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15 November 2020 Edition - 21/20
Latin American Business Digest is presently published in reduced form due to logistical and technical issues stemming from the Covid-19 pandemic.  
New EV Charging Corridor from Tierra del Fuego to North America
EMA BusinessPlus Magazine - Latin American Columnist Thomas Manning
Epic motorcycle journeys into vast, remote lands have long been enduringly popular subjects for film and television. In the latest incarnation of the genre Apple TV’s series 'Long Way Up' features Scottish actor and Hollywood A-lister Ewan McGregor and his friend Charley Bormann, on a three month sojourn from Tierra del Fuego’s Ushuaia, the southernmost city in Latin America, to Los Angeles using electric ‘LiveWire‘ Harley-Davidson motorcycles.....  Please Click Here for Column

International rugby media have hailed Argentina’s shock win over the All Blacks as one of the greatest upsets in test history.   The Pumas beat the All Blacks for the first time on Saturday, stunning the three-time world champions 25-15 at Sydney's Bankwest Stadium.

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Thursday that he will propose legislation to Mexico’s congress that would ban subcontracting or outsourcing of jobs by private companies, except with government authorization.

There is more bad news for problem-plagued Mexican airline Interjet: one of its new investors has decided to withdraw his capital.  El Financiero has reported that businessman Carlos Cabal Peniche will take back his funding from the airline....

How does a democracy of 32 million people allow a rabble-rousing, former rebel leader to orchestrate, from his prison cell, the impeachment of a popular corruption-busting president by a scandal-wracked congress most citizens have long viewed as a cesspit of criminal venality....
 
Venezuela is an example of cryptocurrency adoption during an economic crisis. No other economy facing hyperinflation has come near the South American nation in terms of GDP-adjusted activity on peer-to-peer crypto exchanges....

Thousands of supporters of Bolivia’s ex-President Evo Morales wearing colourful traditional clothing and waving the Indigenous Wiphala flag crowded a climactic rally to mark his triumphant return to his homeland....

Costa Rica’s Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) is pushing back against the country’s Law on the Production of Cannabis and Hemp for Medicinal Purposes, a proposed measure that would establish a national hemp program.....

The Argentine government has issued new regulations regarding self-cultivation and safe access that were not observed by the original law legalising medical marijuana.....

In Santiago's well-heeled suburbs, Chile's elite say they are facing uncertainty after the rest of the country voted to ditch the dictatorship-era constitution that has served them well for decades.  For some, it's a bitter pill to swallow....


GTSA - Thinking of Selling your Property in Argentina?

Advice from Leading Argentine Real Estate Brokers, Kiwi-owned Gateway to South America..
COVID-19 PANDEMIC RESPONSE

COVID-19 cases are still surging in the Americas, averaging 150,000 a day in the last week according to the World Health Organization.  The US continues to report record-breaking numbers, while parts of Canada and some states in Mexico are experiencing spikes, the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) said.....


Visitors to Chile will have to fly into Santiago’s Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport and present proof of a negative COVID-19 PCR test taken within 72 hours of their arrival. They’ll also have to provide a sworn health statement and consent to be monitored by app on a daily basis.....  
LATIN AMERICAN CULTURE & ARTS

 
Brazilian artist Jorge Roriz has been putting his skills to work, crafting face masks that look eerily like real faces. The masks are incredibly detailed.  Jorge says people want his personalized masks so as to not lose their identities. In a normal year, Jorge would be painting scenes of Rio de Janeiro's famed Carnival....
Having established herself in South America with three Argentinian Top 10 singles, 391m YouTube streams and a Grammy nomination she now has eyes on the UK and US....
In the high plains of the central Chilean Andes, an ecosystem consisting of only a few animal species is providing researchers with new insights into how predators coexist in the wild....
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