Commodities downturns aren’t completely bad for producers. One upside — lulls in the market often bring operating and capital costs down, as competition for labor, supplies and services abates. And that appears to be exactly […]
With the second-highest rate of consumption per capita in the world, Chile is a lucrative avocado market but a smuggler recently found the hard way that trading of the high-value fruit must be done by the book. […]
China’s role in Argentina’s foreign relations will be more balanced than during the Kirchner administrations, with a larger role played instead by the United States and European countries, the country’s ambassador to Beijing Diego Guelar […]
Unemployment in Magallanes, extreme south of Chile climbed strongly during the March/May quarter, from 3.6% to 5.7%, marking the third consecutive mobile quarter increase. The 5.7% is the highest unemployment mark in five years, in […]
Copper production in Chile is projected to increase to 7.3 million tonnes (Mt) largely driven by growing demand from the country’s export markets, according to a report by Timetric. The country’s copper production in 2014 was 5.7Mt. […]
SANTIAGO – Recovery of growth in Latin America and the Caribbean depends on invigorating public and private investment, according to the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). The UN organization gave that […]
Santiago – Banco Santander Chile (NYSE: BSAC; SSE: Bsantander) announced today its unaudited results for the first half and second quarter of 2016. Adjusted net income increased 6.0% YoY in 1H16, resulting in a ROE […]
California’s loss could soon be Chile’s boon when it comes to prunes. While Chile has been among the world’s leading prune exporters in recent years, weather problems in California at the start of this year mean […]
Fort Worth, Texas —Allied Electronics, a trading brand of Electrocomponents plc (LSE: ECM), has announced its expansion into South America with the addition of a full-service sales office in Santiago, Chile. “Allied now has a presence […]
U.S. authorities say Latin America’s largest airline has agreed to some $22 million in civil and criminal fines in connection with a scheme to pay bribes to end a labor strike in Argentina a decade […]
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