Latin Americas success stories

Published: May 22, 2024, 11:01 p.m.

Across the region, there are examples of economic success stories: countries, companies and people that are getting things right, transforming their local economies and bringing prosperity to the region.

We go to Peru, where fruit producers are enjoying a blueberry boom.

We hear from Uruguay, which generates almost all its electricity from renewable energy, and we visit a factory Mexico that\u2019s benefiting from \u201cnearshoring\u201d and the country\u2019s proximity to the United States.

We talk to two female entrepreneurs \u2013 one from Chile and one from Colombia \u2013 on how the ecosystem for start-ups has evolved in their countries and the exciting possibilities the region has to offer.

Produced and presented by Gideon Long

(Image: Close-up on a worker loading baskets of blueberries on a truck at a plantation. Credit: Getty Images)