Leonardo MorazánForeign Direct Investment ConsultantTegucigalpa, Honduras LATAM FDI: Today we have Leonardo Morazán with us. Leonardo is somebody who's worked several years, quite a few, as a matter of fact, as an investment consultant to both private sector and...

Welcome to another LATAM FDI podcast. Today, we’re pleased to have Christian Navas with us. He’s an investment attraction specialist with Invest in El Salvador. We are going to discuss agribusiness investment in El Salvador.

Laura is with a law firm that is very prominent in Latin America called Arias Law. I’m going to let Laura tell us a little bit about herself and the company that she represents before we begin our discussion of the free trade zone regime in Costa Rica.

We’re, a company based in Tucson, Arizona, that for nearly four decades has been helping foreign manufacturing companies expand into Mexico via what’s known as the shelter program.

Brazil, in 2022 was number five in terms of foreign direct investment attraction in the world. Several sectors are attractive for Brazil, especially renewable energy, infrastructure, agribusiness, and automotive.

We’re pleased to have Arturo Rodriguez with us. Arturo is the founder or one of the founders of a company that is based in Hermosillo, Mexico, called Intugo.

Thanks for the invitation to be part of your program to talk about why to invest in Colombia. Well, I’m the general manager of Zonamerica, Colombia, which is a free trade zone located in Cali.

Today we’re pleased to have Wendy Mena with us. She’s the investment promotion advisor for Invest Guatemala. I’ll let her tell you about herself and her organization.

Today we are very fortunate to have a gentleman from Uruguay with us. His name is Juan Carlos Rodriguez, and he is the commercial and marketing director of the Aguada Park Free Zone, which is in Montevideo.

Today we have Veronica Medina with us. We feel very fortunate to speak with her. She’s the founder and CEO of Business Hub Consultants. She’s located in Santiago, Chile. And I’ll just let her introduce herself and her company to you and then we’ll have a discussion about doing business in Chile.

Today we have Andrew Crawford with us. Andrew is the Trade Commissioner in Houston for Costa Rica. He represents an organization that is called Procomer. I’ll let him introduce himself, explain what his organization does, and expand on the subject of doing business in Costa Rica.

Welcome to another episode of the LATAM FDI podcast. Joining us today is Silvia Cochón. Silvia is the lead for the promotion department in the National Council of the Dominican Republic for Free zones. Today we will discuss manufacturing in the Dominican Republic with her.