lundi · 28 sept 2026Guatemala
Des preuves pour l'ascension industrielle de l'Amérique centrale
Opinion
Des essais sur les goulets d'étranglement qui freinent l'industrie guatémaltèque, et les chiffres qui les sous-tendent.
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.
Par E. Castellanos11 sept 20262 min
The Grid
The country generates electricity it cannot move. The bottleneck is not megawatts but wire.
Par R. Andrade09 sept 20261 min
Remesas
Remittances now exceed all exports combined. The diaspora is Guatemala's largest industry — and its least examined.
Par M. Búcaro07 sept 20261 min
FX
Exporters blame the exchange rate for a decade of flat volumes. The evidence points elsewhere.
Par M. Búcaro04 sept 20261 min
Aduanas
The forms at Santo Tomás have not changed since 1998. Neither has the wait.
Par S. Piñol02 sept 20261 min
Permisos
A construction licence in the capital takes 214 days. We priced every one of them.
Par R. Andrade28 août 20261 min