After negotiations between the Agroindustry Minister and producers of Yerba Mate, an 11% price increase has been agreed to, barely ahead of an inflation rate of 10.2% for Yerba Mate production.

Jorge Rivadeneyra Díaz, president of the National Chamber of the Transformation Industry (Canacintra) in Querétaro, stated that despite international economic and political factors, Querétaro’s industrial sector “is like an oasis.”

Low performance, a lack of educational materials and inadequate infrastructure suggest that Peru should invest more in education to make it more equitable and efficient. Currently, Peru invests less than $50,000 USD in each student from 6-15 years of age.

According to the Economic Situation Survey conducted by the region’s Chamber of Commerce, sales fell 69%, resulting in layoffs and increased unemployment.

A group of graduate students from Cornell University has presented a development plan to increase the growth of the meat industry for Paraguay.

An agreement to turn the Dominican Republic into the “Supermarket of the Caribbean” was recently signed.

According to the Observatório Digital de Saúde e Segurança do Trabalho (Digital Observatory of Work Health and Safety), work accidents are responsible for the death of one Brazilian worker every four and a half hours.

With its momentary economic stability, Paraguay is drawing the attention of many foreign businesses. Most of these companies come from their neighbor, Brazil.

With the world facing new ecological challenges every day, the Costa Rican government decided to pass a new law on February 6, 2018 to encourage the use of electric vehicles. But maybe it isn’t such a good deal.

In Peru, it is, unfortunately, fairly common for businesses to become entangled in corruption issues and indulge in illegal business practices.