A career in architecture and urban planning is now the highest paid, displacing engineering in metallurgy, mining or oil. According to the site “Ponte en Carrera,” marketing also surpassed electrical engineering as the fourth highest average income of the technical careers.

Interim President Michel Temer on Tuesday announced a series of austerity measures to ease the worst economic crisis that Brazil has seen in decades.  He warned that if urgent measures are not taken, future generations would be subjected to “extraordinary hardship.”

With a low rate of growth and a high rate of violence, El Salvador’s economy continues to be greatly strained. 

Following the Uruguayan government’s announced increase of personal income tax for those earning over 33,400 pesos (or $1067) per year, several economists analyzed the potential impact of the measure.  

The fertile soil of the valley of Pinar del Río has traditionally produced tobacco rich in flavor and slow in combustion; without exaggeration, it is the envy of the world. 

Cities are now home to more than 80% of the region’s population. How can better urban policies release their potential to benefit millions of people? 

President Nicolás Maduro extended the state of economic emergency in Venezuela and ordered that idled factories be seized.  The Venezuelan opposition announced that it will maintain pressure for his recall.

Following the controversial impeachment proceedings of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, the interim administration of Michel Temer has appointed fiscal conservative and former Central Bank president under President Lula, Henrique Meirelles as Finance Minister.

Campaigning under the banner of neoliberal ideals such as poverty alleviation and economic development, Brazil’s Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT) has benefitted the wealthy through a variety of financial incentives and lack of transparency.

Bruno Carpio, who heads Peru’s Development and Training 2021 program, has emphasized that implementing socially responsible business practices will give small firms an advantage in an increasingly competitive marketplace.