Juan Martinez
Juan Martinez is a Chilean economist and journalist. He lives in South Florida and specializes in reporting on Latin America.
Peru remained the world’s leading exporter of blueberries in 2022
Peru remained the world's leading exporter of blueberries in 2022 after shipping US$1.362 billion, the South American nation's Exporters Association (ADEX) reported Friday.
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Mexican economy to grow up to 3% in 2024, same pace as 2023
Mexico's economy will grow up to 3.0 percent in 2024, the same pace it will observe in 2023, supported by its domestic demand, as...
Analysts lower Uruguay’s growth forecast for 2023 to 1.8%
Uruguayan experts lowered the country's economic growth forecast for this year to 1.80 percent from the 2.45 percent predicted last month, the Central Bank...
Unemployment rises in Chile to 8.4% between December and February last year
Unemployment in Chile rose to 8.4 percent in the mobile quarter between December 2022 and February 2023, the National Statistics Institute (INE) reported yesterday,...
Argentine government announces implementation of agro dollar as of April
The Fernández Government announced yesterday, Thursday, the implementation of a different exchange rate scheme for the agricultural sector to strengthen the country's international reserves...
54.2% of children in Argentina aged 0-14 were poor at the end of 2022
The poverty rate in Argentina stood at 39.2 percent at the end of 2022, covering 11.5 million people, the National Institute of Statistics and...
Death toll rises to 19 in gigantic landslide in Andean area of Ecuador
The number of deaths caused by the landslide of great magnitude that occurred last March 26 in the Alausí canton, in the province of...
Chile reports first human case of avian influenza
The Chilean Ministry of Health yesterday reported the first human case of avian flu in the South American country, a disease detected in a...
Government of Argentina issued new debt equivalent to US$1.414 billion
The Argentine Government issued yesterday, Wednesday, new debt in the local market for 294,502 million pesos (US$1.414 billion) in a financial operation in which...
Peru announces the definitive withdrawal of its ambassador to Colombia
The Government of Peru announced on Wednesday the definitive withdrawal of its ambassador to Colombia after considering that the president of that country, Gustavo...
Ecuador’s government rejects Constitutional Court ruling on impeachment of President Lasso
The Government of Ecuador rejected the decision of the Constitutional Court that issued this Wednesday a ruling to initiate an impeachment trial of President...
Panama’s GDP grows 10.8 percent in 2022
The Panamanian Government assured today that the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth was 10.8 percent in 2022, as a reflection of the fact...
Argentina’s external debt amounted to US$276.7 billion in 2022
Argentina's gross external debt amounted at the end of last year to US$276.694 billion, registering an increase of more than US$3.8 billion with respect...
Almost a third of Chileans will be over 80 years old in 2050
Almost a third of Chileans will be over 80 years old in 2050, which indicates that 9 percent of the population will belong to...