Issue Mar 18-24 2026: El Salvador’s GDP grew by 4% in 2025, breaking its yearly average of 2% in large part because of diversification. The growth, which marks a “new baseline,” according to the Central American country’s Economics Minister María Luisa Hayem, was driven by the expansion of micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises.

Issue Mar 18-24 2026: For the last sixteen years running, Venezuelans have suffered from both periodic blackouts and power rationing, leaving them without electricity for hours, days, and even weeks at a time.

Issue Mar 18-24 2026: A group of economists has outlined a set of corrective measures aimed at strengthening Argentina’s economic program without altering its broader direction. Their proposals reflect growing concern over key financial indicators despite ongoing reforms.

Issue Mar 18-24 2026: The patent for semaglutide, the active ingredient in Ozempic, expired on March 20, 2026, in Brazil. But the expectation of buying the slimming pen at a lower price is not expected to materialize this month, due to regulatory and industrial difficulties.

Issue Mar 18-24 2026: Honduras’s economy began 2026 on a positive note, recording year-on-year growth of 3.3% in January, according to the Monthly Index of Economic Activity (IMAE) released by the Banco Central de Honduras (BCH).

Issue Mar 11-17 2026: The owner of a butcher shop in the Paraguay’s Asunción Supply Market has spoken of the increasing the prices of his offerings, saying that choice cuts of beef have now become unaffordable for many of his customers, while the price of even more traditionally accessible cuts have also risen to unprecedented

Issue Mar 11-17 2026: Four out of every ten workers in Argentina are employed in the informal sector—lacking labor, tax, or social security coverage—a proportion that has risen once again, reaching 43 percent in the fourth quarter of 2025, according to a report by the Universidad de Buenos Aires faculty of Economic Sciences.

Issue Mar 11-17 2026: The initiative promoting the installation of solar panels in homes is currently being evaluated in hundreds of countries. Its objective is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by decreasing reliance on finite fossil fuels.

Issue Mar 11-17 2026: Support for reducing the workweek grows compared to 2024, and a majority believes the change would improve quality of life.

Issue Mar 04-10 2026: Mexico’s Senate is considering a reform to the General Law of Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture that would seek to prohibit the breeding of octopuses and other cephalopods throughout the country. The measure would follow the legislative precedent set by Chile in 2025, which placed a preventative ban on the industry before