The latest fall in oil prices will aggravate Venezuela’s crisis and increase the risk of a sovereign default in Ecuador. Elsewhere, there is likely to be a hit to growth in Mexico and Colombia. And weaker currencies in both countries will take interest rate cuts off the table, at least in the near-term.
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