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Prolonged unrest to compound Honduras growth slowdown

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HONDURAS

Slowing growth.

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…

Chile inequality debate will drive tax reform demands

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CHILE

Although both the bill’s legislative future and the amount it would raise are uncertain, it reflects ever more explicit class polarisation and anger over inequalities.

Colombia tax reform and budget will be watered down

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COLOMBIA

Various interest groups, including the private sector, political actors and civil society organisations, are likely to put pressure on the government to reduce its revenue targets…

Moreno eyes private sector to overcome Ecuador crisis

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ECUADOR

Lockdown measures have helped stem contagion but have had a devasting impact on the economy. Market liberalisation and debt renegotiation efforts place most of the burden of…

Prospects for Venezuela to end-2019

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PROSPECTS H2 2019

Prospects for Venezuela to end-2019.

Pandemic to worsen recession and instability in Haiti

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HAITI

World Bank and IMF financial support totalling USD142mn, in the form of grants and zero-interest loans, will help partially to cover increasing external and fiscal financing gaps…

Crisis spillover fears may drive Venezuela dialogue

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VENEZUELA

This follows preliminary talks and the establishing of a six-country group of friends to support a persistently frustrated negotiation process. While worsening an already dire…

Prospects for Argentina to end-2020

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PROSPECTS H2 2020

The first-quarter fall, following full-year contractions of 2.5% and 2.2% in 2018 and 2019, includes only the first ten days of the COVID-19-related lockdown, which continues. The…