by Gabriela | Jul 9, 2019 | Argentina, General, Mercosur, Paraguay, Uruguay
On 28th June, Mercosur (comprising Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay) and the EU reached a landmark agreement twenty-years in the making that creates a market of 800 million people. The amount of information, disinformation, analysis, opinions and passionate...
by Gabriela | Apr 10, 2019 | Doing business, Uruguay
I was at Durham Uni when I grasped the concept of the damage of plastic bags to the environment – I was studying (“reading”, as we say in Durham) Economics, and paying even a penny for a bag was a disincentive that worked wonders (these were the days when you had to...
by Gabriela | Sep 7, 2018 | Agrifood, cannabis, forestry, Trade Shows, Uruguay
As you might know, I’m a big fan of Uruguay’s ExpoPrado – the largest agricultural show in Uruguay. And that’s partly because the show is so much more than that: it’s also the largest consumer show in the country, and a great place to...
by Gabriela | May 1, 2018 | Argentina, Uruguay
When you think of duty free shops, you probably think of airports. But on both sides of the River Plate, in the very South of South America, we know that our best chance of getting hold of some tax-free goodies is on the Buquebus ferry that links Buenos Aires and...
by Gabriela | Apr 12, 2018 | Doing business, Uruguay
As an economist, large-scale housing surveys fascinate me. As someone who supports British companies looking into Latin American markets, mainly through market research, I find it amazing just how important it is to really grasp how people live in your target markets...
by Gabriela | Nov 6, 2017 | Argentina, Doing business, Paraguay, Uruguay
An interview – and real-life examples! We have covered free trade zones in this blog before. This time, we are going straight to the point: we ask Rodolfo Faccini (*) in Uruguay about the real benefits of using these zones and we ask him for real-life examples...
