Chinese wind turbine companies are exploring areas in North and South America for international expansion opportunities.

More than 50 companies have set up in Buenos Aires’ technology district since its creation two years ago, city leaders have reported. Modelled on the Barcelona @22 district, the revamped former industrial area close to the centre of Argentina’s capital is attracting technology companies to a neighbourhood once marked by warehouses and brownfield sites.

For more than two decades I was based in Washington, DC. Many of my friends were Washington lawyers, who, as most people know, do not practise law; rather, they help their clients navigate, mitigate or even gain advantage from the actions of an increasingly intrusive government. They are having a good year.

Security issues, stifled telecoms and energy sectors and over-reliance on the US threaten the celebratory atmosphere surrounding Mexico’s bicentenary anniversary. But, says Jason Mitchell, foreign investors are not yet ready to leave the party.

Haiti and the Dominican Republic have endured a fraught relationship over the past 200 years, but could the latter’s response to the former’s recent earthquake lead to a more mutually beneficial partnership in the future? Michael Deibert investigates.