Weekly Report - 09 September 2021 (WR-21-36)

GUATEMALA | FDI to help drive growth. Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Guatemala totalled US$851m in the first eight months of 2021, according to official figures, leaving the government on course to reach its target of US$1.2bn for 2021. The presidential commissioner for competitiveness and investment, Rolando Paiz, said that the FDI came from 60 separate investment and re-investment projects, principally in the energy, manufacturing, food, and textiles sectors, creating some 14,000 direct jobs.

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