Panama just hosted the largest regional economic gathering in recent years. The CAF International Economic Forum 2026 brought together 6,500 leaders from 70 countries, 7 heads of state, 250 panelists and over 400 bilateral meetings. A message rang loud and clear: digital infrastructure will define which nations lead the coming decades.
Representing Salience, our Business Development LATAM lead Juan Pablo Lefian Salinas, shared insights with leaders such as former President Eduardo Frei of Chile, ministers, deputy ministers and senior CAF executives in conversations where connectivity moved beyond a technical topic to become a matter of regional sovereignty.
Michio Kaku put it plainly: “The next great transformation of humanity will be quantum. But cyberspace allows any country to participate. Latin America has a place in this transformation.”
We are already working to make that happen.
Salience Consulting has delivered over 150 projects across the Middle East, Africa, Europe and Asia. Today we bring that global expertise to Latin America, where we have been working for over a year deploying multidisciplinary teams of economists, lawyers, engineers, environmental specialists and local experts from multiple countries. Our strength: customizing methodologies and supporting technically complex and geopolitically strategic projects.
A case in point is our work alongside Pioneer Consulting, Subtel Chile and CAF -banco de desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe- on the feasibility study for the Antarctic Cable, over 1,000 km of fiber optic where Chile leads as the gateway to Antarctica, connecting countries with Antarctic presence such as Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador, Peru and Uruguay. A comprehensive study spanning the technical, regulatory, financial, economic, environmental, geostrategic and governance dimensions of one of the most ambitious connectivity projects in the Southern Hemisphere.
Latin America is Salience’s strategic growth priority. We bring our global experience to strengthen the region’s digital sovereignty.
We don’t just recommend what to do, we help make it happen.