Guyana’s cabinet signs off on plan to develop a hemp industry
Guyana’s Cabinet of Ministers greenlighted the cultivation and processing of industrial hemp, saying the sector could create thousands of jobs and create new industries. The…
Latin America
Costa Rica’s program for medical cannabis, hemp could start in autumn
Proponents are optimistic that a proposed law that would establish a framework for medical cannabis and industrial hemp in Costa Rica could be in place…
Initiative to consolidate the global hemp industry is launched
Organizations from around the world are joining to form an international association to advance the interests of the hemp industry. The new body, as yet…
Shipment to Holland marks first exports to Europe from Latin America
A Paraguayan food maker is exporting 20 tons of certified organic hulled hempseed in a first food shipment to Europe. Minister of Agriculture and Livestock,…
Argentina’s Senate advances bill on hemp, medical cannabis
Argentina’s Senate has overwhelmingly approved a law that would establish a regulatory framework for the development of the medical cannabis and industrial hemp sectors. The proposed law,…
Florida firm’s CBD OK’d in Brazil
Largo, Florida-based NuNature Labs said it has been authorized to distribute two medical-grade oral CBD products in Brazil. Approval is through the National Health Surveillance…
Court sides with Brazilian patient over import of CBD product
A Brazilian medical CBD patient has received a reward of R$10,000 (~$2,000) for distress suffered when the government refused to import a specific CBD product…
Passage of law in Argentina could spark $500 million market
Regulated medical cannabis and hemp industries in Argentina could generate 10,000 new jobs, $500 million in domestic sales and $50 million in exports annually, Minister…
Canadian CBD company says it will target UK, launch drink in Costa Rica
Toronto-based Flora Growth Corp., said it has plans to export three CBD-based products into the UK and is poised for entry into Central America, starting…
Critics say govt. failing Paraguay’s small farmers by blocking seeds
Hemp stakeholders in Paraguay say the government is favoring large business interests to the disadvantage of peasant farmers in contravention of earlier decrees that call…