Guatemala: Bye bye 2008... Hello 2009.
To our readers, I thank you for your valuable support on 2008. We hope to meet you with varied opinions in 2009. What is left after 2008 A global crisis: The world is changing; Prices in fuel and commodities increased more in 2008 than in 30 years, and they also plummeted. The world´s reaction to this was to change its consumption habits and products. They preferred to live a significant change in demand. This has forced big companies to reinvent themselvs or suffer the consequences. This has also given way to many opportunities for small and medium enterprises. A bad decision in the U.S. policy in the nineties blew up in 2008, leading to the bankruptcy of several banks, including Lehman Brothers, and uncertainty in the global financial system. In Guatemala, a government of poor results: This year was marked by a very difficult economic and social situation due to insecurity, unemployment and poverty. However, the national guideline was marked by a lack of guidelines. Between ...