by Gabriela | Dec 12, 2017 | Doing business
For quite some time, I referred to him as “duty free John”. That’s because I met Mr Gallagher on Twitter and “the Scot that lives in Argentina and knows a lot about Latin America and is rather keen on Celtic” wouldn’t really cut it. So I was really pleased to finally...
by Gabriela | Dec 12, 2017 | Doing business, Manufacturing
When I heard that the following edition of the China-LAC business forum (LAC stands for “Latin America and the Caribbean”, by the way) was going to take place in beautiful Punta del Este, only a short drive from home, I couldn’t resist it, I had to be there. Apart...
by Gabriela | Nov 13, 2017 | Chile
“Where did you get that nice shirt from?” asked my friend back at home in Uruguay “In Chile” I said “You seem to buy a lot of stuff in Chile”, she replied, remembering the lovely Prune handbag I had purchased there on a previous business trip and the Bobbi Brown...
by Gabriela | Nov 6, 2017 | Argentina, Doing business, Paraguay, Uruguay
An interview – and real-life examples! We have covered free trade zones in this blog before. This time, we are going straight to the point: we ask Rodolfo Faccini (*) in Uruguay about the real benefits of using these zones and we ask him for real-life examples...
by Gabriela | Oct 24, 2017 | Doing business
I was delighted to be invited by top Latin American business publication, América Economía, to attend the 7th Multilatinas Conference in Lima earlier this month. There were some brilliant speakers at this conference, which focuses on the most global companies born in...
