Issue Jan 14-20 2026: Panama’s Monthly Economic Activity Index (MEACEC) grew by 4.37% in November after expanding 4.36% during the first eleven months of 2025, driven by such sectors as transport, construction, and finance, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics (INEC).

Issue Jan 14-20 2026: The Dominican Republic is set to develop a new large-scale tourism destination with the launch of Miches Grand Resort, a mixed-use project that aims to position the eastern town of Miches as a benchmark for sustainable, high-quality tourism.

Issue Jan 14-20 2026: Argentine researchers analyzed how incidental consumption, social networks, and algorithms are redefining the relationship of new generations with information and the public agenda.

Issue Jan 07-13 2026: Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Costa Rica grew in the third trimester of 2025, but this was not due to an injection of fresh capital or reinvested profits by companies operating in the country, according to the report “Costa Rica: FID 3T2025-More Concentration, More Manufacturing and Accountable Growth Explained by Debt,”

Issue Jan 07-13 2026: Actions taken by the Bolivian Workers’ Center (COB) have put the whole country on alert. Blockades of highways by truck drivers, in defiance of Supreme Decree 5503, threw the business sector into chaos, threatening to cut off the delivery of essential goods to markets throughout the South American nation. Seven days

Issue Jan 07-13 2026: In 2025, the Milei administration in Argentina deepened its chainsaw approach to public spending in the country: spending by the National Public Administration shrunk by 28.1% in real terms when compared to 2023.

Issue Jan 01-06 2026: Panama has begun a new phase in its development with the passage of the Circular Economy Law.

Issue Jan 01-06 2026: Peru’s sustained growth in formal, private employment and real salaries has gradually begun to be reflected in public opinion polls. In recent years, the Peruvian public’s perception that the country is regressing has dropped from 75% to 52%, according to a recent national survey on progress carried out by Ipsos Peru

Issue Jan 01-06 2026: According to statistics, Venezuela decreased its oil shipments to Cuba by 63 percent compared to 2023.

Issue Jan 01-06 2026: Data from the Brazilian trade balance released on January 6, 2026, by the Ministério de Desenvolvimento, Indústria, Comércio e Serviços indicate that Brazil exported $348.7 billion dollars in 2025, surpassing the previous record by 9 billion, from 2023. Last year ended with a positive balance of 68.3 billion dollars.