One year after Costa Rica celebrated passage of a cannabis law, the hemp industry has been slow to get off the ground. After the law passed in March 2022, agriculture
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A subsidiary of a Canadian cannabis company has received the first license to develop hemp operations from Mexican health authorities, but a legal framework that would underpin the industry has
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A Brazilian court has agreed to rule on a case that would greenlight businesses and farmers to grow cannabis, but even with a positive outcome in the case, Brazil could still be years
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Argentina is moving beyond the hemp flower, with 15 grain and fiber varieties now undergoing evaluation for inclusion in the country’s official seed catalog. Buenos Aires-based Industrial Hemp Solutions (IHS) said
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Argentina has officially launched an agency in support of industrial hemp and medical cannabis, the latest in a string of key moves that show the government is serious about developing
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Argentina’s Ministry of Science said it will invest more than $106 million in 13 research and development projects in hemp and cannabis across six provinces. National and provincial governments, municipalities,
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The Ecuadorian government has greenlighted the country’s first hemp crop under a cooperative initiative among two companies and the Latin-American Industrial Hemp Association (LAIHA). LAIHA member Green and Growth, Quito,
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Two hemp companies are pushing back against the seizure of a legal shipment of hemp products from Paraguay to Costa Rica, reflecting growing pains as countries across Latin America implement
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Playing catchup with other Central American countries, Honduras now is moving to establish a framework for industrial hemp. Stakeholders and government officials explored the promise for hemp late last month
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An agriculture conglomerate has received the first authorization to grow and process hemp in Costa Rica under a recently signed resolution from the country’s agriculture ministry. Farming and food conglomerate
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