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Latin America* is betting big on renewable energy. Between 2015 and 2020, the region’s renewable energy (RE) capacity expanded by a cumulative 33% (65 GW) to reach 261 GW in the final year of that period, according to data provided by ...

 Albeit challenging for all nations, the COVID-19 pandemic has been more of a driving force for the infrastructure sector in many Latin American countries than a restraining factor. In most Latin American countries, infrastructure ...

In the Latin American context, Colombia lags in developing its road and railway infrastructure due to a prolonged period of underinvestment and relatively low participation of the private sector. But the country’s port and ...

In 2020, COVID-19 interrupted the Colombian automotive industry’s recovery experienced in 2018 and  2019, leading to poor performance in terms of output, sales, exports and imports. Despite the troubles, in 2020 Colombia kept its ...

Colombia is the fifth largest economy in Latin America in terms of nominal GDP, and the third largest in the region by population, with 50.9mn people as of December 2020. During 2015–2020, the wholesale, retail and repair sector ...

The food and beverage industry is one of the largest sectors in Colombia’s economy. Between 2015 and 2020, the sector’s gross value added (GVA) rose at a CAGR of 1.1% in real terms, boosted by growing domestic demand and rising ...

Colombia is the sixth-largest electric power market in Latin America, ranking below countries with the same or less population, such as Argentina, Venezuela, and Chile. The country suffers from its uneven terrain, which creates vast ...

Latin America is a leading player in the global agriculture value chain, with the countries in the region ranking among the top ten global producers and exporters across various product groups such as cereals, oilseeds, coffee, fruits, meat ...