Latest reports published by Ecuador’s Secretariat of Risk Management indicate that the April 16th earthquake inflicted significant damage on the infrastructure of public fishing ports, rice manufacturing equipment, coffee, cocoa, milk, and grain production centers, and oil extractors.

Given that the global population is predicted to swell to 9 billion by 2050, Brazil is investing heavily in food, fiber, and biofuel production to help meet the expected increase in demand.

Unemployment in Latin America and the Caribbean is predicted to increase in 2016 to over 7% due to the deteriorating economic situation in the region, claims a report issued by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the International Labor Organization (ILO).

Vending machines, the origins of which date back to nineteenth century England, are becoming increasingly popular in Colombia thanks to the handsome profits that they are earning owners.

According to data from the National Association of Telecommunications (ANATEL), 609,000,547 cell phones were reported as stolen during 2015.

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) understands the collaborative economy as one that seeks to share goods and services through the Internet, and promote entrepreneurship and innovation. Brazil leads the pack in these endeavors.

Lima’s future metro line is being constructed with walls of incremental thickness that are expected to last a thousand years into the future without any damage or decay. 

The lack of investment in the energy sector is the cause for rationing, experts say.

Sales at shopping centers registered an increase of 15% in 2015, the highest in the last three years in Colombia.

Colombia’s infrastructure and economic stability are two of the factors that helped the South American country rise in the American Competitiveness Ranking, produced by Aden Business School.