Costa Rica Long-Term Ratings Lowered To 'BB-'Friday, February 26, 2016 Noting the political system's inability to agree on fiscal issues, Standard & Poor's has downgraded, from BB to BB-, the rating for the country's long-term debt, giving it a negative outlook. Costa Rica Long-Term Ratings Lowered To 'BB-' On Continued Fiscal Deterioration; Outlook Is Negative Guide to Business in NicaraguaThursday, November 8, 2012 General information for investors has been released, in bilingual format, detailing competitive advantages, investment opportunities in strategic sectors, legal and investment incentives. Contents of the Guide Doing Business in Nicaragua 2012-2013: Honduras: The Dry Land Panama Canal?Thursday, August 14, 2008 Honduras lies just about 1,000 miles southwest of Miami. A great location for commerce with the U.S. Antonio Young is the Executive Vice President of FIDE, Honduras’ Foundation for Investment and Export Development. He says Honduras’ strategic location provides an invaluable access to Latin American markets. And, with the continued development of Honduras’ north-south highway, called the Logistic Corridor, Antonio says Honduras could be the dry land version of the Panama Canal. Panama Authorizes Chinese Bank LicenseTuesday, June 16, 2020 Panamanian authorities announced that the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd. was approved for a general license to operate in the local system. The information was confirmed by the head of the Superintendency of Banks, Amauri Castillo, who explained that the Asian banking institution will be able to operate in Panama's financial center and do business in and from the national territory. Panama makes it onto the financial map of the worldMonday, May 5, 2008 At 0800 hours Monday the Tenth Annual Caribbean Conference of Step got underway. Step is an organization founded in 1991 in the United Kingdom, with a membership of experts in finance and administration of wealth. The president of the Panama chapter of Step, Dayra Berbey de Rojas of Morgan & Morgan, said it's important for Panama to be active in this activity because it promotes the nation's image as an important provider of investment services. Company Profile
We build, design & construct GREEN. Eco-friendly homes, hotels, resorts, schools, & commercial spaces. SIP's, ICF's, and sustainable Brazilian wood construction. We sell Solar Panels & street lights. S & P Downgrades El Salvador's DebtFriday, October 14, 2016 The ratings agency has reduced the rating for long-term sovereign debt from B + to B, arguing that political capacity to resolve the fiscal problem is shrinking. From a press release by Standard & Poor´s: Production ChainsFriday, October 26, 2012 An international conference is to be held with the title of “Getting the most out of Global Value Chains: Opportunities and Challenges for Latin America.” The Ministry of Foreign Trade (Comex), the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) are inviting participants to the conference entitled: “Getting the most out of Global Value Chains: Opportunities and Challenges for Latin America.” Company Profile Organization that operates in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama.
Costa Rica: Global Conference on Business and Finance (GCBF)Tuesday, February 21, 2012 An academic event for 2012 by the Institute for Business and Finance Research, LLC (IBFR), will take place from 22nd to 25th May in San Jose. You are invited to participate in the Global Conference on Business and Finance (GCBF) 2012 in San Jose, Costa Rica. Panama Must Import LaborTuesday, November 2, 2010 There isn´t adequate availability of skilled labor to build, manage and administrate the ambitious projects of the state's infrastructure plan. The construction of the first Metro line involves 3,000 jobs, the redevelopment of the Canal another 6,000 and other infrastructure projects raise the total to 34,000 direct jobs which will be created by 2011. Another Unbelievable "Well-being Index"Thursday, September 18, 2014 The fact that the Global Well-Being Index by Gallup states that the populations of Panama, Costa Rica and Denmark share a "a high level of education" is enough to discredit the entire report. EDITORIAL Top 5 Medical Tourism DestinationsTuesday, April 1, 2008 Medical tourism destinations have emerged all over the globe, from Thailand to South Africa, and even European countries such as Hungary. The industry anticipates a great deal of growth in the coming years, from a 2004 estimate of $40 billion to $100 billion by 2012, according to statistics produced by McKinsey & Company and the Confederation of India. Experts believe that medical tourism will have a positive impact on the economies of destination countries and benefit skilled and unskilled trades alike. The medical tourism phenomenon may also bode well for foreign investors who hold an interest in those countries. The Race to the FutureWednesday, August 19, 2009 ¿Which are the most attractive countries for Foreign Direct Investment? In Central America and the Caribbean, Puerto Rico is ahead, followed by Costa Rica and Dominican Republic. fDi Magazine presented the results of their first fDi Countries of the Future 2009/10 Award. Central America in the Hands of Drug TraffickersWednesday, February 17, 2016 If emergency measures are not taken, Central America will soon collapse into failed states dominated by criminal organizations who are able to buy political power. This is the dramatic but realistic conclusion reached by a study on the subject carried out by a coalition of Guatemalan institutions composed of the Coordinating Committee of Agricultural, Commercial, Industrial and Financial Associations (CACIF), the National Economic Research Center (CIEN) the Foundation for the Development of Guatemala (FUNDESA) and Fundación G. |
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