by Gabriela Castro-Fontoura | Sep 26, 2020 | Doing business, General, Mercosur, Uruguay
(photo: Zonamerica) We get asked very often about free trade zones (FTZs) in South America, more particularly in Mercosur, and more often than not in Uruguay. We have covered this topic before in our blog so today we bring you just some interesting facts about free...
by Gabriela Castro-Fontoura | Aug 30, 2020 | Doing business, General
Things are rather challenging in Latin America right now. But that doesn’t mean we’ll all sit back and wait until it’s over. Precious time and opportunities would be wasted. To give you an idea of business right here right now, since the pandemic started we managed to...
by Gabriela Castro-Fontoura | Jul 13, 2020 | Doing business, General, Uruguay
Uruguay is making the headlines these days for its outstanding management of the COVID-19 pandemic. The first case hit Uruguay just 13 days after President Lacalle Pou’s centre-right coalition government took office, therefore demanding all the attention and the...
by Gabriela Castro-Fontoura | Jul 2, 2020 | Doing business
Hacer negocios con el resto del mundo, incluyendo exportar, es demandante en cuanto a recursos para cualquier empresa, sin importar su tamaño, sector u origen. Implica además una constante toma de decisiones a las que el mercado interno no nos tiene acostumbrados....
by Gabriela Castro-Fontoura | Jul 2, 2020 | Doing business, General
I’ve been supporting overseas companies in Latin America for nearly 10 years. Most of my clients have been world-class manufacturers of niche B2B and B2C products, across a range of sectors. Just like them, anyone working in the region will know that, by far, the key...
by Gabriela Castro-Fontoura | May 11, 2020 | Doing business, General, Manufacturing
Last month we discussed how certain products and services are very much in demand right now across Latin American and we don’t mean the obvious like facemasks, ventilators, and medicines. Today, let’s look at hygiene control. Hygiene is one area that we see plenty of...
