The economy minister of Guatemala tells fDi how his ambitious plans to transform the country's economy into one of the most competitive in Latin America are already bearing fruit, with major infrastructure and energy projects leading the way.
View from the C-suite: Union group goes from blueberries and beyond
Eight years ago, Union Group started out as a blueberry farming business in Uruguay. Today, it is a pan-Latin American corporation concerned with mining, agribusiness, oil exploration and logistics. Its president and founder tells Jason Mitchell about the group's meteoric rise.
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Paraguay to invest $16bn in economy
At the Latin American Trade and Investment Association conference in May, Paraguay's Ministry for Industry announced plans to invest more than $15bn in modernising and diversifying the country's economy.
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Latin American infrastructure boom expected
More than $1000bn-worth of infrastructure projects are planned in Latin America in the next few years, according to speakers at the Fourth Latin American Investment Forum.
Party crashers
Security issues, stifled telecoms and energy sectors and over-reliance on the US threaten the celebratory atmosphere surrounding Mexico’s bicentenary anniversary. But, says Jason Mitchell, foreign investors are not yet ready to leave the party.
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