In recent years, the business landscape has seen a significant shift towards nearshoring, with Latin America, particularly Mexico, emerging as a prime destination. But what’s driving this trend, and how…
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Investing in “Unsexy” Businesses in Latin America
This episode is all about innovation in Latin America! We’re chatting about the new and exciting businesses in Latin America through the lens of venture capital, so I invited Daniel Lloreda and…
Crowdfunding in Latin America: A Look at the Key Players
Everyone has heard about collective financing, right? In Brazil, we say “fazer uma vaquinha” (literally: make/do a cow, it makes no sense, I know…). The word “crowdfunding” means precisely this:…
Latin America in Focus: Fintech Funding & Sustainable Economic Development
Here is the second episode of the Summer Edition and for this episode I decided to focus on Latin America so I selected 2 clips from 2 very interesting conversations…
Latin America’s Fintech Funding Gold Rush
This episode is all about fintech funding! Latin America’s fintech companies are growing and getting funding is an on-going challenge for all startups in the region, so I wanted to…
Why Latin America Needs a Democratic Green Revolution
Rodrigo has just got back from COP26 and he told me about his takeaways of the event. But the main topic of our conversations was how Latin America needs a democratic green revolution. He said the path transition to a more green economy is through international collaboration between Latin American countries.
Coronavirus could create a lockdown generation in Latin America if governments don’t act
Both the quantity and quality of jobs are deteriorating rapidly as a result of the economic paralysis created by the pandemic. The UN’s International Labour Organization estimates that the health crisis will push unemployment rates in the region up from 8.1% to 11.5% in 2020
Latin America: 3 platforms changing the crowdfunding game
Here are 3 of Latin America’s biggest platforms running in the upfront of the crowdfunding game.
Venezuela is fast becoming a ‘mafia state’: here’s what you need to know
Last week, Nicolás Maduro was sworn in for his second six-year term as Venezuela’s president. Maduro won the election off the back of international condemnation of vote buying and electoral…
3 surprising reasons why Latin Americans avoid financial institutions
Ask yourself this simple question: are you more likely to buy a car once you´ve saved enough money to pay for it in full, or take out a loan to finance it?