Two weeks ago, President-elect Donald Trump stated that, on his first day in office, he would seek a 10% tariff increase in Chinese goods and the imposition of 25% tariffs on products imported from Canada and Mexico. Responses from each… Read More »

Ecuador is reeling from an energy crisis so severe that power blackouts sometimes last up to 14 hours a day. For businesses, it’s a battle for survival. Over 3,500 jobs were wiped out in the month of September alone, with… Read More »

Dan Lang, a longtime employee at Sutherland Global Services and widely admired for his work in impact sourcing, passed away suddenly last week. He was 60 years old and based in Williamson, New York. Through his 35+ years of service… Read More »

Andrea Iorio is a Brazil-based Italian tech expert who has quickly become one of the regions’ main keynote speakers and authors on technological transformation. After a business career aiding brands like Groupon, L’oreal Brazil, and Tinder LatAm, he decided to… Read More »

Ualá is one of several disruptive tech innovators taking Latin America’s banking by storm. The company is very much a reflection of its founder and CEO Pierpaolo Barbieri, a 37-year-old Argentinian whose name recognition is suddenly skyrocketing due to a… Read More »

Latin America’s productivity rate is alarmingly low, with the region being four times less productive than the United States, according to a study by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). To put this into perspective, a… Read More »

Free Trade Zones (FTZs) are no longer places for the transit of import and export products; they are increasingly expanding their offer to accommodate nearshore technology service companies such as BPOs, call centers and data centers. For this reason, FTZs… Read More »