In 2020, COVID-19 interrupted the Colombian automotive industry’s recovery experienced in 2018 and  2019, leading to poor performance in terms of output, sales, exports and imports.☂ Despite the troubles, in 2020 Colombia kept its ...

The COVID-19 pandemic and the related qua🍒rantine measures decreased the GVA of the trade sector in Brazil by 3.1% y/y in 2020. An additional negative impact came from the depreciation of the national currency by 23.6% ...

Colombia is the fifth largest economy in Latin America in terms of nominal GDP, and the third largest in the region by population, with 50.9mn people as of Dec𒁃ember 2020. During 2015–2020, thꦇe wholesale, retail and repair sector ...

The Mexican agriculture sector, including crop, livestock and fisheries, plays a key ro𒆙le in the domestic economy. Agriculture GVA accounted for 3.8% of GDP in 2020, and the sector is among the largest employers in the country ...

After a difficult 2019, 2020 proved to be even more challenging for the banking industry in Argentina. The COVID-19 pandemic led to🌳 a deep economic slump, with GDP plunging by 9.9% in 2020. Several industries such as&nb🌺sp;tourism, hotels and ...

Br🐬azil’s transport infrastructure sector contains a diverse landscape. While some sub-sectors, namely road infrastructure, are still dominated by the federal and state governments, others such as the railways have been marked by a ...

The COVID-19 pandemic aggravated the fragile situation of the Argentine economy, which experienced its third co🦩nsecutive year of recession in 2020. In this context, mot🐷or vehicle production, domestic sales and export volumes dropped by 18.3%, 25.5% ...

Thanks to a stable regulatory framework and supportive business environment, Chile possesses one of the mꦫost developed transport and energy infrastructure networks in Latin America. The country has a well-developed road and port infrastructure in ...

Renewable energy is an important part of Chile’s electric power generation mix. About 46% of the overall electricity produced in 2020 was renewables-based. The non-hydro power generation took𓄧 a 20% share. Chile has installed 13.7 GW ...

The COVID-19 pandemic interrupted the growth trend of the Brazilian real estate sector. Neverthel🐻ess, the sector was able to rebound strongly in the secon༺d half of 2020, posting record-high gross value added (GVA) and outstanding real ...