Fernando Jarquin, Guatemala’s Pharmaceutical Innovator and Entrepreneur, Talks Business
Latin Business Daily sits down with Guatemala's Fernando Jarquin. Read More »
Emiliano Salinas cuts ties with NXIVM
Mexican businessman Emiliano Salinas announced that he has cut ties with NXIVM, the questioned self-improvement organization from upstate New York. Read More »
Guatemalan businessman Fernando Jarquín implements vision for development
A Guatemalan company is helping schoolchildren from neighboring communities to continue with their studies. Read More »
1,000 Yucatán businesses schedule black-out protest against tariff hike
Electricity will be turned off for an hour on Nov. 13 Read More »
Antoni Lelo De Larrea Venture Partners held a first close of $73 million
Mexican early-stage investor firm, ALLVP, has a $73 million first close on its latest fund. Read More »
Paraguay Bio Green Forum: Inspiring stories and advice
ITAIPU Binational, the Paraguay Biodiversity Program, the World Bank and the Tropical Forest Alliance organized the first green business forum. Read More »
GE Power selected by Kerui Metodo Construção e Montagem S.A to provide tailor-made e-house solution
On Nov. 21, GE announced that GE Power has been chosen to provide the e-house solution and be part of the construction of a natural gas processing unit in Itaboraí, Rio de Janeiro. GE Power was selected by Kerui Metodo Construção e Montagem S.A, led by China’s Shandong Kerui Petroleum and Brazil’s Metodo Potencial. Read More »
Movile gets USD$400 million additional iFood funding form Naspers, Innova Capital
On Nov. 13, Movile, a leader in mobile marketplace announced that Naspers and Innova Capital have pledged to invest USD$400 million of new capital into Movile as an additional investment in iFood, making a current total of USD$500 million iFood funding, the biggest one in Latin American to date. Read More »
Chile’s electromobility plan moves ahead with fleet of 100 electric buses
Chile’s ambition to become a pioneer in the area of electromobility is slowly being realized with the arrival of its first batch of 100 electric buses that came from China and arrived at the Port of San Antonio Nov. 24. Read More »
Cuba hears private sector appeals on self-employment controls
The Cuban government has amended a few items on the new regulation it released past mid of this year, such as eliminating the restriction on the number of business permits a person can have and the limit of 50 seats in restaurants. Read More »
China's president visits Panama to strengthen fledgling alliance
Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Panama this week to strengthen his country's economic and political influence in Latin America. Read More »
Latin America's venture capital investment booms in 2018
2018 has been a good year for Latin American startups, both for those in the early stage and those that are late-stage investments. Read More »
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