by Gabriela Castro-Fontoura | Jun 3, 2021 | Doing business, General
One thing that often perplexes business people from outside Latin America, particularly from countries like the UK, Ireland, or New Zealand, to name a few, is how disruptive elections often are across Latin America. Why are elections such a big deal in Latin America...
by Gabriela Castro-Fontoura | May 19, 2021 | Doing business, General
A British client recently complained that it’s becoming increasingly more difficult to spot and recruit good distributors across Latin America, definitely a lot harder than a few years ago. “The best ones are taken”, he said, “they are already working with competitor...
by Gabriela Castro-Fontoura | May 19, 2021 | Doing business, General
Many years ago, I met Richard Garfield at a lovely coffee shop in Montevideo called Amaretto (it no longer exists but the memory of its dulce de leche milkshake lingers on). Richard is probably the most experienced British consultant specialising in Latin America that...
by Gabriela Castro-Fontoura | May 18, 2021 | Agrifood, cannabis, forestry, Argentina, General
The government in Argentina announced last night (they have a habit of announcing meaningful measures at about 10pm) a ban on beef exports for 30 days. The objective of this measure, they say, is to help contain inflation, which reaches a staggering 50% (ish). The...
by Gabriela Castro-Fontoura | Mar 31, 2021 | Doing business, General
A recent Made in Britain event on Twitter (it’s called Made in Britain hour and you can learn about it following them @MadeinBritainGB) prompted me to write a short blog post on ways in which you can improve your social media to make it more export-friendly. Clearly,...
by Gabriela Castro-Fontoura | Mar 22, 2021 | Doing business, Energy, mining & infrastructure, General, Manufacturing, Mercosur, Uruguay
In a recent blog post, I controversially mentioned that I have a weakness for cable cleats and I must explain myself before you think I’m (way too) weird. It all started about 9 years ago when I visited Ellis Patents in Rillington (near Malton in North Yorkshire) – I...
