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.

Last October, the Argentinian company Agrometal, the best manufacturer of seed drills in the country, predicted they would be able to sell about 500 machines in 2018.

The increasing empowerment and economic status of women is altering Peruvian consumer culture in new ways, leading some businesses to profit.

Although Mexico registered a decrease in inflation last year, the volatility of the peso is associated with the electoral process.