The new Covid-19 wave is putting more pressure on medical oxygen demand supplies in South America, as new virus variants are more infectious and the vaccination efforts progress slowly due to a lack of vaccines...
As Covid cases and deaths increased rapidly, the Brazilian hospital system is under serious stress.
Finally, after several months of suspense, on 1st March (2019) the merger of Praxair and Linde became effective in the Americas and Messer Industries took effective control of the former Linde subsidiaries in Brazil and...
As we anticipated in our February 2013 report (“Latin America Shows Its Resilience but Growth Moderates,” CryoGas, February 2013, p. 42) economic growth continued in Latin America, registering a three percent increase in 2012, but at a slower pace...
As we reported last July (“2011 Latin American Industrial Gas Report,” CryoGas, July 2012, p. 44), as a consequence of unfavorable external conditions, the Latin American economy is growing at lower rates than in 2011.
As we reported in January, the Latin America industrial gases market increased by 21 percent in 2010, after contracting in 2009, and was off to a strong start in early 2012 with several new projects pushing demand for industrial gases....
The world economy is fraught with uncertainty due to the continuing European debt crisis, and the recovery in the United States, Latin America’s important trading partner, remains stubbornly mild. These unfavorable foreign economic environments are beginning to affect financial markets and...
Latin America showed a solid 6.1 percent growth in GDP in 2010, signaling that the crisis that began in late 2008 was over. This reflects solid macroeconomic policy fundamentals, strong internal demand supported by sizable government support, favorable external financing conditions,...
The Latin American Economy Two thousand and ten saw the Latin American region emerging from the global economic crisis at a faster pace than anticipated. In the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) recently published World Economic Outlook (www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2010/01 /pdf/text.pdf), the organization increased its projection...
