Costa Rica is Latin America’s second most competitive country, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report for 2017-18. Costa Rica improved in seven areas to be ranked 47 out of 137 countries globally.

Some economists believe it is necessary to promote the creation of formal work in order to generate an industry focused on domestic consumption rather than on exports.

Electronic commerce, commonly referred to as e-commerce, is growing slowly in Latin America. E-commerce is often praised for its convenience and accessibility to products that may not be located in nearby physical stores.

Long faces turned into smiles as the 33rd Perumin mining convention began with great optimism in Arequipa, Peru. Even so, the same problems persist.

In Chile, the organization ComunidadMujer revealed an average of only 6.9% of women administrators among the heads of Ipsa (Selective Stock Price index) companies, far from the 20% average of industrialized countries of the West.

With the implementation of Zonas de Empleo y Desarrollo Económico (ZEDE), or Areas of Employment and Economic Development, Honduras will be on the road to becoming a beacon of development in both Central America and the world as they usher in a “generation of employment.”

Throwing a birthday party in Caracas is no longer as simple or inexpensive as it used to be.

An artisanal bakery in São Paulo has decided to adopt more sustainable packaging.

With a business model promoted by Peruvian company Cafetalera Amazónica (Camsa), Amazon producers are now connecting directly to the coffee and chocolate industries.

Entrepreneurs in Argentina are getting a boost from microloans to kickstart small businesses. Microloans are small loans offered to entrepreneurs who need money to start up their business.