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MAPFRE's Life Sellers Club in Latin America reaches 5,000 participants
Club Milla, MAPFRE's prestigious club that aims to bring together the best individual life insurance salespeople in Latin America, has reached 5,000 participating professionals in 2023, aspiring to become members of the Club through their sales.
Economic growth in Latin America and the Caribbean of 1.9% in 2024 and 2.5% in 2025 according to the IMF
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its latest economic projections report 2024 places Latin America and the Caribbean with a growth of 1.9% in 2024, and an increase of up to 2.5% in 2025, which implies a reduction for 2024 of 0.6 percentage points with respect to the report's projection in 2023.
Huawei celebrates 10 years of Seeds for the Future talent program in Latin America and the Caribbean
Huawei celebrated 10 years of its flagship Seeds for the Future program in Latin America and the Caribbean, through which it has offered more than 2,100 scholarships to young students so they can receive training in digital technologies.
El Salvador maintains low inflation in Latin America
El Salvador remains a country with low inflation in Latin America and in a list published by the financial advisory company Bloomberg it is ranked 14th out of 17 countries whose inflation levels have been compared.
Latin America and the Caribbean continue with low growth trend according to ECLAC
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has delivered its latest economic report for this year, in which it states that Latin America and the Caribbean will grow 2.2% in 2023 and 1.9% in 2024, which implies a slowdown in regional growth with respect to the levels observed in 2022.
New record remittances reported in Latin America
According to a new report from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), remittances received by Latin American and Caribbean countries are projected to reach a record US$155 billion in 2023 if trends observed to date continue.
Semillas para el Futuro: Passing on knowledge to the future leaders of Latin America
Huawei successfully completed the ninth edition of its Semillas para el Futuro: program for students from Central America and the Caribbean in San Jose, Costa Rica. 92 students from the region had the opportunity to receive training from ICT industry experts, INCAE (Instituto Centroamericano de Administración de Empresas) professors, representatives from government institutions and organizations such as UNESCO.
IDB says there is a deficit of 500,000 cybersecurity professionals in Latin America and the Caribbean
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) points out that there are a good number of jobs in the area of technology that have not been filled. For some experts this is due to the lack of knowledge within the curricula on the use of new technologies and software development.
ECLAC indicates that economic improvements do not always indicate social improvements in Latin America
Economic improvements do not always imply social improvements; that is why the Fifth Meeting of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in conjunction with the XV Ministerial Forum for Development in Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), opened today in Santiago, Chile.
President of Samsung Latin America meets with the President of El Salvador
The president of Samsung Latin America, Hong Sang Jo, visited El Salvador on september 26, in order to explore opportunities for cooperation with the government of the Central American nation and the country's private sector.