El Salvador Pension Reform Will Fix Finances, Not Raise Pensions, Ex-Central Banker Says
El Salvador pension reform will steady state finances, not lift pensions, says ex-central bank chief Carlos Acevedo, as state debt...
September 29, 2026Topic
Pension Reform
Colombia Strips Ex-Senate President Iván Name of Seat in Pension Bribery Ruling
Iván Name, Colombia's ex-Senate president, lost his seat as the Council of State proved a 3,000-million-peso pension-reform bribe. Pizarro is...
September 28, 2026
Brazil’s Bolsonaro: How’s He Doing After 100 Days? Part III – Economics
Opinion by Michael Royster São Paulo, SP – It is almost ritualistic for pundits to analyze presidential performance and public...
April 16, 2019
Brazil Says Resistance to Pension Reform Declining
Despite continued opposition from workers' unions the recent poll shows that now only 44 percent are against the reform bill...
January 31, 2018
S&P Once Again Downgrades Brazil’s Credit Rating
The agency notes the country has made slower-than-expected progress to correct its fiscal situation, including approving the much-needed pension reform.
January 12, 2018
Brazil’s Pension Reform Now Re-Scheduled for February 2018
Despite 2018 being an election year, government allies believe that the critical pension reform bill will be approved after Carnival...
December 15, 2017
Finance Minister Meirelles Urges Pension Reform in Brazil
According to the minister if the reform is not approved by Congress in a few years more than 80 percent...
November 23, 2017
Meirelles Says Economy Recovers in Brazil Despite Political Turmoil
For Minister even if reforms are approved only in the second half of this year, they will still bring extremely...
June 8, 2017
Opinion: Brazil’s Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!
Opinion by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – For almost one hundred years, crying Mayday! thrice has been an...
May 1, 2017