The Hospital das Clínicas (HC) in São Paulo serves 380 patients in gender transition. Of these, 280 are under 18 - 100 children from 4 to 12 years old, and 180 adolescents between 13 and 17 years old. The information is from the G1 portal. The treatment for gender reassignment involves blocking puberty, cross-harmonization, and […]
The country's gross public debt closed in 2022, representing 73.5% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the lowest index in five years, according to data from the Central Bank of Brazil released on Monday (30). The December result of the so-called General Government Gross Debt (GGDB) was the lowest since July 2017 - at 73.18% […]
According to data from the quarterly report prepared by the Secretariat of the Central American Monetary Council (Secmca), the region of Central America and the Dominican Republic (CARD) received a total of US$8.118 billion in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) up to September 2022. The quarterly report presents the balance of payments of this organization, corresponding […]
Paul Krugman, a Nobel laureate in economics, said the proposed shared currency between Argentina and Brazil is a "terrible idea" conceived by someone with limited knowledge of economics, adding to public criticism of the plan being pushed by the leaders of the two countries. "A shared currency can make sense between economies that are each other's main […]
Financial flows seem to be playing in favor of Argentina in terms of bonds and stocks. Still, this situation has no correlation in the exchange market, where the demand for the US currency outstrips the supply. In this context, the MEP dollar and the dollar spot with liquidity (
Bitcoin is on track to close out its best January since 2013 amid bets that monetary tightening campaigns and the crypto sector crisis are easing. The largest token by market value is up 40% in 2023, a figure for the first month of the year only surpassed twice when the industry was in its infancy. […]
The Australian Government is being accused of trying to hide part of the official history of the peacekeeping mission carried out in East Timor after the independence referendum in 1999. The accusations, reported in the Australian press, relate to a new book that tells the official story of Australian involvement in the international peacekeeping operation […]
By Maximino Carlos There are more than 870 teachers hired at the beginning of the covid-19 pandemic, distributed in all districts of the country and teaching from primary to secondary school. Since the first hiring in 2020, salaries have been paid with delays of about six months. In early January, Adilson Esperança led a representation […]
The hotel occupancy rate in Macau was 38.4% last year, the second lowest in more than two decades, and 11.7 percentage points lower than in 2021, it was announced today. According to official data dating back to 1997, the worst year for the territory's hotels was 2020, at the beginning of the covid-19 pandemic, with […]
The number of tourists who sought Cape Verde in 2022 exceeded 700,000, about 90% of the record 819,000 in 2019, the Minister of Tourism and Transport revealed today. "By our numbers already received - and not yet confirmed by the National Statistics Institute [INE] - may be reaching the 700,000 tourists who have arrived in […]
Angola is expected to collect US$1.95 billion from the export of some 8.75 million carats of diamonds in 2022, the Ministry of Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas said today. According to the head of the Planning department of the Studies, Planning and Statistics Office of the Ministry of Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas, Alexandre Garret, […]
By Gregorio Esteban* (Opinion) There is a unique opportunity for new beginnings in Latin America amid unprecedented changes. The region is emerging from dramatic election wins for leftists in Brazil, Chile, and Colombia in 2022, sparking hope for positive change around issues such as inequality, climate change, and regional integration. Meanwhile, the planet continues to […]
Brazil has the most deaths of trans people worldwide for the 14th consecutive year. According to the dossier on murders and violence against Brazilian trans people by the National Association of Transvestites and Transsexuals (Antra), Mexico and the United States are in second and third place, respectively. According to the report, 131 transsexual and transvestite […]
The Cantareira Reservoir has registered levels well below normal for many years but is currently operating at more than 50% of its capacity. Sistema Cantareira is a water supply system in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It comprises five interconnected reservoirs that provide water to 9 million people in the São Paulo metropolitan area. […]
By Gabriel de Arruda Castro In 2021, the Open Society Foundation, owned by wealthy George Soros, poured R$107 (US$21) million into Brazilian NGOs – none with principles that can be considered right-wing. As shown by Gazeta do Povo, the list of beneficiaries includes organizations that defend prisoner’s incarceration, the LGBT agenda, and drug legalization. The […]
By Bruna Komarchesqui (Opinion) Since meat consumption has been considered the villain of climate change, the consumer's plate has become one of the most heated battlefields on the planet. Far from being a matter of individual freedom, as the conservatives defend, for the progressives, "eating less meat is a political act", as Greenpeace argues. The […]
Besides the classic packet of peanuts and a soft drink, you may be entitled to more items in airline economy class that you don't know about. The Travel + Leisure website questioned several flight attendants to find out if there might be some "secret" items we're not enjoying while traveling beyond the standard amenities handed […]
Some of the damage done by climate change can no longer be repaired. There would be no point in shutting down all greenhouse gas emissions now; we would still have drastic and irreversible consequences. One of them is melting in tropical regions. Glaciers in countries closer to the equator, which have warmer summers and more […]
The Brazilian nuclear-powered submarine is an entirely national development, involving many military secrets accumulated over years of research led by the Brazilian Navy with its nuclear program. Among the holders of these secrets is Nuclebrás Equipamentos Pesados (Nuclep), a . . . To read the full NEWS and much more, Subscribe to our Premium Membership […]
Reserve General Luiz Eduardo Rocha Paiva published an article in which he warned about Brazil's Lula da Silva government. In the document, the military man lists arguments that, according to him, reveal the PT's plan for Brazil: to make the country socialist. "In the 1979 Charter of Principles of the PT, the acronym declares, through […]
The deputy of the National Assembly of Venezuela, Romel Guzamana, said through social networks that the indigenous Yanomami ethnic group with signs of malnutrition in Brazil are refugees from hunger in the neighboring country who crossed the border. "I denounce the serious malnutrition of our indigenous Yanomami brothers from Bolivar state." "They crossed to Brazil […]
By Pascal Derungs The Swiss commodity giant “Glencore” and the Indian company “Adani” want to drive coal production in Australia to new record levels. This is documented in a report by the human rights organization “Public Eye” in the online magazine of Jan. 2023. Infosperber summarizes the most important facts and findings from it below. […]
(Opinion) History has an unfailing way of repeating itself. It looks as if we are in for a repeat of the bad old days of Wisconsin Senator Joe McCarthy's House Un-American Activities Committee, which in the 1950s terrorized anyone suspected of 'communist' leanings. No more than attendance at a meeting of the American Civil Liberties […]
The President of Peru, Dina Boluarte, announced this Sunday that, if the Congress does not approve tomorrow, Monday, the reconsideration to debate once again the advancement of the elections to 2023, she will propose two legislative initiatives “as a matter of urgency”, one of which will be aimed at paving the way for a “total […]
Chile and Germany made progress in cooperation agreements on technology, mining, and economy, said this Sunday the President of Chile, Gabriel Boric, during the state visit of the Chancellor of Germany, Olaf Scholz, to the country. “I have had the opportunity to hold a perfect working meeting with the Chancellor and later an extended meeting […]