"It's costing us a lot to bring business missions over because of the insecurity in the country. They say they have seen news and alerts in their countries and therefore do not want to visit us," said Carolina Castellanos, executive director of the American Guatemalan Chamber of Commerce.

" ... Next week there will be a visit by five entrepreneurs from Miami, USA, but apart from this mission, there is no longer the same pace of business as before."

A counselor at the Embassy of Taiwan in Guatemala, Tomas Chen added that "always when we do business with a Latin American country entrepreneurs are very cautious, because of the insecurity."

Source: prensalibre.com

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