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Mexico healthcare promises are unrealistic

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MEXICO

The amendments, approved by Congress last month, include the elimination of the Health Institute for Wellbeing (INSABI). Its functions will be transferred to a specific body of…

Poor regulation risks investment projects in Mexico

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MEXICO

Energy reforms and social conflicts.

Colombia vote raises concerns for mining firms

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COLOMBIA

Local vetoes on mining activities.

Weak measures will not improve Mexico's air quality

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MEXICO

Air pollution in Mexico City.

Argentina stabilisation plan will prove challenging

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ARGENTINA

With Milei now predicting six months of stagflation and up to two years to reduce inflation from triple digits, dollarisation appears to have been shelved. Instead, he seems…

Further Mexico rate reductions look likely

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MEXICO

The move follows reports from the National Institute of Statistics on August 23 that GDP had grown by just 0.02% quarter-on-quarter in the second quarter (Q2) of 2019. With Q1…

Moise honeymoon will be short in Haiti

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HAITI

The ceremony marked a return to democratic order for Haiti after a prolonged electoral cycle and a year without a president. However, Moise will face a myriad of challenges…

El Salvador poverty will create problems for Bukele

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EL SALVADOR

President Nayib Bukele is highly popular, having implemented hard-line security policies that have reduced murder rates dramatically. He was re-elected in February by a landslide…

Ecuador opts for four more years of leftist governance

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ECUADOR

With official results giving him 51.16% of the vote, the election was the tightest Ecuador has witnessed for decades. Moreno’s challenger, Guillermo Lasso -- a former banker and…

Mexico’s orthodox budget will face pressures

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MEXICO

Mexico’s new government submitted its 2019 economic package to Congress on December 15, including the budget and revenue legislation, and macroeconomic assumptions and…