The 2021 annual report by the Global Entrepreneurship Network platform and the Start Genome project released the Global Startup Ecosystem Report 2021, the most comprehensive and widely read research that analysed 280 ecosystems and registered more than three million startups. Startup is a term used to define companies that are young or recently created and […]

The Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA), together with the Eurasian Economic Union (UEEA) on the occasion of the second seminar “UEEA-LAC: Eliminating barriers and building bridges for commercial cooperation” held in face-to-face and virtual format from Caracas and the headquarters of the Eurasian Economic Commission (CEE) in Moscow, adopt the following joint declaration. […]

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the region’s growth. The paralysis of economic activities as a result of the virus containment measures has led to the closure of businesses, the destruction of jobs, the impact on global supply chains and the collapse of health systems at the regional level. In addition, Latin […]

Last Wednesday, 8 December 2021, the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) held the second online seminar entitled Eliminating barriers and bridge-building for business cooperation. The timing was perfect to identify mechanisms useful to counter the challenges in the bi-regional trade. “There is plenty of opportunities to bridge […]

During the XLVII Meeting of the Latin American Council held last Tuesday, 30 November 2021 in Caracas, the representatives of the Member States of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) warmly welcomed the work carried out by the organization in furtherance of Latin American and Caribbean economic growth. Félix Plasencia, Minister of Foreign […]

Last Tuesday, 30 November 2021, during the XLVII Meeting of the Latin American Council, Ambassador Clarems Endara, the Permanent Secretary of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA), made an appeal to refine the integration policies of Latin America and the Caribbean. The senior officer noted that regional mechanisms have a golden opportunity, not […]

The Latin American and Caribbean Economic Council (SELA) hosted on Tuesday, 30 November 2021, the XLVII Meeting of the Latin American Council, the top decision maker of the organization, currently chaired by Mexico and composed of all the 25 Member States of SELA. During the past meeting, and as part of its responsibilities, the Latin […]

The new Work Programme sponsored by the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA), including its three thematic areas -economic recovery, digitalization and social development- points to specific goals and objectives within a set of key programmes for the region in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations Agenda 2030. The […]

On 1 December 2021, a new stage kicked off at the Latin American Economic System (SELA). All its 25 Member States gave their blessing to implement the Work Program 2022-2026 and restructure the organization in keeping with the country needs and in response to the urgent concerns faced in the region so that ordinary people […]

Upon the implementation of a multi-annual work programme tailored to the needs of Member States and in response to the urgent concerns in the region as a result of the structural crisis, deepened by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Latin American Economic System (SELA) has agreed with its counterparts on a common agenda to capitalize on […]

Economic recovery, digitalization and social development are the major thematic areas of the draft multiannual agenda of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA), prepared in tandem with Member States and to be submitted for their approval at the XLVII Latin American Council in Caracas on 30 November 2021. Earlier, on 29 November 2021, […]

The Latin American Council, the top decision maker of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA), gathers annually its Member States to outline the general policies of the organization and adopt by consensus certain resolutions. This year, the edition number 47 will take place in Caracas headquarters on 29 and 30 November 2021. In […]