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, 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 31, 2020 | Agrifood, cannabis, forestry, General
This month we welcome Leandro Remedi to our blog. Leandro (originally from Uruguay but based in Chile for the last 15 years), is an international business developer with solid expertise in wine and spirits. Having worked as regional manager for many drinks brands, he...
by Gabriela Castro-Fontoura | May 26, 2020 | Agrifood, cannabis, forestry, General, Uruguay
Uruguay XXI, the country’s export and investment promotion agency (Uruguay’s DiT-equivalent, for those of you in the UK), has just published a report on investment opportunities in cannabis. As usual, it is an excellent piece of work. We’d like to share with you only...
by Gabriela Castro-Fontoura | May 24, 2020 | Energy, mining & infrastructure, General
In a recent post, we showed that Latin Americans are some of the least happy with their infrastructure in the world. The question is, are we right to be so upset? The short answer is, yes. In Americas Quarterly, Eric Parrado has summed up the situation: “For starters,...
by Gabriela Castro-Fontoura | May 17, 2020 | Agrifood, cannabis, forestry, General, Uruguay
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the world still goes round and South America keeps demanding products and services from all over the world. We recently discussed some of the things that consumers and businesses are buying right now and we then focused on hygiene...
