Food: Opportunities in PortugalTuesday, July 23, 2019 The European country represents a market of 10 million inhabitants and its per capita expenditure on fruits and vegetables reaches $500 million per year, one of the highest in this category. Procomer Costa Rica's "Fresh and Processed Foods in Portugal" study shows that in 2018, food spending in Portugal, including alcoholic beverages, reached $3,132 per capita, 20% of total consumption spending. El Salvador Hosts Stock Market ConferenceMonday, September 6, 2010 Starting today and continuing for two days, the annual FIAB (Ibero-American Federation of Exchanges) conference is being held. The event brings together 116 representatives from stock exchanges in Latin America, Portugal and Spain. IV Iberoamerican Young Entrepreneurs CongressFriday, July 13, 2012 In 2013 over 2000 young entrepreneurs from Spain, Portugal and Latin American countries will gather in San Pedro Sula. Honduras's nomination to host the conference was presented at the recent Ibero-American Congress III, held in Guatemala, by the President of the young industrialists Guillermo Orellana. IMF to Open New Regional Technical Assistance CenterTuesday, March 31, 2009 The IMF will open in May 2009 in Guatemala City, its new Central America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic Technical Assistance Center (CAPTAC-DR). “CAPTAC-DR is an important component of the IMF’s far-reaching reforms that will enable the Fund to respond more effectively to the emerging challenges of the global economy,” said Murilo Portugal, Deputy Managing Director of the IMF. IMF to Open New Regional Technical Assistance CenterTuesday, March 31, 2009 The IMF will open in May 2009 in Guatemala City, its new Central America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic Technical Assistance Center (CAPTAC-DR). “CAPTAC-DR is an important component of the IMF’s far-reaching reforms that will enable the Fund to respond more effectively to the emerging challenges of the global economy,” said Murilo Portugal, Deputy Managing Director of the IMF. Honduras is a Pacific Alliance ObserverTuesday, May 28, 2013 The members have unanimously accepted the integration of Honduras as an Observer Member of the Pacific Alliance along with Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Paraguay Portugal and the Dominican Republic. From a press release by the National Government of Honduras: Pacific Fruit FinedThursday, October 13, 2011 The company will have to pay a total of $12.2 million for having fixed prices with the banana producer Chiquita. Between June 2004 and April 2005 two of the most important importers and marketers of bananas in the world negotiated in order to agree on sales prices, thus distorting competition in the market. Rating Agencies QuestionedMonday, July 11, 2011 While in Europe ratings go down and in Latin American they go up, the opinion of the agencies is starting to be looked at with different eyes. A decade ago debt issued by European countries benefited from mostly high grades and attractive ratings, which helped them maintain high prices and low yields. CAF Announces 1 billion in LoansMonday, November 19, 2012 The Development Bank of Latin America has announced a programs to expand the flow of investment and joint ventures in Latin America - Spain and Portugal. A statement of the CAF reads: Guatemala Hosts Conference on Free ZonesTuesday, June 7, 2011 The XV Latin American Conference on Free Zones will be held in Antigua Guatemala, from 26 to 28 October. One of the points to be discussed at the conference is the new requirements for tax incentives required by the World Trade Organization (WTO), which need to be in place by 2015. Double Standards With Regards To HondurasMonday, November 30, 2009 "Not recognizing the elections nor the future president would be hurting the Honduran people, who have already suffered enough, and don't deserve it", Oscar Arias, President of Costa Rica. At a press conference during the XIX Iberoamerican Summit of Heads of State, the president of Costa Rica remarked the "double standards" of the international community with regards to the Honduran political crisis. Latin American Tax Information Agreement SoughtFriday, April 8, 2011 The project aims to encourage information sharing in order to strengthen measures to prevent money laundering by the drug trade. Argentina's tax authority (AFIP in Spanish), proposed that a multi-lateral tax information agreement be implemented, which could be adopted by Central American countries and others in Latin America, if it is approved by the Inter-American Tax Administration Center (CIAT in Spanish). CA-4 Allows Free Transit to TravelersTuesday, March 24, 2009 El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua agreed to the free transit of travelers from the US or Canadian or from the Schengen area. El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, the countries that integrate the CA-4 authorized the entry of travelers who have a US or Canadian visa or who are from one of the European countries that make up the Schengen area. Investment funds summit to study impact of US sub-prime crisisMonday, June 9, 2008 The Ibero-American Investment Funds Federation (Fiafin) is meeting in Costa Rica on Wednesday and Thursday of this week. Some 160 members from 13 nations are expected to attend. Fiafin aims to make investment funds more attractive to the investing public. The meeting aims to study issues such as innovations in collective products, as well as the impact that the US sub-prime crisis will have on the funds industry in Latin America Advances in GM Crops in EuropeTuesday, February 11, 2014 The abstention of countries such as Germany and Belgium in voting against the cultivation of genetically modified corn marks a before and after period for the use of genetically modified foods. The EU is going to authorize the cultivation of genetically modified (GM) maize TC1507 belonging to the U.S. group Pioneer, said the European Commission. |
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