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. 

Can the region lead a global rebirth for nuclear energy? 

Despite an agreement between Brazil’s federal government and several truckers’ associations to unblock federal highways, truckers continued to protest on at least 88 federal highways, blocking traffic on 27 of them.  

A new system of “stoplights” alerts consumers about the salt, sugar or fat in supermarket foods. 

Peru will lead growth in Latin America, according to the IMF, while Peruvian Energy says Peru has the resources to become a hub of energy integration in the region. 

President Rousseff’s ruling PT party has been accused of receiving millions in the Petrobras graft scandal. But some commentators say the company’s troubles have been engineered by forces that do not want to see healthy state-run enterprises. 

According to information from the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism, the United States was the main destination for fresh Colombian flowers between January and November 2014, with exports reaching US $975.5 million, in value, growing by $21 million over the same period of 2013.