Venezuela

BMI View: Our proprietary sovereign risk rating scores appear broadly in line with market sentiment, although compared to the major ratings agencies we are more pessimistic about... 2011-09-29

Our concerns of a debt crisis in Venezuela have been heightened by news that President Hugo Chávez is seeking to withdraw from the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment... 2011-09-14

BMI View: While the top half of our sovereign risk ratings has seen little change since last quarter, in the bottom half we believe there are a handful of economies that are facing... 2011-07-07

Investors may have forgotten about Venezuela's grim long-term debt outlook (see our online service, June 13 2011, 'Investors Aware Of Long-Term Risks') and are instead focusing on the... 2011-06-28

Latin America emerged relatively unscathed, both economically and politically, from the period of surging commodity prices in early 2011. With prices set to moderate in the second... 2011-06-24

BMI View: Although considerable risks for both Argentina's and Venezuela's sovereign creditworthiness remain, we believe it is time for the spread between their respective 5-Year credit... 2011-05-10

We are turning neutral towards Venezuelan external debt due to a deterioration of the technical picture on the benchmark US$ Global 27 bond and mounting fundamental concerns. We had... 2011-04-19

Venezuelan external debt is looking great. Our short-term bullish stance towards the US$ Global 27 bond has been reaffirmed by the technical break through multi-month resistance at... 2011-03-30

While political risks certainly lurk in the background, we still like Venezuelan external debt on a short-term basis, and highlight the potential for gains on the benchmark Global US$... 2011-03-24

While the Venezuelan fixed exchange rate regime remains overvalued, we believe that the short-term outlook for the bolívar is stable. For one, the currency devaluation in January will... 2011-03-17