Yearly Archives: 2015

(Bloomberg) -- Gains in Costa Rica’s currency this year are hitting the Central American country’s export-driven economy. That isn’t convincing President Luis Guillermo Solis to push the central bank to devalue the colon, one of the few currencies in emerging markets to strengthen this year. The colon is up 0.5%...

TODAY NICARAGUA - From right out of a line in the movie Field of Dreams, "if you build it they will come", Nicaragua says it will build nine artifical islands in the Caribbean to sea to attract tourists. The Empresa Portuaria Nacional (EPN) - Nicaragua Port Authority, says the islands...

TODAY PANAMA - With opposition from the business sector and partially vetoed by President Varela, the Assembly has approved the law granting the right to free parking in shopping centers. Now it will be the Supreme Court which decides whether the controversial law adopted in January and subsequently vetoed in...