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Latin America To Grow 2.7% In 2022 Amid Complex Economic Outlook
The complicated web of external factors adds to the lack of investment that has limited Latin American and Caribbean economic progress for decades. Slower trade growth, the appreciation of the dollar and ...EXCLUSIVE Cuba Seeks More Electricity Supply from Turkish Powerships
Cuba, mired in an energy crisis that has brought frequent blackouts, is negotiating with a Turkish company to have it double the megawatts it currently produces for the country from shipboard generators ...Cuba Bids for Foreign Investment to Tackle Goods Shortages
Cuba says it will allow foreign investors into its wholesale and retail trade for the first time in 60 years. The move is a major shift for the island nation’s Communist government, ...Central American Chicken Chain Plans to Open Several Locations in Arizona
A popular Central American chicken chain has its sights set on Arizona. What Now Phoenix reported that Pollo Campero, a Guatemalan chain, wants to open 22 restaurants in Arizona over the next ...Central America In the US Allocates Up To $500 USD To Send Remittances
In the first half of 2022, Central North American countries reported growth in remittances; But in the last month recorded by central banks, remittances began to slow and it is feared that ...Amazon Costa Rica Offers 3,000 Bilingual Positions
Amazon will hold a job fair this Saturday, August 27, looking to hire bilingual talent – either fluent in English, Portuguese, or both. Looking for work? Amazon may have a job for ...The US Enters a “Technical Recession”: Why it is Dangerous and How it can Affect ...
The United States, the world’s largest economy, is in the midst of a storm. Its growth suffered two consecutive quarters of economic contraction. It is a milestone cataloged as a “technical recession ...Netflix Is Trying a New Anti-Password-Sharing Idea in Latin America
You know how Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) decided to take action against the revenue-draining effect of password-sharing customers, right? OK, cool. The company will absolutely do something about this issue on a global ...El Salvador Coffee Farms to Visit in Central America
El Salvador coffee is some of the best in the world. Here, we take a look at some of our favorite coffee farms in this tiny Central American country. If there’s one ...Central America Development Bank Head to Visit Taiwan
The chief of the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) will be visiting Taiwan next week to mark the one-year anniversary of the opening of CABEI’s Taiwan office, the Ministry of ...Costa Rica’s Central Bank Trims Economic Growth Forecast for 2023
Costa Rica’s central bank sees gross domestic product growing by 3.2% next year, down from 3.9% previously estimated, citing international factors for the revised forecast, the bank said in a statement on ...Gasoline price decreases below the dollar in Puerto Rico
San Juan. For the first time in more than four months, the fuel price in Puerto Rico decreased by one dollar, placing regular gasoline at 97 cents, the Department of Consumer Affairs ...Dominican Republic among leading bond issuers with US$3.6B
The Dominican Republic, with US$3.6 billion, was one of the three main international issuers of sovereign bonds in Latin America and the Caribbean in the first quarter of 2022, the other two ...Southeast Asia, Latin America Set to Gain in Post-Pandemic Supply Chains
Companies across the world are re-examining their sources for many kinds of goods because of supply issues linked to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many businesses – from multinational clothing makers to electronics manufacturers ...US Sanctions Nicaraguan Gold Mining Firm Over Ties to Russia
The U.S. has imposed sanctions on Nicaragua’s state-owned gold mining company and the president of its board of directors partly over the Central American nation’s ties to Russia. The U.S. imposed sanctions ...Google To Invest US $10 Million In Digital Skills Training for Mexican Women
The program aims to help women access better work opportunities. Google announced Thursday that it will invest 200 million pesos (US $9.9 million) in training for women in Mexico’s southeast over the ...How Pollo Campero Created an Internationally Renowned Chicken Franchise
Fast-casual chicken franchise Pollo Campero*, the world’s largest Central American chicken chain, has already proven itself a power player in the international foodservice industry, establishing more than 270 locations in markets around ...Dominican Free Zones Pique Turkish, Korean Investors’ Interest
According to Ulises Rodríguez, Director of the Center for Industrial Development and Competitiveness (Proindustria), the Dominican free zone parks arouse the interest of Turkish and Korean investors, among other nationalities, to install ...Costa Rica Asks IMF for $700 Million From New Sustainability Trust
Costa Rica has told the International Monetary Fund (IMF) it is interested in obtaining a nearly $700 million loan to invest in infrastructure from a newly created fund, the Central Bank said. ...MasterCard Brings Financial Inclusion Offering to Central America
MasterCard is rolling out a financial inclusion program in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras that will “accelerate the company’s objective of including five million unbanked individuals and digitize and provide credit access ...
