Brazil is a global leader when it comes to sugarcane: 20% of world production and 40% of exports of the product are Brazilian responsibility, according to data from Unica. The plantations are spread over ten million hectares – an area larger than the territory of Portugal.

In the fourth trimester of 2017, Argentina experienced a slight, but noticeable decrease in its unemployment rate.

Latin American countries compete for special economic offers related to the oil industry.

Colombian startup Viewy – which creates content through virtual reality – was honored as “Most Attractive Startup” in the São Paulo-held conference 100 Open Startups.

Although Colombia’s power grid is one of the more environmentally-friendly due to the high rate of hydro-electric generation, the government is looking for ways to diversify and fortify it.

Among the various infrastructure areas, ports were given the least amount of importance in the presidential candidates’ proposals in Costa Rica.

Representing 7.8% of the land area of the country, 66 million hectares of land are used for agriculture. Of that sum, a total of 6 million hectares are irrigated to support the country’s agricultural production.

The private sector is growing in Cuba as evidenced by the recent opening of the first wholesale market dedicated to private businesses.

As the elderly population in Costa Rica grows, so do various business opportunities.

The Municipality of Medellín has established plans to improve and expand its construction projects.