Latin America will face a dilemma if U.S. interest rates begin to increase, though that would also create opportunity, an expert from deVere Group -- a consultancy with $10 billion under advice -- told Latin Business Daily. While Brazil and Mexico dominate the region’s capital markets, Latin America is already facing problems related to weak commodity prices. Read More »

Argentine strengths such as education coupled with disadvantages like a weak currency are helping U.S. businesses find qualified technology workers at a fraction of the cost, the founder of Startup Buenos Aires said. A senior-level mobile app developer in the U.S. can cost anywhere from $150 to $400 an hour. The cost for that developer in Argentina is between $40 to $50 an hour. Read More »

Peru's advertising agencies have become more independent, creating their own work compared with efforts in previous years in which local creative workers for the most part adapted or translated work done elsewhere. An increased reliance on internal talent is just one of the changes in the industry, while another big change is the increased use of digital technologies. Read More »

Spanish olive oil producers are seeing a great opportunity to grow their exports in Brazil, where consumers regularly use olive oil to put on top of their pizzas. “Spain is the biggest world producer of olive oil and Brazil has, little by little, become one of the biggest consumers of Spanish olive oil,” Antonio Correas, a Sao Paulo-based official of the Spanish government, said. Read More »

Colombian fuel company Terpel SA, which operates in several countries in the region, is readying an offer for all of the Brazil-based Petrobras fuel stations in Colombia. “We inform the market that Organizacion Terpel is participating in the process started for the sale of Petrobras Colombia Combustibles,” the Colombian Superintendency of Industry and Commerce said this week. Read More »

In 2012, Colombia exported about 7.2 million bags of coffee out of 7.7 million bags produced. Only about 18 percent of the exports at the time met the criteria to be “sustainable,” he said. For this year, the expected production is 13.3 million bags. Read More »

In the last hours Peruvian natives have seized an airport at Andoas and Block 192, which is the nation's biggest crude oil production field, as they demand President Ollanta Humala´s government restart dialogue over environmental damage and compensation. Read More »

Company opens Latin American office to assist businesses with sales and pricing Read More »

The speed at which Latin American researchers and scientists can connect online has improved, thanks to an enhanced network recently developed with the support of an award from the U.S.-based National Science Foundation. Read More »

Brazilian chicken meat producers have been able to increase exports thanks to strict controls to prevent bird flu as well as a depreciation of the local currency, a country expert told Latin Business Daily by telephone from Brasilia Friday. Read More »

Venezuela´s decision to close its border with Colombia, allegedly for security reasons, is an unsustainable attempt to blame an external enemy for deep scarcity problems caused by internal market distortions, an expert on border issues said. Read More »

Investors in equity and venture capital are undaunted by adversity in Latin America, according to the Latin American Private Equity and Venture Capital Association, whose member firms control over $60 billion directed at Latin American businesses. Read More »

A delegation from the Peruvian government headed by the country´s economy and finance minister was set to travel to New York for a last-minute plea to avoid being downgraded by the Morgan Stanley Capital Index from an “emerging” to a “frontier” market. Read More »

A recent decision by the Supreme Court of Canada is “incredibly significant” for Amazon natives who have fought for decades to try to collect compensation for massive oil pollution damages by Texaco, which later became Chevron, a member of an organization supporting natives said. Read More »

Latin America´s relatively young population, compared with other regions like Europe, provides an opportunity for the region to be more competitive, Surinam-born trendwatcher and author Adjiedj Bakas said in an email to Latin Business Daily. Read More »

Nicolas Maduro says his country will continue sending crude oil to fellow members of the alliance. Read More »

Controversy over two-year contract for Peru's biggest crude oil production area. Read More »

Unlike other countries in Latin America with freer exchange systems that have seen deep depreciations of their currencies against the U.S. dollar, Peru keeps its sol currency overvalued through interventions, which not only hurts local exporters, but is destroying its dollar reserves, an expert told Latin Business Daily. Read More »

Argentina has offered to transfer its own technology for civilian and military radars to Bolivia Read More »

With deeper docks and improved facility, port ready to attract bigger "Post-Panamax" ships. Read More »