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COVID-19 shocks point to recession in Latin America

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LATIN AMERICA

The economic impact of COVID-19.

Post-pandemic recovery will be protracted in Peru

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PERU

Peru’s previously buoyant economy has been badly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, contracting by around 13.38% in the first ten months of this year. Investment has been hit, as…

Economic uptick may not spell recovery in Brazil

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BRAZIL

Indicators bottomed out after April. Most economists now expect GDP to contract by 5.5-6.0% this year, a severe blow to an economy that had yet fully to recover the ground lost in…

Coronavirus puts Egypt tourism and remittances at risk

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EGYPT

Coronavirus economic impact.

Brazil private healthcare concentration will continue

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BRAZIL

Private healthcare conglomerates are seeking growth in a country with the world’s largest public health system in terms of coverage. However, policies to facilitate expansion of…

Economic challenges ahead for Honduras’s Castro

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HONDURAS

GDP growth of 9% in 2021 represented a complete rebound following the 9% contraction recorded in 2020. Reconstruction efforts after two tropical storms in late 2020 partly explain…