Fitch Ratings anticipates that the Latin American real estate sector will remain robust in 2025.

Panama netted its largest-ever shark fin seizure this year just months after the country worked to several sharks to the protected species list.

"We were born in Latin America, and believe that it is one of the strongest regions when it comes to innovation, talent, and creativity," said Globant co-founder Martín Migoya.

Now, Dominican citizens that pass a security clearance can join the US Global Entry program with TSAPreCheck

Along with an overall revision upward for global economic expectations this year, Latin America and the Caribbean is now projected to create greater economic growth in 2023 as a region compared to previous forecasts from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). ...

The 2023 CELAC summit found resolutions and surprises as the region’s leaders find themselves agreeing on certain important issues.

Founder Victor Pacheco Tells Finance Americas why the time is right for a Dominican airline to connect the Caribbean & the entire hemisphere.

Tourism makes up 8.4% of the Dominican Republic's GDP.

ponsors included Teincomin, International SOS, Fichtner, and Imesa. Presenters hailed from Peru, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, and the host country of Colombia.

Teleperformance Applauded by Frost & Sullivan for its Strong Growth, Vison and Operational Practices in the Latin American Nearshore Customer Experience Outsourcing Market

The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released the “Notice of Temporary Suspension of Dogs Entering the United States from High-Risk Rabies Countries.” Through this notice, CDC ...

Breaking from an overall decrease in “serious” crimes last year, shootings across the nation rose. Gangs in Jamaica and Haiti have reportedly been engaged in a deadly trade where marijuana is exchanged for guns. Boats loaded with up to 3,000 pounds of cannabis have been heading from Jamaica to nearby Haiti, where drugs are swapped for handguns and high-powered assault weapons, according to an investigative report by the Jamaica Gleaner.

PayPal's Sri Shivananda: "In LatAm, PayPal continues to grow our partnerships with marketplaces like MercadoLibre, who recently added PayPal as a checkout option in Brazil and Mexico."

Caribbean mortality projection: 8,231 Central America mortality projection(ex-México): 22,546

The number of defaults in 2020 is on pace to exceed that of 2019 with indications there will be more to follow, given 6 group-level defaults YTD compared with 6 in all of 2019, and the high number of ratings at ‘CCC’ or below categories.

Over the past five weeks, Fitch Ratings has conducted a review of its International ratings in Latin America with respect the impact of the coronavirus and is recapping the results of that review. The review resulted in negative rating outcomes ...

For most speculative-grade sovereigns, limited financing options either constrain fiscal stimulus or heighten liquidity and macroeconomic risks where it is enacted. All are on Negative Outlook except Jamaica (B+), Paraguay (BB+), Guatemala (BB-) and Nicaragua (B-), which all have a Stable Outlook.

Atlas Ocean Voyages today announced that the Luxe-Adventure Expedition Cruise brand is augmenting its inaugural-year offerings with four new Transatlantic, Caribbean and South America itineraries in October and November 2021.

Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS) has announced a consolidation of its Enterprise Solutions United States & Canada (US&C) and Latin America regions into a new Americas region.

Sovereign and corporate issuers in Latin America will be adversely affected by slower Chinese demand and commodity price weakness caused by coronavirus due to high commodity export dependence and direct trade exposure to China, says Fitch Ratings.

Based on its recent analysis of the Latin American contact center outsourcing services market, Frost & Sullivan has recognized Almaviva with the 2020 Latin American Competitive Strategy Innovation and Leadership Award for its emphasis on service improvements.

Growth in public debt burdens and fiscal deficits in many Latin American countries over the past decade will undermine the ability of governments to respond to shocks and a sharper than expected global slowdown in 2020, says Fitch Ratings. Weakening ...

Genpact (NYSE:G), a global business process outsourcing firm today announced that it will open a new finance and accounting (F&A) delivery center in Heredia, Costa Rica and a digital innovation hub in Guadalajara, Mexico focused on advanced analytics, as a result of its expanded ...

Prior to the OAS General Assembly held last month in Medellín, Colombia, member countries of the Organization of American States proposed to strengthen the use of technology to combat corruption in The Americas. “According to the Corruption Perception Index prepared ...

Amazon Web Services (AWS) (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced in Bogotá yesterday that it would activate an edge location in Colombia by the end of 2019, making Colombia Amazon AWS’s first Latin American network access point outside of North America or Brazil. ...

iZettle is targeted at small businesses and holds card payment processing market share in Europe and Latin America.

Much of the nearshore is plagued with severe natural disaster risk aside from the largely spared areas of Trinidad and Tobago, Argentina, and Brazil.

A country that wasn’t on the radar for most multinationals a decade ago is now moving to the front of the pack.

"Chinese banks dominate the list of stocks at the largest discount vs. historical valuations," according to Citi analysts.

Silvestre Melo is an outsourcing professional with a career spanning over 20 years in the US and Latin America, leading teams from Nortel, PwC, Pepsico, and others, from Brazil to the USA and destinations in between. After recently visiting Trinidad ...