfinished work, courtesy of the North American taxpayers," noted an article on Online.wsj.com. Porifirio Lobo: Honduras' New PresidentThursday, January 21, 2010 The Economist analyzes the upcoming administration of Porfirio Lobo and how he will have to 'pick up the post-coup pieces'. When he is sworn in on January 27th, Lobo will take over a country that is diplomatically isolated, economically battered and socially polarized. Spatial planning in Bocas del Toro, PanamáThursday, July 31, 2008 The Municipality has undertaken an Urban Development and Spatial Planning strategy for the archipelago, one of the top touristic attractions in Panama. Rubén Rodriguez, assistant to the Bocas del Toro Mayor Eligio Binns, stated that the Municipality needs a tool to organize urban development in the city. Daniel Ortega: "The Capitalist"Tuesday, August 30, 2011 An article in The Economist notes the apparent inconsistency between the socialist and revolutionary past of the president of Nicaragua, and his current policy of courting foreign investment. Electoral advertising portrays on giant billboards the former guerrilla leader, who helped overthrow the Somoza dictatorship in 1979 and still leads the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), as a socialist. Business roundtable in the Dominican RepublicFriday, January 23, 2009 To be held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on March 18, 2009, with the theme "Responding to the global economic crisis". After years of stable economic performance, the Dominican Republic will face difficult external conditions as a result of the US financial crisis and global economic downturn. Inflows of foreign direct investment and tourism arrivals could well decline. Costa Rica’s New PresidentFriday, February 12, 2010 The Economist takes on the challenges to be faced by Laura Chinchilla when she assumes as the first female president of the Central American country. As with Chile’s Michelle Bachelet, she does not owe her victory to marriage to a politically prominent husband. Rather, she is a protégée of Óscar Arias, the outgoing president whom she served as vice-president and justice minister. |
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