Three Latin American countries, Ecuador, El Salvador, and Panama, have each made the dollar their official currency. People have asked whether this brings economic stability or social costs.

Success for an SME (small to medium enterprises) or other businesses is difficult due to a number of fixed expenses.

On October 8, Bioceres finally received governmental approval for its drought-tolerant HB4 wheat, after working toward this goal for several years.

The bridge’s opening is awaited eagerly to hopefully help restart the local economy.

In recent weeks, the National Land Agency (ANT) has started two projects that would allow uncultivated land to be given to businesses for development.

In the first half of 2020, the Asdrúbal López de Guantánamo Coffee Processing Company sold 702 tons to Cubaexport.

Since the beginning of 2019, Brazil has been in the public eye due to the Jair Bolsonaro administration’s radical changes.

In June of 2020, Bolivia’s Direct Foreign Investment (IED) registered a loss of US $189.9 million, the worst economic downturn of the last seven years.

Throughout 2020, Venezuela ordered some 71 tons of paper money from an Italian company, along with 300 million banknotes from a Russian state.

The consumption of the coca leaf has increased 29% compared to 2013, but only 10% of the total coca production (around 120 thousand tons) has been for legal use.