Economy & Business - October-November 2012 (ISSN 1741-7430)

Luis David, the director of the national agency, Invest in Guatemala, hailed figures from the central bank (Banguat) according to which the country registered a record US$770.5m in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first half of 2012, up 47.2% year-on-year. Banguat has revised its projection for the full year to US$1.5bn, up from a previous US$1.2bn.