The number of Brazilians who used mobile phones to connect to the Internet has more than tripled in the last three years, as shown by the Internet Steering Committee in Brazil (CGI.br). 

Argentine economist Martín Guzmán was one of an active group of specialists who drew the nine basic principles for debt restructurings that were voted on at the UN.  

Peru’s Ministry of Economy and Finance applied a “fast and effective strategy” to avoid falling into “Frontier Market” category.  

Restaurants, cafes, and bakeries are producing some of their own raw materials. 

Honduran coffee growers are expanding their options by growing tomatoes, cucumbers, green pepper, passion fruit, honey, and other produce.   

The Brazil’s reign on the stock exchanges in Latin America for the last 20 years is coming to an end.

Colombian exports have remained enormously dependent on primary resource sectors, especially oil and mining. 

Economic Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz argues that the source of growth in the U.S. and the World before 2006 was the housing bubble and stocks, both built by central banks.

Thirty-one percent of young employees have private sector jobs, more than 1.5 million, though the rest worked in the public sector by the end of 2014, according to official data.

The Ticos are trying to get their house in order, while the Brazilians are falling behind the curve.