Latin American Business

Universities in Latin America have signed an agreement which will strengthen shared research, debate, and training and create a deep sense of being Latin America. There will be inter institutional cooperation in areas such as economic and social development of the region, especially to promote networks for education, climate change, environmental tax and Latin American/Asia [...]

Latin America is currently in a privileged situation in the midst of the current economic crisis which some countries in Europe are facing, according to delegates attending a regional fiscal policy seminar. The meeting in Santiago Chile, organised by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), heard that in particular the control [...]

Europe’s largest bank is selling its operations in some Central American countries to concentrate on growth in Latin America’s bigger hitters. HSBC is getting rid of 136 branches in Costa Rica, El Salvador and Honduras, selling them to Colombia’s Banco Davivienda for $801 million.

Countries in Latin America should be harnessing young talent to ensure that technology plays an important part in their economies. Experts in technology and telecommunications told a meeting of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Washington, DC, that progress in Latin America depends on regular access by many more sectors of society to information [...]

If Latin America is to continue enjoying a period of extensive growth it needs to invest more in infrastructure, according to a new report from bank BVVA. Many countries already lag behind competitors in Asia who have been consistently putting more investment into infrastructure, it says.