In the Panama Canal, freight tonnage and toll revenues are growing this year;  Guatemalan business owners hope to create a strategy to combat extortion through the Coalición por la Seguridad Ciudadana (Coalition for Citizen Safety), promoted and directed by the Fundación para el Desarrollo de Guatemala (Fundesa).

Reforms to the law on exploration and exploitation of geothermal resources were approved in the National Assembly. 

The Argentine Foreign Ministry has asserted that New York Federal district judge Thomas Griesa’s contempt ruling against Argentina is in clear breach of international law, while President Fernández de Kirchner accused the “vulture funds” of “economic terrorism,” and the United Nations Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva adopted a resolution condemning the holdouts. 

Intel expects a December launch of its Edison development platform in South America to spur a new generation of “internet of things” projects. 

The government of Venezuela pushes forward a communal economy model through the formation of more communal enterprises and community banks. 

A study points to the vulnerability of tall buildings in Cuba’s eastern region, the most seismically active area in the country. 

The lack of technological upgrading by businesses in Guatemala is one of the principal obstacles to creating new jobs in the country, and an expert says the country must be upgraded technologically to boost employment. 

Petrobras topped the list of market loss, with a decline of $27.6 billion worth of market value between August 31 and September 25, 2014. 

Argentina continues its struggle against the “vulture funds,” with some encouragement from the G77 plus China; President CFK continues to repeat that the country wants to pay, and now congress has passed new legislation regarding Argentina’s creditors. 

The scarcity of wood in Bolivia is driving furniture imports; September is the month of Tequila pilfering in Mexico; and cows that wander onto Latin American runways concern insurance companies.