José Ángel Gurria, the secretary general of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development asserted that with a second phase of reforms, the best possible benefit will be obtained from the structural reforms that have already been approved. 

The Taiwan legislative committee decided that they would freeze some of Taipei’s financial aid to the Dominican Republic, in order to push authorities to solve the murder of the Taiwanese diplomat in Santo Domingo over three years ago.

The TPP has been signed by twelve countries and now must be ratified by each nation’s legislature. 

Tomás Pedro Regalado, mayor of Miami, during a convention with around a hundred Spanish businessmen, cautioned any investment in Cuba before systematic economic change is affected there. 

Representatives from Honduras´ government, the private sector, civil society, and indigenous groups gathered together yesterday in Brussels, Belgium with authorities from the European Union in order to hash out an agreement over the commerce of wood. 

Uruguayan irrigation specialists have traveled abroad in search of new ways to handle water in their country. 

Nicaragua’s canal project, which was initially intended to rival the Panama Canal had a wrench thrown in its plans, as the billionaire businessman behind the planned waterway recently lost the vast majority of his assets in the Chinese stock market crash.

Opposition to the American push for the TPP continues with Australia and Peru unhappy with one of the terms of the agreement. 

A rise in interest from investors in Taiwan is leading to an increase in development of Honduran markets, both domestically and abroad. 

During the General Assembly of the United Nations, Ecuador’s president, Rafael Correa, applauded the United Nations’ approval of a binding international treaty that will regulate human rights violations committed by transnational companies.