by Gabriela | Nov 27, 2016 | Doing business
I find myself in the following situations very frequently here in Latin America: – I arrange a face-to-face meeting with a manager to discuss some critical (very critical) issues. He knows it’s important. The conversation starts, he jumps from one thing...
by Gabriela | Nov 1, 2016 | General
Let’s read what the World Bank has to tell us about Latin America in 2017: “Latin America and the Caribbean is expected to face another year of weak economic performance [in 2016] due to domestic challenges among the region’s largest economies, depressed commodity...
by Gabriela | Nov 1, 2016 | Doing business, General
“Free-trade zone, also called foreign-trade zone, formerly free port, an area within which goods may be landed, handled, manufactured or reconfigured, and reexported without the intervention of the customs authorities. Only when the goods are moved to consumers within...
by Gabriela | Oct 26, 2016 | Doing business
This month we welcome Cecilia Lipovsek from MCL Interpreting to our blog. We met Cecilia recently in London (over some delicious Greek food this time, not Chinese as with Neil…) and I was personally humbled by the host of skills that interpreters need to deploy every...
by Gabriela | Oct 15, 2016 | Doing business
We welcome Neil Hoskins from ManSys to our blog, who tells us how some very complex export documentation processes can be dealt with efficiently. Selling overseas is difficult at the best of times, but getting your goods to their destination and getting paid is often...
