Guatemala City, Guatemala, June 1, 2021.- The freight railroad route prioritized for the "Guatemalan Segment of Railroad Connection in Central America" project will be the Tecún Umán-Guatemala City line, with a length of 274 kilometers, comprising three sections: Tecún Umán-Mazatenango, Mazatenango-Santa María and Santa María-Guatemala City. This was announced at the mid-term seminar held between ...
Guatemala City, June 15, 2021.- In order to provide food and improve the health of children and women in vulnerable conditions, the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) made a donation of US$4,000 to the Selva Virgen Ecological Foundation to support the development of the Food Assistance Program for Malnourished Children residing in the community of La Dignidad, in the department ...
Guatemala City, June 11, 2021.- A total of 454 companies, 93% of which are micro and small, have accessed financing from the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI), enabling them to obtain resources to cover the costs of their commercial operations, repay debt, and pay salaries and obligations to suppliers. Part of these business loans will be guaranteed by CABEI through the ...
Guatemala City, January 14, 2021.- The Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) and the Knowledge Exchange Program of the Republic of Korea (KSP) together with Ferrocarriles de Guatemala (FEGUA, Guatemala Railways in English), agreed to carry out the pre-feasibility studies of the project called "Guatemalan Segment of Railway Connection in Central America" for an amount of ...
Guatemala City, Guatemala, May 7, 2021.- A total of ten Guatemalan micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MIPYMEs) comprising 297 entrepreneurs were able to strengthen their technical and business skills during 2020, thanks to a US$50,000 grant from the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) under the Central American MIPYME Business Idea Development and Acceleration ...
Guatemala City, April 28th, 2021.- The Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI), through the Justice Sector Investment and Modernization Program, granted the first disbursement to the Republic of Guatemala in the amount of US$27.4 million, with which the Government Ministry (MINGOB) will initiate key investments to improve citizen security, crime prosecution and justice ...
Guatemala City, Guatemala, April 09, 2021.- Nearly 900 jobs in Guatemalan micro and small enterprises have been preserved through a disbursement granted by the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) to BANRURAL for US$4.0 million under the MIPYME Financial Sector Support Facility Program. These resources granted in 2020 have had a positive impact on 373 companies located ...
Guatemala City, March 26th, 2021.- In order to improve access to health care services for the rural population, strengthen the administration of justice and support the economic reactivation process of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) is promoting projects in Guatemala in the amount of US$510.2 million. One of these is the ...
Guatemala City, February, 01, 2021 . Within the framework of the comprehensive regional rail transport network initiative promoted by the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI), the "Pre-feasibility Studies of the Guatemalan Rail Connection Segment Project in Central America" Inception Seminar was held on thursday, January 28. With this event, the execution of this initiative of ...
Guatemala City, February 26, 2021 . On February 17, the Central American Bank for Economic Integration approved a US$40,000 non-reimbursable cooperation grant to facilitate and assist the Municipality of Guatemala in the technical and financial evaluation of the "Introduction of electric buses to line 5 of the Transmetro, design and preparation of the project's bidding conditions" project. This ...
