During the turmoil that the country experienced this week due to the closing of the campaigns to elect new regional leaders, news of the country’s energy sector went almost unnoticed.

The Lima – Ica Cercanías train, which is projected to boost trade and promote agricultural production will be awarded in 2021; the work will have an investment of more than US$ 3 billion.

The Brazilian government is making plans to stimulate job creation, as the Special Secretary for Social Security and Labor Rogério Marinho announced that, in the first week in November, the government will present a program to encourage job creation.

In a study conducted by the International Organization of Migration (OIM) in 2016, it was estimated that the number of Guatemalans benefitting from remittances exceeded 6.2 million people.

Economists at Fitch claim that by 2022, transportation and energy infrastructure will be the propellers of civil works in Bogotá and the foundations of the city will be the rail line.

International retail conglomerate Newmark Knight Frank Central America (NKF) bought a local Costa Rican competitor, RAM Real Estate, as a part of an expansion strategy in the Central American region.

The chief economist for Latin America of the United Nations Development Program, Marcela Meléndez, used Peru as an example for how, although economic growth is necessary, it is not a guaranteed solution to poverty unless appropriate measures are put into place to ensure that growth is inclusive.

As a result of the trade war between the United States and China, the economic crisis in Argentina, and other regional issues among Latin American countries, the consulting firm Fitch has reduced its growth forecast for Latin America and the Caribbean.

98.9% of women employed in low productivity sectors are not affiliated with the pension system in the Dominican Republic.

A proposal to create a program that renews Brazil’s fleets of trucks has been released.