The extraction of oil and gas is one of🌌 Argentina’s main economic sectors, accounting for 2.3% of GDP and 2.1% of exports in 2018, as well as 0.9% of total employment at the end of that year𝔍. Since 2011 the country has continually moved further ...

Colombia is the fourth largest economy in Latin 𝔍America in terms of nominal GDP, and the third largest in the region by population, with 49.8mn people as of December 2018. Over the period 2013-2018, the wholesale, retail & repair sector performed ...

In 2018, written premiums in Colombia rose by 4.9% nominally, 1.7% y/y in real terms, its lowest growth rate since 2013. At the same time, the rise of the value of written premiums for 2018 was estimated at about 2% in real terms globally, acco🐬rding ...

Between 2014 and 2016, Brazil went through one of the biggest economic crises of its history, recovering only in 2017, gradually growing at an average rate of 1.1% ♉between 2017 and H1 2018. The infrastructure sector was hi꧟t particularly hard by the ...

Construction was one of the sectors most affected by the 2015-2016 economic recession in Brazil. In 2018, despite the rebound of the economy, construction activity fell for a fifth year in a row, impaired by a high i♊nventory of residential and ...

In 2018, motor vehicle output and s🔯ales in Brazil rose for a second consecutive year, after a prolonged period of contraction. Acceleration in domestic demand stemming fro♋m greater consumer and business confidence, as well as record-low borrowing ...

Mexico is the second largest economy in Lat🎃in America in terms of nominal GDP, and thereby a key consumerꦬ market in the region, with a population of over 123.4mn people as of December 2017. Over the period 2012-2017, the retail trade sector performed ...

Colomꦫbia ranked sixth in ter✅ms of power generation in Latin America in 2017, accounting for 4.6% of total regional output during the period. Hydropower is by far the leading electric energy source in the country with a share of 69.6% of total ...

Brazil is the world’s second largest producer of ethanol and biodiesel, and a pioneer in developing biofꦜuels as an economically viable alternative to fossil fuels. The main biofuels in the country are sugarcane ethanol – comprising ...

Mexico remains a regional leader in electricit📖y generation. The positive results of the energy reform continue, on its way to Mexico’s energy independence and integration of clean energy sources. The wholesale market keeps attracting investment ...