Colombia’s Central Bank reduced its economic growth forecasts for this and next year well below government goals while raising its inflation projection for 2019 over the target

The International Monetary Fund said "temporary factors" affect the production and growth of the region

The South American country has so far focused its mining activity on coal and gold, but taking advantage of the potential in other resources, it wants to intensify copper exploration and production activities

Several governments and car manufacturers, in the expectation of bigger demand for electric cars in the next years, are seeking to become allies of countries such as Chile, Bolivia, and Argentina, the so-called "lithium triangle" in South America

Feeling the sanctions, coming from the U.S. and targeting the Islamic Republic's economy, Iranians are increasingly turning to digital currencies like Bitcoin

The polls point to tense months ahead for Argentina and its jittery markets, but also suggest both sides will need to make concessions to win over the middle ground of voters

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said upon closing the meeting on Saturday that a series of emergency measures announced this month aimed to stimulate domestic production and he hoped for slight growth this year

Donald Trump criticized Bitcoin, Facebook’s proposed Libra digital coin and other cryptocurrencies and demanded that companies seek a banking charter and make themselves subject to regulations

Colombia has proven reserves of 1,958 million barrels, equivalent to 6.2 years of consumption, with a current average production of 865,000 barrels per day, of which 50 percent is for domestic consumption and the rest for export

Pension reform is the cornerstone of right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro's economic agenda

With the sanctions of the United States preventing Venezuela from selling oil to that country, the state oil company PDVSA has turned to several little-known buyers

Production growth will be 2.8% in the next decade, compared to 6.9% in the two previous decades

Pacific Alliance members currently account for 37% of gross domestic product in Latin American and the Caribbean

Despite having signed a peace agreement, the country remains divided politically and socially

Miguel Diaz-Canel, working to establish his legitimacy after assuming the presidency in April 2018, said the government was working on the details of the implementation

The South American nation is hoping to fuel its sluggish economy by expanding its mining sector

The announcement of the Ministry of Economics and Finance worried the producers of this product because of increases in national prices

Christopher Pissarides, a winner of the Economics Nobel Prize, emphasized the need for labor reform in Colombia, starting with the minimum wage

The extensive lines outside the stores, with shelves mostly unsupplied, are increasingly common in Cuba

"My husband had to emigrate due to debt and because coffee cannot even provide for food here," Carmen Andino