Chileans are fairly well off, but only in comparison to their Latin American neighbors. The country’s success has also bred greater expectations.
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Careful cultivation of the Amazon’s curative fruits and plants could be far more profitable than destructive practices like soy or livestock farming.
It’s called ‘reverse mentoring,’ where veteran executives get some raw feedback from younger workers. Can it help Latin American business loosen up and build for the future?
For Lijuan Wang, starting a business in Chile was rewarding but also challenging, for being Asian, female, and ‘working at all hours.’
The U.S. president has little regard for the rules of trade and diplomacy, as evidenced by the extortion tactics he just pulled off with Mexico.
It used to be South America’s shining star. But these days, things seem to be a bit rotten in the state of Chile, where corruption scandals are eroding public confidence.
To survive and prosper, large firms must have adaptable leaders and constantly revise targets and performance.
President Donald Trump’s threat to raise tariffs against Mexico over immigration is political blackmail, and potentially makes nonsense of any trading deal with the U.S.
Spaniards born of Latin American families are running for the first time in the European Parliament elections. They have a unique agenda.
With its abundant raw materials and growing digital economy, Latin America has real potential for national investment funds.
SANTIAGO — In Chile, 94% of women do not identify with advertising directed at them: this is what market research firm Adimark showed in a study published in August 2018. That means brands are failing to connect with their target gender in the context of modern-day reality. Very few firms understand that a brand with […]
Chinese students visiting Chile’s universities are eager to learn Spanish but reluctant to adopt its socio-cultural habits. How much does the language gap different identities?
If Brazil’s new government liberalizes its economy as vowed, it may also seek new and more dynamic trading partners like Chile and the Pacific Alliance.
Spain, an industralized EU member with close ties to Latin America, could profit from easing the entry of Chinese firms keen to invest in and export to the Americas
Many people think that to get ahead in the business world, women need to emulate men. But there’s plenty to suggest that the real secret to leadership success is authenticity.
With more sanctions for China and curbs on NAFTA, Donald Trump is fulfilling his campaign pledges to curtail globalization — free trade and vast business interests be damned.
Rising tariffs between the U.S. and China may boost trade between China and Latin American states, but ultimately this could harm their economies if all China wants is energy and commodities.
The world can do a lot better than incarcerate migrants en masse, or turn away boatloads of desperate passengers, argues former Chilean president Ricardo Lagos.
When dealing with ‘distant cultures’ like China, communication is key. But a bit of business-is-business pragmatism doesn’t hurt either.
Smartphones have upended communication and consumption, leaving retailers to transform themselves to attract fickle, online buyers.
New restrictions in Chile effectively target poorer migrants, many of whom are Afro-Caribbeans from Haiti and the Dominican Republic. They also coincide with a rightward shift in opinion.
Augmented reality applications are starting to recreate the physical experience of trying on clothes and accessories, and could either revive or help destroy high-street shopping.
The U.S. president will cast a long shadow over the upcoming Summit of the Americas gathering in Lima, Peru — even if he decides not to show up.
The economic and political tragedy unfolding in Venezuela should be a call to action for the rest of the region’s countries, especially with the early presidential election (April 22) looming.
Chile has buried Parra, the antipoet who turned to ‘impudent’ street talk for inspiration and revolutionized modern Spanish poetry.
The numbers contradict Donald Trump’s claims that leaving NAFTA will benefit U.S. business and workers. It will harm them, not to mention their Mexican counterparts.
Women have intrinsic qualities that can help them in the fluid, digitalized labor markets of the future. But first they must have equal access to technical education.
For all the economic accolades they’ve earned over the years, Chilean authorities are dragging their feet when it comes to market-changing technologies.
In spite of dynamic consumer figures, Latin America lags when it comes to investment in research and development, those crucial agents of social and economic development.
-Essay- SANTIAGO — Nowadays, it’s virtually impossible to surprise anyone. This is a big challenge, especially in the entertainment industry where you need to make a considerable effort to stage memorable events that have an impact. When you consider that most consumers now are millennials, you have to ask, how do you make them pay […]
In places like Venezuela, electronic interactions may be a more reliable source of information than the government.
Led by Brazil, much of the region is mired in deep corruption scandals. But revelation also shows that public institutions are fighting back.
Trade with Asia will be all the more important for Latin American countries once President Obama leaves office.
Trump’s victory reminds this Chilean writer of some of the worst moments of the past half-century, including 1973 army coup in Chile and the 9/11 terror attacks.
In August, Chile broadened the protected sea zones under its watch to create a marine park that covers an area of 300,000 square kilometers, the largest such reserve in Latin America. Fishing and mineral extraction will now be banned from this area, which surrounds the Desventuradas islands in the Pacific Ocean. “At a time when […]
Financial advice from computers could help private investors make more rational, efficient and profitable decisions. But even if a human element is irreplaceable, the humans in the industry must adapt.
Technology is bringing us closer to Artificial Intelligence, which will undeniably wreak havoc with employment for millions worldwide. Smart solutions are needed now.
SANTIAGO — China has been one of Latin America’s main trade partners in recent years, driving the engine of development in the region with a hungry demand for raw materials to help sustain the Asian giant’s growth. But the recent slowdown of China’s economy has been felt acutely in the economies of several Latin American […]
Tourism, mining and oil in this southernmost region of South America are financing a flourishing, multinational sex trade.
Chile’s preeminent 20th-century artist and a leading global figure of surrealism and abstraction, Matta’s work was both unique and quintessentially Latin American.