Juan Esteban SanchezDirector Invest Guatemalaesanchez@investguatemala.org LATAM FDI:  Today, Juan Esteban Sánchez, the executive director of Invest Guatemala, is with us. First, I want to welcome you to the podcast. Could you please tell us a little bit about yourself...

LATAM FDI: In this episode, Mauricio Claver-Carone joins us. Mauricio is the managing partner of an organization called the Lara Fund, and he is a former advisor to the First Trump Administration for the Americas. Welcome, Mauricio. You could expand on your biography....

Katherine CaicedoInvestment Attraction ManagerInvest PacificCali, Colombia LATAM FDI: Hello, welcome to another installation of the LATAM FDI podcast. These are conversations in which we speak to individuals throughout the region of Latin America on topics related to...

I am the Costa Rican Minister of Foreign Trade. I’m also the chairman of the Board of Procomer, our official investment, IPA, Investment Promotion Agency, and Expert Promotion Agency. I am a lawyer by education. I specialize in international law and international trade law.

We have had free zones here in Peru throughout history, but not exactly as they work in the USA and different parts of the world. I have been participating in the law, and the idea is to have clear incentives. The problem with incentives here in Peru includes tax incentives.

Welcome to this episode of the LATAM FDI podcast. Today, we have Carolina Rosales-González with us. Carolina is the executive director of an organization in Cartagena, Colombia, called Invest in Cartagena and Bolivar.

Today, we are honored to have the Paraguayan ambassador to the United States, Antonio dos Santos, with us. His name is Antonio dos Santos.

I am a member of the fifth generation of a family that came to Guatemala in the 18th century. I have been in different business. My father and mother always told us how to create jobs, how to create opportunities, and how to attract foreign investment in Guatemala.

Today, we have Mauricio Claver-Caronne with us. Mauricio has a very interesting background, but at present, he is the manager and general partner of Latin America, Latin American Real Assets Opportunities Fund, which is called Lara Fund by its acronym.

We have Porfirio Waters with us. Porfirio is the CEO of a company that is based in McAllen, Texas. It’s called Trade Flex Shelter Services. We will have a conversation about the IMMEX program in Mexico.

Today, we have Rafael McCaden with us. Rafael is the Executive Director for Industrial and Logistics with Colliers in Mexico. Good morning, Raphael. How are you today? Could you tell us about yourself and your company?