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Expert briefing
Publication date: 15 September 2015

The current El Nino.

Expert briefing
Publication date: 4 June 2024

Rising temperatures and reduced rainfall have strained power systems across Central America in recent months, with hydroelectric dams generating less power while demand rises…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 29 August 2023

The region is highly vulnerable to climate variability. The Dry Corridor -- a band of territory that runs from Guatemala to Panama and is home to around one-quarter of the…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 27 November 2023

This sector has grown substantially with the rise in recent years of the world gold price, contributing to the rapid deforestation of the rainforest in the north of the country…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 27 June 2022

Prospects for Central America to end-2022.

Expert briefing
Publication date: 25 March 2024

Nicaraguan lawmakers approved a Chinese loan for a new airport last month, negotiations with Honduras over an FTA are progressing and the new government of Guatemala -- Taiwan’s…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 9 February 2021

Elsewhere in the region, only Panama has so far received a first vaccine shipment, suggesting roll-outs initially will be patchy. Central American governments are sourcing their…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 23 November 2016

The expansion of low-cost airlines in Latin America.

Expert briefing
Publication date: 24 January 2024

Coffee is an important cash crop for small farmers across the region, providing valuable income for millions of families. Coffee farms are economic engines in rural areas…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 8 April 2019

The move follows weeks of heightened tension over Central American migrant caravans, which saw Nielsen launch a new border security strategy with the ‘Northern Triangle’…

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