Welcome to the new Gringos.com

by Bob Sheth on June 15, 2010

Thank you for visiting the new look Gringos.We’ve updated the homepage design and layout of the site. You can now access the forums section from here or by clicking any of the links on the right. Our aim is to become one of the best web resources for Expats living in Latin America and for people wishing to move there. We provide members with news, content and a community. We hope you find the Gringos community a great resource for your new life in Central or South America. Its great to have you here.

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Report charts the growth of the middle classes in Mexico

June 19, 2013

The middle class has grown 50% in Latin America from 2003 to 2009, according to a new World Bank report and Mexico is one country where more people have more spending power. The report says that some 17% of Mexico’s population have joined the middle class in the last decade and income inequality has declined [...]

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Airlines increase routes to meet demand for Brazilian destinations

June 18, 2013

Brazil has an ambitious plan to attract more foreign visitors over the next decade and tourism numbers are up with more demand expected from the FIFA World Cup next year and the Olympics in 2016. Now airlines are reacting to the demand with a number of new air routes to Brazil announced by companies from [...]

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Report highlights the growing importance of trade between Latin America and Asia

June 17, 2013

Developing countries in both Latin America and East Asia must act proactively to prepare themselves for a new global scenario where they will have an increasing economic presence, it is claimed. They need to adjust their policies and strategies so as to take advantage of the growing potential of South-South links and redouble their efforts [...]

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Why are so many expats attracted to Latin America?

June 16, 2013

Historic delights of the UK, Australia and the US have been the main expat magnets around the world but over the last decade or so we have seen a significant change in this trend. There appear to be a number of reasons why Latin America is becoming one of the hotspots for expats and when [...]

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Why is China funding a canal in Nicaragua?

June 15, 2013

If press reports this week are correct China has put forward, in theory anyways, a £25 billion loan package which would help the Nicaraguan government build a canal to challenge that in Panama. The idea would be that a new canal across Nicaragua which would “steal” business from Panama and effectively improve the Nicaraguan economy [...]

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UK companies to visit Brazil in September for export opportunities

June 14, 2013

The UK has launched a new initiative to encourage more firms in the north east of the country to do more business with Brazil due to the number of export opportunities available. The UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) new Access Brazil initiative, points out that Brazil is the fifth largest country in the world, as [...]

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World Travel Awards for Latin America to be held in Peru

June 13, 2013

Tourism chiefs in Peru are delighted that the World Travel Awards will be held in Lima this year, the first time the prestigious event has been hosted in South America The glittering Central and South America ceremony will be held at the site of the ancient Huaca Pucllana temple in the Miraflores district of Lima [...]

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Call for Mexico to strengthen its disaster risk prevention

June 12, 2013

Mexico must invest more in disaster risk prevention to prevent future losses and at the same time support sustainable economic development, it is claimed. Mexico regularly faces a wide range of natural hazards, including earthquakes, tropical storms and floods but improvements need to be made in civil protection policies, according to the Organisation of Economic [...]

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Brazil to create a virtual herbarium to catalogue over a million plants

June 11, 2013

Details of over a million plants, including all those catalogued in Brazil since the 17th century, are to be made available to experts worldwide in a virtual herbarium by 2020, it has been announced. The plant samples will be made available through the Reflora Virtual Herbarium Project, creating a virtual herbarium for keeping knowledge and [...]

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Analysts predict growth in business online security in Latin America

June 10, 2013

Businesses in Latin America are becoming more conscious of the need to improve security measures against cyber attacks, research suggests. There has been an increase in attacks but the publicity it has received is making enterprises aware of their vulnerability and the need to better handle security requirements. Research suggests there is a growing realisation [...]

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