Juan Martinez
Juan Martinez is a Chilean economist and journalist. He lives in South Florida and specializes in reporting on Latin America.
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...
Poverty in Uruguay dropped to 9.9% in 2022
The percentage of people living below the poverty line in Uruguay (by the income method) dropped to 9.9 percent in 2022 from 10.6 in...
Macri will not run in Argentina’s presidential elections
Argentina's former conservative president and ally of Jair Bolsonaro, Mauricio Macri, announced Sunday that he would not run as an opposition candidate for president...
Cuba’s parliamentary elections close with a preliminary 70.34% turnout
The polling stations closed in Cuba this Sunday with a preliminary turnout of 70.34 percent in elections where other parties were banned except the...
Peru’s non-traditional exports grew 7.5 % in January 2023
Peru's non-traditional exports grew 7.5 percent in January 2023, having shipped 1.554 billion dollars, highlighting sales of non-metallic minerals and others, informed today, Saturday,...
El Salvador zeroes out taxes on technological innovations in new bill
On Thursday night (23), El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele announced via Twitter that he would present a bill to Congress next week that aims...
Bolivia rejects Moody’s report and reaffirms strength of economic and exchange rate policy
The Government of Bolivia rejected this Friday's Moody's report that downgraded the country's rating with the risk of its macroeconomic stability and reaffirmed its...
Ecuador’s Congress sends impeachment request against President Lasso to Constitutional Court
The National Assembly (Congress) of Ecuador informed yesterday that it sent the Constitutional Court the request for impeachment filed by 59 legislators against President...
Foreign Ministers of Venezuela and Brazil point to a “new stage” in bilateral relations
On Thursday night, the Venezuelan Foreign Minister, Yván Gil, held a meeting with his Brazilian counterpart, Mauro Vieira, with whom he discussed the agenda...
Mexico’s economy would grow up to 1.4% in 2023, BBVA estimates
Mexico's economy would grow up to 1.4 percent in 2023, even though a slower pace is expected in the manufacturing sector, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya...
Bolivia proposes to Chile, Argentina and Peru to generate a sovereign lithium policy
The president of Bolivia, Luis Arce, proposed this Thursday to Argentina, Chile, and Peru to work together on a sovereign policy for lithium, which...
Uruguayan economy grows 4.9% in 2022
The Uruguayan economy grew 4.9 percent in 2022 versus the previous year. However, it observed a decline in the result of the last quarter,...