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…
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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…
Uruguayan, Canadian companies team up in Colombia
YVY Life Sciences of Uruguay said it signed an agreement with Vancouver, Canada-based Blueberries Medical Corp. to jointly develop cannabis genetics, and to replicate YVY’s…
Costa Rican law enforcement officials block transport of trial crops
Public security officials in Costa Rica say they can’t guarantee a shipment of hemp material between two research sites won’t be seized under drug laws,…
Hemp ‘viable’ in Bahamas, but cross-pollination is a worry
Cannabis officials in The Bahamas say they still back hemp, but the commonwealth’s fortunes in the sector will depend on strategies to separate hemp and…
Puerto Rico ag secretary says without private investment, hemp will stall
Puerto Rico needs to attract private investment to develop infrastructure for the hemp sector or the U.S. territory risks missing out on the growing industry,…
Hemp trials set in Ecuador
Researchers will sow 140 hemp plants in the Ecuadorian provinces of Imbabura and Pichincha as part of the first trials carried out in the country…
Uruguay clears animal CBD line
Uruguay’s Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Feed has approved “anbidiol,” a line of CBD animal health products from Australia’s Creso Pharma Limited and commercial partner…
Mexican cannabis bill is delayed
The lower house of the Mexican Congress has agreed to postpone a vote on the country’s Federal Law of Cannabis Regulation, which would establish commercial…