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Mexico tourism: FDI dropped 50% in 2018

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25-Mar-19 Mexico's foreign direct investment in tourism plummeted by 50% in 2018, to USD798.5 mn. Mexico also dropped from sixth to seventh place in arrival of foreign visitors due to the recovery of Turkey. [image: Tourism Review]

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Education and investment identify countries with growth potential

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22-Mar-19 In countries where more than half the workforce have upper secondary education there is a strong positive relationship between capital investment and productivity. Seven countries with well educated populations and low fixed capital per worker are investing above average in fixed capital, and therefore look to be opportunity markets. Conversely there are eight countries which have a good standard of education but are not investing enough to fully leverage it in future. [image: Global Demographics Ltd]

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Millicom buys Telefonica's mobile businesses in Central America

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20-Feb-19 Millicom, a cable and mobile operator in Latin America and Africa, has bought the mobile telecom assets of Spain’s Telefonica in Panama, Costa Rica and Nicaragua, for USD1.65 bn. In Jan-19 Telefonica sold its Guatemalan and El Salvadoran operations. [image: Reuters]

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China’s billions are powering Latin America’s tech boom

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08-Jan-19 With growing emphasis on telecommunications, Chinese investment is increasingly the primary fuel behind Latin America’s tech boom. Beijing wants deals with countries that are resource-rich and have growing consumer demand, such as Colombia, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Peru and Brazil. [image: Nelson Ching / Bloomberg]

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