Why Did Uruguay Land US$1 Billion Without Creating a Special Zone?
Eduardo Bastitta walks across a 515-hectare plot, roughly 737 manzanas (the traditional Guatemalan land measure), on the shore of the Río de la Plata, outside Colonia del Sacramento. Across the water, an hour away by boat, lies Buenos Aires. Bastitta is an Argentine businessman who founded Plaza Logística, a network of warehouse parks across the […]
Why Doesn’t the T-Shirt Exporter Pay, While the Coffee Exporter Does?
Anyone in Guatemala who wanted to buy something as simple as imported chocolate, before 1986, had three doors available. The Comisariato Militar, if you had a military ID and knew someone inside: a “passport to paradise” of imported consumer goods. Selectas or Exclusivas, if you had the money of the capital’s upper class. For everyone […]