S&P puts Guatemala on watch

S&P said it placed Guatemala’s BB- long-term foreign-currency and BB long-term local-currency sovereign credit ratings on CreditWatch with negative implications.

A U.S. court issued a restraining notice to Bank of New York Mellon, preventing it from disbursing a coupon payment due on Guatemala's 2026 eurobond. The court action derives from a commercial dispute between the Guatemalan government and an electric distribution company called TECO Guatemala Holdings (TECO).

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“Our CreditWatch negative placement reflects the risk of the Guatemalan government failing to make debt service payments as a result of legal action taken against it stemming from a commercial dispute with an electric distribution company called TECO Guatemala Holdings (TECO),” S&P said in a press release.

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