Issue Sep 07-13 2022: Costa Rica’s Chamber of Info-communication and Technology (Infocom) has praised the country’s government for taking a “step in the right direction” towards implementing 5G technology.

The “tierras raras,” or rare earth elements, in the Dominican Republic’s southwestern province of Pedernales, will be investigated by the Dominican government and the United States Department of State to determine their ability to be commercialized.

Recent regulations in Panama surrounding the legalization of medical cannabis have caught the attention of both patients and entrepreneurs in the country.

Brazil’s second largest biome after the Amazon rainforest, the Cerrado, is living through a “dramatic” point in time, according to biologist and researcher Reuber Brandão. Intensive deforestation and the strength of agrobusiness, particularly the mammoth soy industry, are highlighted as severely harming the Cerrado.

Originally planned to start in 2022, the transmission line responsible for the transition to wind energy in Colombia will not begin to operate until April of 2024 due to project delays.

Since the 1970s, climate change and sustainability have become a higher priority for consumers. Because of that, the market had to adjust to consider those factors.

The merge of Televisa with Univisión and the restructuring of Aeroméxico seem to be two of the reasons why Mexico’s preliminary Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), received in January-June 2022, increased 49.2% compared to preliminary figures for the same period in 2021.

The COVID-19 pandemic greatly affected the economies of many countries and encouraged a global recession.

The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) improved its economic growth forecast for the region.

While mining investment in Peru has recovered slightly since the onset of the pandemic, analysts have forecasted that recovery will slow down due to the fall in price of minerals and reduction of mining exploration in the country. Rosa Chávez Yacila of Ojo Público Magazine of Peru reported that in the last 10 years, the