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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 06 August 2018
From LatinNews Daily
Development: On 5 August Venezuela’s armed forces (FANB) issued a statement declaring its “unrestricted loyalty” to President Nicolás Maduro.... Read More
Bolivia: The latest figures released by a local private sector lobby, IBCE, show that Bolivia’s exports in the first half of 2018 totalled US$4.3bn, up 18% compared with the same period in 2017 while imports were up 5% to reach US$4.6bn.... Read More
From Latin American Economy & Business
Foreign direct investment (FDI) flowing into Latin America and the Caribbean fell for the third year running in 2017, down by 3.6% to US$161.7bn, according to a report published in early July by the UN’s Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (Eclac).... Read More
When MegaCenter opened its doors to the public in 2010, Jordi Chaparros, president of the Spanish consortium which led the venture, proudly boasted that the project had used up enough construction materials to leave La Paz, Bolivia’s de-facto capital, without cement for a year.... Read More
Colombian President-elect Iván Duque has appointed Albert Carrasquilla as his finance minister, as well as completing other key appointments to his cabinet ahead of his inauguration on 7 August.... Read More
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Latin America is still on a recovery path: after a surge in consumption in 2017, investment is finally beginning to pick up.... Read More
Paying taxes and dealing with Latin American governments in all sorts of different areas is time consuming, bureaucratic and often deeply frustrating.... Read More
It could be called a turning point.... Read More
Latin America’s agriculture, livestock, and fisheries output is set to grow by 17% over the next ten years, according to a joint report by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).... Read More
Uber says Mexico investment US$500m: US ride-hailing company Uber Technologies said in July that it had invested more than US$500m in its Mexican operations since launching there in 2013.... Read More
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