Panama proceeds to terminate Digicel’s Telecom concession

The concession left by Digicel expires in 2028 and a new tendering at the moment is not advantageous because of the condition of the international ...

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Drought on the Guatemalan south coast alarms the sugar industry

An alert yesterday declared the sugar agro-industrial sector in Guatemala, due to current weather conditions due to the El Niño phenomenon on the south coast, ...

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Nicaragua sees 2024 Exports drop in volume and revenue 

Traffic jams that caused the shortage of water in the Panama Canal would have delayed shipments of sugar abroad in January and this in turn ...

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El Salvador: BCR projects growth of 3% to 3.5% in 2024

According to data provided by the official, this year the economy would grow the same as at the end of 2023. The Central Reserve Bank ...

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Costa Rica plans to become a regional hub for semiconductor industry

Costa Rica emerges as a regional leader by presenting today the first roadmap in Latin America, designed to consolidate the country as a regional center ...

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Russian Interior Ministry to Train Nicaraguan Police 

Daniel Ortega, Rosario Murillo in a meeting with General Nikolai Patrushev, Secretary of the Russian Security Council, on February 28. Taken from the 19th digital  ...

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Turkish company seeks Acajutla and La Unión port concession for 100 years

Turkish operator Yilport announced that in the first quarter of 2024 it will sign the concession agreement with the Salvadoran government. ECA has not confirmed. ...

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El Salvador’s exports decline in January

The maquila export sector remains on negative ground. In January 2024, El Salvador’s merchandise exports reversed the negative trend they recorded for 11 consecutive months; ...

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Honduran Congress ratifies border treaty signed by JOH and Ortega in 2021

Dictator Daniel Ortega and former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández during the signing of the treaty. Photo: The 19th Digital.  The former Honduran president, convicted ...

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Air traffic up 7.6% in Latin America and the Caribbean 

In January, 44,7 million passengers were transported in, to and from the region, highlights the Passenger Traffic Report. 2024 began with good wings. Passenger traffic ...

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