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Central America faces major challenges in 2021

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CENTRAL AMERICA

While governments have begun tentative efforts to restart economic activity, the crisis is far from over. It looks sure to shape the main issues of 2021, exacerbating all the…

Briceno’s difficulties will benefit Belize’s UDP

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BELIZE

Belize’s economic slowdown is proving prolonged, driven by the sharp drop in tourist arrivals as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The government has reduced spending and…

Guatemala’s economy on the way to recovery

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GUATEMALA

National GDP nevertheless contracted by just 1.5% in 2020 -- less than almost any other country in Latin America. Resilient remittances and exports, coupled with unprecedented…

Central America security improvements will not last

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CENTRAL AMERICA

Quarantine measures imposed across Central America’s Northern Triangle (Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador) come amid falling trends in violent crime, and speculation that…

Guatemala’s economy looks set to bounce back next year

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GUATEMALA

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…

Guatemala’s economy is recovering but faces threats

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GUATEMALA

An early reopening of the economy, unprecedented monetary and fiscal support and resilient remittances explain the relatively limited impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, when…

Both growth and hardship set to endure in Guatemala

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GUATEMALA

The country’s poverty rate stood at 52.4% in 2020 according to the World Bank, a 5-percentage-point increase on the level prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. The World Bank…

Belize-Guatemala border tensions may benefit Morales

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BELIZE/GUATEMALA

Rising tensions on the Belize-Guatemala border.

Hurricane fallout to compound Central America poverty

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CENTRAL AMERICA

Mexico, Costa Rica and Panama were also affected, as were the Colombian islands of San Andres and Providencia, the latter reporting damage to 98% of its infrastructure. The crisis…

Soaring El Salvador violence prompts security rethink

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EL SALVADOR

The police believe that the killings may have been revenge attacks by the rival Mara 18 (M-18). El Salvador's murder rate is rising rapidly; March recorded the most violence in a…