By MARK LORENZANA The Mexican federal government on Thursday, Oct. 20, published a list of products that can be imported into the country duty-free as part of President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador’s (AMLO) move to combat inflation, and to curb rising prices that are affecting the basic basket of food items in Mexico. On the night of Wednesday, Oct. 19, a presidential decree was
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XINHUA “I was surprised by the service,” Chilean Cristóbal Velásquez recently said about the Chinese ride-hailing app Didi, which in a short time has gained a firm foothold in Latin America. “While it’s a relatively new app (here), it has spread quickly in Santiago and throughout the whole country,” offering a “safe and economical” alternative to standard ride-sharing services, Velásquez
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS With a geographic distance of more than 14,500 kilometers separating his country from Mexico, a diplomatic staff of just one, and a suffering export economy that is struggling to diversify its garment- and leather goods-heavy portfolio (representing roughly 80 percent of all overseas sales) in a global market that is rapidly being devoured by China, Bangladeshi Ambassador to Mexico
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS For a country that just three decades ago was a nation on the brink of mass starvation, the Republic of Bangladesh has made tremendous strides in recent years, both socially and economically. Although it is still plagued by overpopulation, political instability, the scourge of Islamic terrorism and a reputation for unsafe working conditions for its laborers (not
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