In a recent publication of the U.S. media Foreign Policy, José Raúl González, Progreso’s CEO, expressed his optimism about what promises to be the beginning of a new era of opportunities for Guatemala.
Gonzalez, who leads the Guatemalan-born multi-Latin company, assures that Guatemala is at a transcendental moment, as there is a commitment from public and private institutions to develop and improve public services and infrastructure.
«The private sector must align with the commitment to restore the prestige of Guatemala’s public institutions».
The article highlights that Progreso is part of the group of companies supporting the «Guatemala Avanzando» initiative, which plans to carry out infrastructure projects for more than $7 billion US.
This project seeks to transform the country’s highway networks and connect the metropolitan area with other cities and ports in the country. At the same time it plans to generate close to 574 thousand jobs, increasing productivity and social inclusion in the country.
The publication, available at the following link click here efforts with its “HogaRES”, «Healthy Floors» project to reduce respiratory, intestinal and skin diseases.
This issue is of vital importance as millions of Latin American families live in homes with dirt floors, which means that children are constantly exposed to a myriad of ailments.
For González, creating economic value establishes financial sustainability, environmental value and authentic social value.
«With these three complementary values, Progreso has been building communities with solid foundations for 125 years and we believe we can guarantee business sustainability for another 125 years,» he concluded.
