Issue Aug 07-13 2024: The Argentinian government is extending the concessions granted to four hydroelectric plants whose contracts expired in August, as it seeks to procure new bids for their operation.

Issue Aug 07-13 2024: Between July 2022 and June 2023, Latin America received 7.3% of all global cryptocurrency, according to a study by Chainalysis; among Latin American countries ranked by cryptocurrency holdings, Ecuador came in eighth at $7 billion.

Issue Aug 01-07 2024: An analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) revealed that legalizing undocumented migrants in the United States would economically benefit the country as their tax contributions would increase.

Issue Aug 01-07 2024: Seven powerful, private healthcare companies in Brazil, dubbed the “Seven Sisters of Health,” have significant control over the national economy, according to research by Eduardo Magalhães Rodrigues, a postdoctoral scholar in political economy.

Issue Aug 01-07 2024: Bolivia seems to be headed towards an economic situation very similar to that of Venezuela.

Issue Aug 01-07 2024: A series of economic moves by the Milei administration in Argentina have been welcomed by the agricultural sector.

—Researched and Written by Lucía Armengol—Issue Jul 01-312024: In the face of an inflationary crisis and economic conditions reminiscent of the “Special Period” of the 1990s, the Consejo de Ministros has announced the adoption of “war economy” policies in Cuba. The conditions of Cuba’s “war economy” include new uniform pricing policies for state and private

Issue Jul 01-31 2024: The survey Miradas Enfrentadas revealed that more than half of Argentinians believe that President Javier Milei’s economic management is “failing,” after eight months in office.

Issue Jul 01-31 2024: At a conference on July 16, President Nayib Bukele introduced the first two phases of a six-phase Economic Plan.

Issue Jul 01-31 2024: Bancolombia announced that in the first half of 2024 it disbursed resources of about 8 trillion pesos to support various activities in the Colombian agricultural sector, including producers of items such as sugar cane, cocoa, chocolate and coffee, dairy products, milling and derivatives, poultry, rice, livestock, flowers, and fruit, among others.