Montag · 28 Sep 2026Guatemala-Stadt
Belege für den industriellen Aufstieg Zentralamerikas
Meinung
Essays über die Engpässe, die Guatemalas Industrie drosseln, und die Zahlen dahinter.
Bottlenecks · Nº 14
Congestion at Puerto Quetzal now functions as a nine percent duty on everything Guatemala sells. Abolishing it requires neither a treaty nor a new tax — only a crane schedule.
Von E. Castellanos11 Sep 20262 Min.
The Grid
The country generates electricity it cannot move. The bottleneck is not megawatts but wire.
Von R. Andrade09 Sep 20261 Min.
Remesas
Remittances now exceed all exports combined. The diaspora is Guatemala's largest industry — and its least examined.
Von M. Búcaro07 Sep 20261 Min.
FX
Exporters blame the exchange rate for a decade of flat volumes. The evidence points elsewhere.
Von M. Búcaro04 Sep 20261 Min.
Aduanas
The forms at Santo Tomás have not changed since 1998. Neither has the wait.
Von S. Piñol02 Sep 20261 Min.
Permisos
A construction licence in the capital takes 214 days. We priced every one of them.
Von R. Andrade28 Aug 20261 Min.