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Dec 7, 2022 · Peru’s blueberry exports and production have surged in the past decade, and it is now the world’s biggest exporter of the fruit. At the same time, Mexico has seen a 128-fold surge in raspberry production, making it the second-largest exporter. What led these two Latin American countries to become soft fruit superpowers?
BRECA is a diversified business conglomerate with more than 130 years of history and presence in Peru, Chile, Ecuador and Brazil. It has a diversified portfolio of operating companies in the banking, insurance, healthcare, real estate, hospitality, mining, fishing and cement sectors. It has an innovation hub called BREIN and a social impact ...
Jun 8, 2016 · With the promise of a bright future for innovation in Latin America, let's take a look at some of the region's greatest past inventions: 1. The colour TV. Born in Guadalajara Mexico, Guillermo Gonzalez Camarena was an electrical engineer credited with the invention of a colour-wheel type of television. His was the first colour TV patented in ...
5. Algramo: Refill revolution. The circular economy is vital to addressing the problem of single-use plastic. Each year, around 400 million metric tonnes of plastic waste is produced across the globe, but less than 10% of total plastic waste has been recycled. Chilean start-up Algramo (which means ‘by the gram’) has created an app-based ...
The World Economic Forum publishes a comprehensive series of reports which examine in detail the broad range of global issues it seeks to address with stakeholders as part of its mission of improving the state of the world. Besides reports on its key events and standalone publications such as the Global Competitiveness Report, the Global Risks Report and the Global Gender Gap Report, the Forum ...
On December 13, 1941, in Huaraz, Peru, a natural dam that had held back Lake Palcacocha burst, killing 2,000 people. This type of catastrophic event is known as a “glacial lake outburst flood”. Heavy rainfall and rock, snow or ice avalanches can raise water levels in moraine-dammed glacial lakes, causing it to collapse or overflow.
Jun 10, 2016 · Mario Vargas Llosa, Peru (2010) The 2010 laureate has made Peruvian politics a theme in several of his novels, and even made an unsuccessful bid for the country’s presidency in 1990. As well as being a novelist, Vargas Llosa, who turned 80 this year, is also a newspaper columnist, essayist and playwright with work spanning many decades.
Apr 28, 2023 · The CPTPP launched in 2018 with Japan, Malaysia, Vietnam, Australia, Singapore, Brunei Darussalam, New Zealand, Canada, Mexico, Peru and Chile as members. The UK joined them in 2023 as part of a move to strengthen trading links after Brexit, and together the member nations account for 15% of global GDP.
Jun 20, 2024 · Copper is distributed across Chile (23.6%), Peru (10%), the Democratic Republic of Congo (10%), China (8.6%), the United States (5.9%), and several other countries. In the short term, the volumes of copper and most metals will come primarily from the same countries that mine them today, as it typically takes 10+ years to open new commercial mining operations.
Oct 15, 2018 · The study says tobacco’s total annual carbon footprint is 84 million tonnes, which is almost as high as the greenhouse gas emissions of Peru or Israel. Tobacco production also requires intensive use of natural resources and uses chemicals that pollute ecosystems and harm the health of local people. The report’s authors argue that the impact ...
