April 12, 2022 The Guatemalan economy rebounded strongly in 2021 and should return to its pre-pandemic growth trend in 2022. The banking sector remains solid overall with pandemic-related measures appropriately…
Category: GUATEMALA
Nexgen Packaging Expands Global Production with Investments in Mexico and Guatemala
January 28, 2022 Nexgen Packaging, an industry leading supplier of packaging for the retail, apparel, and footwear industry, today announced strategic investments in their production capabilities in Latin America. Nexgen has…
OKY Announces Strategic Alliance With Suzuki Guatemala
September 17, 2021 Suzuki joins more than 100 brands already providing products and services to OKY users in the United States and throughout Latin America OKY, a cross-border e-commerce fintech…
Guatemala: Staff Concluding Statement of the 2021 Article IV Mission
May 4, 2021 Guatemala’s economic outlook is positive. Robust remittances, pandemic-resilient specialization, and unprecedented policy support limited the economic contraction in 2020, while the outlook benefits from positive spillovers from…
IDB helps Guatemalan agricultural exporters!
April 16, 2021 IDB Invest, a member of the IDB Group, signed an alliance with the Guatemalan Exporters Association, Agexport, to provide comprehensive advisory for the structuring of investments to…
Guatemala will implement digital transformation and broadband access with IDB support
By: The Inter-American Development Bank March 12, 2021 Guatemala will advance towards digital transformation and citizens’ access to fixed and mobile broadband connectivity with help from the Inter-American Development Bank…
IDB Group Presents Comprehensive Plan to Help Central America Confront Natural Disasters
February 26, 2021 UP TO $1.6BN WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO HONDURAS, GUATEMALA AND NICARAGUA OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS TO INVEST IN REDUCING THEIR VULNERABILITY TO NATURAL DISASTERS The…
Shopping giant to open new warehouses in Jamaica and Guatemala by early 2022
By: Staff Writer December 29, 2020 Shopping giant and warehouse club is proceeding with construction of two new warehouses in Jamaica and Guatemala for a Spring 2022 opening. PriceSmart, Inc.,…
IMF takes note of massive trade shock in Central America at height of COVID-19 pandemic.
By Staff Writer December 18, 2020 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) released a country focus on the Central American region, looking at the impact the COVID-19 pandemic and Natural disasters…