Investors in renewable energy companies have been scared off by López Obrador’s comments, even though in the past all anyone talked about was Mexico. And the cancellation of the [December 2018] electricity auction means the mechanism to enter the market isn’t there. Investors who are not already in Mexico have written it off.
Press Mentions
[El reportaje de Bachelet sobre Venezuela] es un documento importante, porque le de credibilidad adicional a la larga lista de cargos contra el gobierno de Maduro. Es una fuerte prueba de que las acusaciones no son el resultado de una conspiración de EE. UU u otras fuerzas de derecho.
Tengo serias dudas de que Maduro enfrente alguna vez cargos en esa corte. Hasta ahora ningún líder latinoamericano ha sido procesado por la CPI (Corte Penal Internacional). ¿Por qué Maduro y no Raúl Castro, o Daniel Ortega, o los líderes de las FARC o el ELN?
If Cortizo wants to improve Panama’s international reputation, he will have to attack corruption at home. If he has success on that internal front, that will help repair Panama’s image.
Brazil has agreed to sharp cuts in tariff levels on imports from the EU and has promised to remove or reduce other elements of its still highly-protectionist trade and investment policies. In doing so, the government has sent a clear signal to the world that Brazil "is more open for business than ever before." It is prepared to do what it takes to expand its trade across the globe and is making a good start toward reforming the economy.
La política de Estados Unidos es obvia en relación con Nicaragua, y es que quieren que se produzcan reformas políticas para que el país entre en elecciones adelantadas y que se restauren todas las libertades civiles y constitucionales.
Para Estados Unidos era perceptible el que el Gobierno de Daniel Ortega no iba a cumplir con los acuerdos, entonces ya se había preparado una serie de sanciones.
More than half the population [in Guatemala] lives below the national poverty line [and] don’t have access to the financial system. There is very little access to mortgages because interest rates are very high.
The main reason [migrants send remittances] is because it’s a safe, reliable and attractive way to build assets in your homeland.
Sabemos que hay redes de pandillas que existen en varios países de Centroamérica, y obligar a las personas a quedarse en Guatemala podría exponerlos a las mismas amenazas que los obligaron a huir de sus propios países.
Last year, cash remittances [to Honduras] grew three times faster than the national economy, and they account for 20% of Honduran GDP.
[Donald Trump] ha violado todas las normas al presionar y amenazar a México de este modo. Ha ignorado por completo lo que está haciendo México en materia de inmigración y que está teniendo costes políticos.
I think for the most part we are already seeing the impact that secondary sanctions would have. Official secondary sanctions would close some loopholes Venezuela is still able to exploit, but Venezuela is already very dependent on exporting to countries that refuse to get in line with US sanctions policy.
Los gobiernos fallaron en conseguir alcanzar el progreso [en seguridad ciudadana], eso conlleva un fallo de la democracia.
[Donald Trump] has violated all the norms by applying pressure and threatening Mexico in this way. He’s completely ignored what Mexico is already doing on migration at some political cost.