by Gabriela | Jul 18, 2016 | Doing business
Life isn’t a fiesta, but that’s probably how many see Latin America. So is it true that workers in the region have more public holidays than in developed countries? Again, the answer depends on how you look at numbers (I’m an economist, I know numbers can be a lot...
by Gabriela | Jul 13, 2016 | Paraguay
My (very smart) Dutch colleague Petra Benes summed Paraguay up so perfectly: “a country for pioneers”, she said. There are export markets that are you first pick. Latin America might come in your second or third wave of exporting. And within Latin America, Paraguay...
by Gabriela | Jul 12, 2016 | Agrifood, cannabis, forestry, Paraguay
“Paraguay is the world’s largest exporter of organic sugar, second largest producer and exporter of stevia, sixth largest soy producer, and seventh largest beef exporter.” (US government country guide) Paraguay might not be the first country in South...
by Gabriela | Jul 3, 2016 | Energy, mining & infrastructure, Uruguay
Last week, Uruguayan national newspaper El Observador published a very interesting article in its Café y Negocios business supplement about wind energy in Uruguay. Basically, the country has seen enormous growth in its supply of wind energy in the last ten years, and...
by Gabriela | Jun 24, 2016 | Doing business
UK exporters, we all know there’s uncertainty ahead. The worse thing is that you and I can hardly influence what’s going to happen, and that bothers us. I think that working for the good of each of our businesses is the best we can do, whatever we think about the...
