San Pedro Sula became the center for renewable energy in the country with an effort to build the largest photovoltaic project in Latin America. 

Oriol Bonaclocha, the German company’s director in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, notes that Henkel has been doing business in Guatemala for forty years, and is expanding its activities there. 

In the search for evidence of nepotism and favoritism, the comptroller Federico Humbert ordered an audit of all contracts at the Instituto de Mercado Agropecuario (IMA). 

The Minister of Economy and Finance, Alonso Segura, reaffirmed that Peru will lead in economic growth among Latin American countries in 2015. 

The first International Forum for Emancipation and Equality was held in Buenos Aires in mid-March 2015.  It wrestled with the ongoing aftershocks of the 2008 global financial crisis, and pointed to the risks represented by the world capitalist economy. Noam Chomsky gave the keynote address that pointed to the weakening of the neoliberal regime, but

According to a report on Colombia’s regional economies by the Banco de la República, the center of the country has experienced increased unemployment and widespread inflation.  

Sixty-five per cent of Limeños chose wood products (floors, doors, windows, furniture, etc.) for their homes, according to studies by the Technological Institute of Higher Education and Private Construction-Capeco. 

Economists suggest exploring Central American and African markets, while some even advise mini-devaluations of the peso. 

The millennials are a generation, many argue, forgotten by banks.  The way to their hearts (and wallets) is through the smart phones.   

A second round of bids for drilling in the Gulf of Mexico could bring in 4.5 billion dollars.