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Latin American remittances growth will ease this year

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LATIN AMERICA

Migrants from Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) sent a record amount of money to relatives last year due mainly to a strong labour market in the United States, where most of…

Latin American remittances growth will slow this year

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LATIN AMERICA

Despite the slowdown, growth in remittances in 2022 still reached double digits. This was mainly due to the strength of the labour market in the United States, where the majority…

Colombia coffee production likely to miss 2020 target

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COLOMBIA

Coffee production.

Mexico's early reforms show mixed record

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MEXICO

Reform efforts two years on.

Poor productivity will weigh on Mexico’s GDP growth

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MEXICO

While the crisis damaged the economy, compounded by the lack of fiscal response, Mexico has suffered from sluggish growth for the last four decades. Productivity, on average, has…

Colombia political moves will complicate governability

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COLOMBIA

The move comes amid disagreements over reform proposals and follows a cabinet reshuffle that reflected the divisions between President Gustavo Petro’s reformist government and the…

Mexico’s population growth potential may be missed

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MEXICO

Economic growth has been meagre for decades despite increases in the working-age population.

COVID worsens education shortcomings in Latin America

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LATIN AMERICA

According to a World Bank Report published in October 2021, the disruption caused to children and young people’s education by the pandemic has dwarfed the impact that the…

NAFTA talks will raise Mexican labour reform pressure

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MEXICO

Mexico's trade unions.

Confrontation will rise in coming weeks in Venezuela

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VENEZUELA

The opposition Democratic Unity Movement (MUD), which gained a two-thirds supermajority in the December 6 National Assembly elections, has outlined plans for removing Maduro…