• A discussion on the TMF Group’s Global Business Complexity Index with Adrian Owen
    Jun 3 2025

    Welcome to the most recent episode of the Central American Group podcast. In these recordings, we speak with individuals who have expertise in Central America and, often, the Latin American region as a whole. Today, we have with us Adrian Owen. Adrian is affiliated with the TMF Group, which publishes the Global Business Complexity Index (GBCI) annually.

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    18 mins
  • Manufacturing in Costa Rica with Ascential Medical and Life Sciences
    Mar 10 2025

    Ascential Medical and Life Sciences specializes in helping its customers develop their own automation solutions.

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    11 mins
  • Costa Rica Foreign Direct Investment Promotion: A Conversation with Pilar Madrigal of CINDE.
    Oct 1 2024

    Thank you for the opportunity. As you said, my name is Maria Paz Araya. For the past eight months, I have served as the coordinator of foreign direct investment outside of the Greater Metropolitan Areas in Costa Rica.

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    27 mins
  • Investment outside of the Greater Metropolitan Area in Costa Rica
    May 17 2024

    Thank you for the opportunity. As you said, my name is Maria Paz Araya. For the past eight months, I have served as the coordinator of foreign direct investment outside of the Greater Metropolitan Areas in Costa Rica.

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    15 mins
  • Costa Rica and the US Supply Chain: A Discussion with Andrew Crawford of Procomer
    Mar 4 2024

    Welcome to another episode of the Central American Group podcasts. We record these on topics that have to do with economic issues in Costa Rica and El Salvador, and the rest of the Central American region as a whole. Today we're lucky and fortunate to have Patricia Figueroa with us. She is the executive director of the Textile, Apparel, and Free Trade Zone Association of El Salvador. Among other things, we will discuss the synthetic textile cluster in El Salvador.

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    36 mins
  • Industrial Real Estate in El Salvador
    Jan 18 2024

    I've been in industrial real estate in El Salvador for almost eight years now. Colliers started here in the country last year and it's consolidating operations in the Central American region, adding to the almost sixty-five countries that it already has under its umbrella.

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    13 mins
  • The Food Processing Industry in El Salvador: An Overview
    Dec 18 2023

    Understanding the nuances of food processing sector requires a look at its scope, the raw materials involved, the finished products manufactured, and the strategic advantages of food processing activities in El Salvador in the country's free zones.

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    14 mins
  • Investment in rail transportation in El Salvador will be more than $1.8 billion
    Dec 3 2023

    The regional master plan contemplates that the Central American country will invest significantly to improve rail transportation in El Salvador between 2022 and 2035.

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    14 mins