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Economy & Business - March 2008 (ISSN 1741-7430)
DEBT: Argentina's debt rises
Argentina is one of the few countries in South America where foreign debt
is rising and still towers over central bank reserves. Brazil, Chile, Peru and
Venezuela each have central bank reserves that exceed their foreign currency
debts.
- International capitalism flourishes... in Bolivia
- MEXICO: Car exports up, remittances steady
- BRAZIL: Overachieving
- ARGENTINA: Energy crisis looms
- CHILE: On the slide
- PARAGUAY: Government forecasts 6% to 8% growth
- URUGUAY: Doing rather well
- BOLIVIA: Inflation jumps
- COLOMBIA: Inflation worries
- ECUADOR: Tax revenues rise
- PERU: Inflation up
- VENEZUELA: Venezuela tinkers with inflation data
- COSTA RICA: Trade deficit increases
- CUBA: Government partly liberalises consumer electronics
- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Government starts to recapitalise central bank
- EL SALVADOR: Breadmakers strike
- GUATEMALA: Hit by oil prices
- HONDURAS: Government complains about US ban on melons
- NICARAGUA: US still the biggest export market
- PANAMA: Trade with Cuba jumps tenfold
- OIL: Venezuela's production falls
- BRAZIL: CVRD pulls out of bid for Xstrata
- DEBT: Argentina's debt rises
- Going down
- Country forecasts