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Obesity “frightening” in Latin America

More than two thirds of people living in Chile, Ecuador and Mexico are overweight or obese, costing their economies tens of billions of dollars every year, driving rates of disease and straining health services, a U.N. report said on Tuesday. Read more: ​http://news.trust.org/item/20170425173713-munj7

April 26, 2017 in Chile, Latinoamérica, Mexico.

Nicaragua Far Behind as Panama Canal Celebrates 100 Years

The Panama canal has been vital for maritime trade between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans since completion in 1914.

August 15, 2014 in Nicaragua, Panamá.

New Center to Foster Startup Cities in Developing Countries

Babson College Rolls Out Its Global Competitiveness and Enterprise Development Project

November 5, 2013 in Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras.

Wine in Latin America

Despite the fact that the indigenous people in the Americas made alcoholic beverages before European grapes were imported by the Conquistadors, the local vitis genus of grapes were never used to make wine. The first known attempt to grow vines for wine began in Hispaniola after Columbus’ second voyage in 1594. Since then, viticulture spread across the…

February 15, 2013 in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay.

Latin American GDP vs. the World

According to public data from the Worldbank, total combined GDP for Latin America & the Caribbean grew from $78.5 billion in 1960, to $5.65 trillion in 2011 representing an increase from just 5.82% of global GDP in 1960, to 8.07% in 2011.

February 4, 2013 in Caribbean, Central America, Latinoamérica, South America.

Castro to Head Community of Latin American and Caribbean States

The mission of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) is to deepen regional integration, while explicitly excluding the United States, Canada, and European nations with regional interests such as Holland, France, and the UK. Representing 600 million people speaking five different major languages, the bloc is made up of 33 member nations…

January 24, 2013 in Caribbean, Central America, Cuba, South America.

How the United States Nearly Annexed the Yucatán

Near the end of those seven years of independence, a delegation of the Yucatan Republic was sent to Washington D.C., on the orders of then president Santiago Méndez Ibarra.

October 29, 2012 in Featured, Mexico.

Projected Growth of GDP Per Capita in Latin America and the Caribbean

GDP Per Capita for Latin America and the Caribbean as a single region is projected to increase from $9980 USD in 2010, to $12,000 in 2020 representing an increase of 120%, with a growth rate lagging behind most of the world according to data from The Frederick S. Pardee Center for International Futures. The chart below…

October 26, 2012 in Caribbean, Central America, Latinoamérica, South America.

Government Debt in Latin America

Below is a depiction of government debt levels for the seven largest economies in Latin America. Government debt accounted for approximately 46% of GDP across Latin America in 2011. As of 2011, European Union countries an average between 60% for the EU 15, and 74% for all European Union countries. (The EU15 comprised the following 15 countries:…

October 15, 2012 in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela.

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