AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoDigital Payments: Paraguay is testing Peanut, a wallet that lets users hold digital dollars and pay by card without a Paraguayan bank account. AI in Jamaica: Businesses are moving beyond chatbots to AI tools that automate work, even as the government’s national AI policy remains in development; one local firm has built an AI platform for medical practices. Caribbean Commerce: Powertranz and Mastercard are rolling out pay-at-the-table contactless payments for restaurants in Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados. Data Infrastructure: Uruguay’s government has partnered with Solaria to develop up to 500 megawatts of data-center capacity. Seismic Research: Chile’s new GeoSismos platform brings together more than a decade of seismic data to support earthquake research. Venezuelan Fossils: Vertebrae from Venezuela suggest anacondas reached about 5.2 metres roughly 12.4 million years ago, though researchers still cannot explain why the snakes remained giants.
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