EIU Country Analysis

will carry the Ibis brand. A new ###-room Sheraton hotel...it had agreed to operate a ###-room hotel being built

of Mexico? IT IS not a place where misery reveals itself...Fields climb over mountains, green as Ireland. A smattering of attractive hotels cater...dominate opposite ends of Cuetzalan, a small town in the northern...Puebla. But the appearance of a pastoral idyll conceals a poverty trap. Mexico#;s southern

its exposure to the conflict as Colombian guerrillas retreat into Ecuador...Ecuador have become more frequent as a US-sponsored coca eradication drive...guerrillas also reportedly use Ecuador as a base for operations inside Colombia...Correa, is proving less compliant. A close friend of Venezuelan president

Changes include stiffer penalties, such as licence revocation, fines and imprisonment...food-safety regulations is largely a response to numerous food-quality...from forthcoming smoking ban. Despite a pledge from the Beijing Olympic...Beijing Olympic committee to hold a smoke-free Olympics in August

inciting unrest", and has drafted a decree banning unlicensed demonstrations, because...would also prohibit observers, such as reporters, from gathering information from...foreigners in Vietnam is rare, as is the risk of terrorist...Chi Minh City, is increasing as more tourists and businesses arrive

increases (Low risk) There was a marked rise in crime in...####-## crisis, crime remains a concern as high levels of poverty will...s lowest levels of poverty, a deep recession in ####-####...remains high. Income disparities persist as middle and higher income households

spectre of the price of a barrel of oil hitting an...###. Even at nearly $### a barrel, the current price, motorists...current price, motorists are squealing. A poll released on Tuesday April...McCain, and unusually forcefully for a member of his party. The

behalf of the government for a fee) after a two-year period. The deal...shift to service contracts after a six-month period. This would...constitution (now being drafted by a constituent assembly), which is likely...the Palo Azul field) to a Japanese company, Teikoku, without the

killing in November #### by a Muslim extremist of Theo van...and columnist who had made a controversial film about violence towards...marriage confronted the Netherlands with a home-grown terrorist threat. The...organised by the Hofstad Network, a group following the ideology of

census have diverted blame towards a perennial culprit: overpopulation. The figures...by on less than $# a day has risen by ##...The government this month imposed a temporary ban on building on...ban on building on farmland, as it revives its attempt to

of S&V Management Consultants, a supply-chain management firm based...market research arm of Caterpillar, a US-based manufacturer of construction

ING (NYSE: ING) has launched a tender offer to acquire a #.##% additional stake in...###%, the latter said in a statement. The group will pay...##.#mn outstanding shares for a total #.##bn pesos (US...began operating on April # as a result of the merger between

currently regard the risk of a further terrorist attack as significant. Security measures will continue...at airports and border crossings, as well as extra expense and disruption for...particularly in sensitive areas such as major cities should ensure that...hundreds of thousands, but in a peaceful manner and without incident

Security risk Singapore is a target of terrorism (Low risk...Low risk) Since end-#### a number of individuals have been...relations between Malaysia and Singapore. A threat will continue to be...and so were no longer a threat. However, it also announced

# billion (US$#.# billion) in the same period a year earlier. The bank says the assets it purchased when

risk) Anti-governments plots are a constant concern in the Philippines...#### when the president, following a failed coup attempt in the...Although the coup only last a few hours, the incident once...Ms Arroyo#;s favour was a statement by the military command

fund managers in recent years as a result of continuing deregulation and...result of continuing deregulation and a growing interest in professional asset...partners are increasingly common, while a growing number of foreign firms...mutual-fund operations. There is a separate category of investment advisers