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1 – 10 of 11President 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…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB286620
ISSN: 2633-304X
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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…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB283767
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Although styled as the more 'business-friendly' candidate, Macri will face numerous challenges in making rapid macroeconomic changes, despite the need to do so. Since 2003, when…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB206839
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The economic damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic will be less severe than in other parts of Latin America. It is nevertheless weighing on activity, with structural weaknesses…
The economy is at a crossroads: high unemployment and increasing poverty are generating pressures for greater income transfers, but the delicate fiscal position is generating…
MEXICO: Wage rise will give opposition ammunition
BRAZIL: Spending fears raise diverging priorities
Prospects for Brazil to end-2021.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB262076
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Given his low popularity, Bolsonaro adopted a series of measures to mitigate the effects of accelerating inflation, economic slowdown and increasing poverty. The objectives are…
Although many countries in Latin America are net food exporters, the fallout from the war in Ukraine is set to have a serious impact on a region already disproportionately…