Latin America is a leading player in the global agriculture value chain, with the countries in the region ranking among the top ten global producers and exporters across various product grou๊ps such as cereals, oilseeds, coffee, fruits, meat ...

The COVID-19 pandemic sev💜erely impaired the operations of the Mexican automotive💫 sector. It suffered from disruptions to global supply chains, lockdown restrictions and dwindling demand, both in the domestic market and the US – the ...

Me🌊xico's electric power sector is at a crossroads. The sector experienced an investment frenzy after the passing of the energy reform in 2013, a constitutional amendment that opened electric power generation to private competition. However, ...

The COVID-19 outbreak shaped the construction industry in Latin America during 2020. T🔯he economy of the four largest markets, namely Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and Colombia, contracted significantly over the year. The construction ...

In 2019, the c💧onstruction sector accounted for 7.1% of Mexico’s GDP, 1.2% of total FDI inflow and 7.8% of formal employment. During the 2014-2019 period, the construction sector contracted its GVA at a CAGR of 0.31% in ...

Latin America is a res💫ourceful region and has tremendous opportunities within its mining sector. From recently emerged stars in mineral commodities, such as lithium, to traditional segments like gold, copper, iron ore and coal, the ...

Latin Americ🐠a was among the hardest-hit regions by the COVID-19 pandemic. The novel coronavirus entered the region at a bad time. The commodities boom at end of the 2000s combined with several local crises afterwards𝔉 have hurt badly the public ...

Mexico is the second-large💟st pharmaceutical market in Latin America, after Brazil, with retail drug sales of USD 7.3bn in 2019. The country has a growing and ageing population, multiple but underfunded state-run health insurance systems, ...

The transportation s🍸ector in Latin America still faces the challenges🌱 of most developing countries: inadequate infrastructure; informality; lack of diversity and limited availability of intermodal services. According to the World Economic ...

🍌As of the end of 2019, Latin America and the Caribbean accounted for 19.0% o🐼f the world’s crude oil reserves and 4.1% of natural gas reserves, turning the region into a prominent player in the global oil and natural gas industry ...