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Arce and business to seek an accommodation in Bolivia

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BOLIVIA

President Luis Arce will seek to steer a consensual policy with respect to Bolivia’s business community, despite attacking some members of the former interim presidency of Jeanine…

South Africa’s tourism sector set for more turbulence

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SOUTH AFRICA

Tourism has been identified as a priority sector to drive economic recovery in the government’s recent strategy, as well as in the recovery strategies agreed by business and…

Castro's Cuba reforms to face pressure on all fronts

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CUBA

The release of the 32-page document follows the historic visit of US President Barack Obama in March, and the PCC congress in April, which the government used to reaffirm the…

Bukele popularity may prove precarious in El Salvador

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EL SALVADOR

The easing of rules should help revive business activity, but looser restrictions on public gatherings have fostered protests nationwide. These relate to specific frustrations…

South African relief plan will not halt further slide

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SOUTH AFRICA

South African relief package.

Factors encouraging Lithuanians to emigrate will fall

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LITHUANIA

Before COVID-19 intervened, economic growth, rising wages, the development of high-tech sectors and Brexit were encouraging immigration. In 2019, 51% of immigrants were…

Skills shortage may hit Australia's post-COVID growth

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AUSTRALIA

The closing of internal and external borders in response to COVID-19 has heightened a longstanding skills deficit in key industries, with implications for wage levels, prices and…

Prospects for the US economy in 2017

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PROSPECTS 2017

Prospects for the US economy in 2017.

Summer of crisis will drive Cuban migration

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CUBA

However, while US policies are a pull-factor for migrants, recent domestic problems also provide powerful reasons to leave Cuba, which has fallen into the worst economic crisis…

South African budget prompts cheer and wider divisions

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SOUTH AFRICA

However, cuts to the social grants budget and a continued focus on the planned three-year wage freeze for civil servants has annoyed (among others) the ruling ANC's ‘Tripartite…