TITLE

RISK SUMMARY: GUATEMALA

PUB. DATE
June 2006
SOURCE
Latin America Monitor: Central America Monitor;Jun2006, Vol. 23 Issue 6, p5
SOURCE TYPE
Country Report
DOC. TYPE
Country Report
ABSTRACT
Reports on the political, economic and business conditions in Guatemala as of June 2006. Action undertaken by President Oscar Berger to address the lack of parliamentary majority; Percentage of decline in gross domestic product growth forecast due to the delays in the implementation of DR-CAFTA trade pacts; Obstacles facing investors in the region, according to World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz.
ACCESSION #
21033438

Tags: GUATEMALA -- Politics & government;  GUATEMALA -- Economic conditions;  MAJORITIES;  GROSS domestic product;  INVESTMENTS;  BERGER, Oscar;  WOLFOWITZ, Paul, 1943-

 

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