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Ecuador referendum result complicates mining outlook

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ECUADOR

Mining outlook.

Economic package will polarise opinion in Ecuador

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ECUADOR

The government's precarious fiscal position means that some taxes will be increased, but the rate of VAT will remain unchanged. Much of the adjustment will come about from the…

Oil prices will increase Ecuador's fiscal pressures

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ECUADOR

The collapse of world oil prices has brought fiscal policy sharply into focus in Ecuador. At a time when the budget deficit is widening and the opposition is strengthening, the…

Mining boom will fuel growth in the Dominican Republic

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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Mining in the Dominican Republic.

High prices mask challenges in Ecuador’s oil sector

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ECUADOR

Output remains well below peak levels seen under former President Lenin Moreno (2017-21), and indigenous and environmental concerns look set to hinder the industry's development…

Cuba will struggle to keep inflation at bay

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CUBA

So far, state-sector price controls and price caps on food and private markets have prevented runaway inflation. However, producers are withholding goods or selling on the black…

Drought and Ukraine dampen Paraguay's growth outlook

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PARAGUAY

This reflects the twin impacts of severe drought and rising fuel prices caused by the war in Ukraine. Congress first approved and then later rejected a temporary fuel subsidy for…

Mexican election outcome points to policy continuity

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MEXICO

The conservative National Action Party (PAN) came in second place, while the leftist Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) lost ground to the more radical National Regeneration…

Sweeping Argentina reforms will risk more instability

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ARGENTINA

The move followed a sweeping decree issued on December 20 to reform or eliminate some 300 laws governing economic, labour and social issues, and which has already prompted…

Brazil elections cast doubt on Correios privatisation

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BRAZIL

Since taking office, President Jair Bolsonaro has pledged a series of privatisations but with few advances to date. Finance Minister Paulo Guedes has recently stressed that the…