Economy & Business - March 2020

The Mexican economy, like many others, is exposed to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.... Read More

Most notoriously associated with the destruction of orangutan habitats in Indonesia and Malaysia, palm oil production also has a chequered record in Latin America’s Andean region.... Read More

On 20 February, just 20 days after ceasing operations in Colombia, Uber, the peer-to-peer ridesharing platform returned to the country.... Read More

BOLIVIA | Fracking.... Read More

The headlines for the Chilean economy are all pretty bad.... Read More

Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou took office as Uruguay’s new centre-right president on 1 March, with Azucena Arbeleche taking over as the country’s new economy & finance minister.... Read More

Brazil’s state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras announced record profits for 2019, enhanced by various asset sales.... Read More

“Stop suffering!” Brazilians of all religious denominations are familiar with part of this sermon, the slogan of the most powerful and well-known evangelical pastor in the country, Edir Macedo, who is also the owner of a national TV station.... Read More

The number of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the Latin American energy sector dipped a little in 2019, but the overall value of transactions surged upwards, according to research company Transactional Track Record (TTR).... Read More

ARGENTINA| Agricultural tariffs cause tensions.... Read More

A massive blackout last year brought regional electricity supply to the fore at a pivotal time for the sector.... Read More

Over the last 25 years, Caribbean heads of state have made concerted efforts to innovate and reform their educational systems.... Read More

COSTA RICA | IMF warns on fiscal deficit.... Read More

The recent sharp fall in international oil prices is increasing speculation about a downgrade for Mexico’s state-owned oil firm, Pemex, by the international credit ratings agencies.... Read More

Although Mexico’s attention is likely to remain fixed on the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, other economically relevant developments elsewhere will continue.... Read More

Unemployment: On 27 February Mexico’s national statistics institute (Inegi) released its latest figures for unemployment, which show that the unemployment rate increased to 3.8% in January 2020, up from 3.6% in January 2019.... Read More