After experiencing a combined 74% drop in international arrivals in 2020, Central American countries and the Dominican Republic (CADR) have started reopening their tourism industries to international visitors with the implementation of strict health and safety measures.

More than twenty new road infrastructure works have been promised to ease traffic in different areas of Costa Rica this next year.

Throughout the month of March, 15 women-owned businesses met virtually with European buyers and companies through a UN initiative program called “Win-Win: Gender Equality is a Good Deal.”

The exchange rate of twenty-four Cuban pesos to one dollar, although it is the official one, is not applied by Cubans in the street.

Manuel Otero stated that nations such as Brazil could play an important role in sharing agricultural resources and techniques.

Frozen meat from Argentina will soon be available again in European countries.

The stranded container ship, Ever Given, in the Suez Canal has put international trade in check for the last week.

Shortages of raw materials, delays on the part of suppliers, and logistical hindrances have put Brazilian businesses on alert.

A virtual artisanal store launched in Colombia on March 19th, the National Artisanal Day.

Over the course of the past year, Cuba has been in the process of major financial reform in order to combat economic crises worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic, strengthening of the US embargo, and “internal distortions and imbalances of the country.”