Small businesses help create prosperous islands, COVID-19 Insight series and more

This week we are focusing on the Canary Islands and the Azores. The piece on the Canary Islands is authored by Carmen Rubio Armendáriz and the piece on the Azores by Carlos Eduardo Pacheco Amaral..

In the Canary Islands, the imposed restrictions have been accompanied with a sense of greater remoteness and isolation not only from the mainland but also between the islands of the archipelago.

In the Azores, the growing tourism industry has been deeply affected. But agriculture and fisheries – greatly significant sectors on the archipelago – have also suffered from the sudden change in consumption patterns and markets.
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