The Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade and Services (MDIC) released the results of the trade balance for January 2023 this Wednesday, the 1st. According to the agency's data, there was a positive balance of US$2.716 billion. Exports had a growth of 11.7%, reaching US$23.14 billion. The value was a record, and the result represents […]
Macau will host from February 3 to 12 the first film festival dedicated to the LGBTQIA+ community, but open to all, "even homophobes," in a subtly conservative city, the organizer said. The Macau International 'Queer' Film Festival (MIQFF) LGBTQIA+ "is all about rights, simple as that," the director of the festival, organized by 'Queer' Vision […]
This year's edition of the Corruption Perception Index (CPI), developed by the non-governmental organization (NGO) Transparency International, shows that Cape Verde is, together with Botswana, after Seychelles, one of the least corrupt countries in Africa. According to the report, "public sector reforms have kept Cape Verde . . . To read the full NEWS and […]
Brazil's First Capital Command (PCC), one of Latin America's most important criminal groups, is extending its regional network, and Argentine authorities see a potential security risk for the country. Following several criminal incidents in recent weeks, authorities from Argentina's security forces have been meeting with their counterparts from Paraguay and Brazil to analyze signs of […]
The Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST) construction is entering its crucial phase. It is being planned and built by the international scientific consortium CCAT Observatory Inc. in which the universities of Cologne and Bonn have a 25% share. The FYST, also known as CCAT-prime (Cherro Chajnantor Atacama Telescope-prime), has a mirror diameter of 6 meters, […]
Paraguay will build a green hydrogen production plant in the department of Alto Paraná in the east of the country with the support of Canadian company Neogreen Hydrogen. The electricity company of the landlocked South American country and the Canadian company signed an agreement on Tuesday (31) to provide 75 megawatts (MW) of electricity for […]
By Daniel Salazar Castellanos Colombian company Erco Energía, with a presence in Colombia, Panama, the United States, and Brazil, raised US$30 million from Norwegian fund Norfund to develop solar energy in the country, the digital energy company informed Bloomberg Línea on Monday. The resources will allow the Antioquia-based company to build . . . To […]
By Paola Villar S. The National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI) reported Wednesday that Lima's consumer price index (CPI) closed the first month of 2023 at 0.23%, bringing year-on-year inflation to January in Peru's capital city to 8.67%. This figure is below most analysts' expectations, who expected annual inflation in Peru to be closer […]
Seven of the ten most influential parliamentarians of the last legislature are from the so-called Centrão. Of the other three, none is from the Workers' Party, and only one is from the left. The resumption of activities in Brazil's Congress, with the ceremony for parliamentarians elected this Wednesday (Feb. 1), kicks off negotiations around what […]
The communist regime of Miguel Díaz-Canel is facing increasing difficulties in containing the collapse of the economic system that the country has been experiencing since 2020. State-owned and collectivized sugar production were completely depleted of inputs in 2022, and the worst harvest in the last 100 years was recorded. A country historically characterized by its […]
The program launched by Sergio Massa in August 2022 was limited to three main issues: tightening price controls, raising nominal interest rates, and accelerating the pace of indebtedness of both the National Treasury and the Central Bank (BCRA). None of the three factors stabilized the macroeconomy, but the consequences are being felt. The BCRA's interest-bearing […]
Thanks to President Nayib Bukele's security reforms, El Salvador recorded 496 homicides in 2022, one of the lowest values in decades, and approximately 57% less than those counted in 2021, an official source revealed Tuesday. "2021 ended with 1,147 homicides, and 2022 accounted for 496 crimes," the head of the Ministry of Defense, Rene Merino […]
Through a resolution of the National Institute of Indigenous Affairs (INAI), the Argentine national government granted the possession of 21,500 hectares to two Mapuche communities in Mendoza, as published last Friday in the Official Gazette. In this way, the communities of El Sosneado, in San Rafael, and Suyai Levfu, in Malargüe, obtained large pieces of […]
By Carlos Esteban* Everything we have lived through these last three years about the pandemic has been a huge psychological operation, an experiment in totalitarian globalism. At least, that is one of the few hypotheses that could clarify what our governments, almost unanimously, have imposed on us in this terrible period for our freedoms, prosperity, […]
By Raúl Tortolero* (Opinion) As Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) - the socialist president of Mexico, who openly admires Fidel Castro and Che Guevara, and whose party, Morena, is a member of the São Paulo Forum - was unable to take control of the National Electoral Institute (INE . . . To read the full […]
The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, inaugurated on Tuesday a new prison with a capacity for up to 40,000 inmates, all in the midst of the open war against gangs launched on March 27, 2022, in an effort to combat a wave of homicides. According to a statement issued by the Salvadoran Presidency, at […]
By Horst Teubert and Dr. Peer Heinelt (Opinion) Germany relies more heavily than ever on Chile for its supply of green energy sources and key raw materials for the transition. During his visit to the South American country, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz expanded a “raw materials partnership” for ten years. In particular, German access to […]
The University of São Paulo (USP) Hospital das Clínicas has 280 minors in the process of gender transition. Of this total, one hundred are children from 4 to 12 years old, while 180 are teenagers from 13 to 17. Besides them, one hundred adults, 18 and older, are in the same situation. To address this […]
Over the four years of President Jair Bolsonaro's mandate, a little more than 4 million formal job openings were created in Brazil. The data appears in a survey by Revista Oeste on information released by the federal government on Tuesday, 31. When Bolsonaro took office in January 2019, Brazil had about 38 million formal jobs. […]
Stellantis, the owner of brands such as Fiat, Jeep, and Citroën, hopes to develop in Brazil the first technologies necessary for producing ethanol hybrid electric vehicles in the country. Antonio Filosa, the company's president for South America, announced the project on Tuesday. According to the executive, the first technologies for ethanol hybrid
The governor of São Paulo, Tarcísio de Freitas (Republicans), sanctioned on Tuesday, 31, alaw that allows the distribution of medical cannabis through the Single Health System (SUS) in São Paulo. Last year, the Legislative Assembly of São Paulo (Alesp) approved the project, authored by state representative Caio França (PSB). The project also allows the distribution […]
By Romeo Rey* Peru has been rocked by severe unrest since the impeachment and arrest of leftist President Pedro Castillo on Dec. 7. Thousands of Peruvians from rural regions of the Andean country have recently come on foot or in buses to the capital Lima to protest against the government of Castillo’s successor, Dina Boluarte. […]
With an eye on the resumption of donations to the Amazon Fund and the discussion of carbon credits, the Federal Government of Brazil believes that creating a green, pollution-free economy in the Amazon is possible. This week, the theme was discussed with the German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, who officially visited Brazil . . . To […]
The eyes of the Presidential Palace are on the decision the Monetary Policy Committee (Copom) will take on Wednesday (1st) regarding the basic interest rate (Selic). The market consensus is that it will be maintained at 13.75% per year to combat inflation and bring expectations closer to the target set by the National Monetary Council […]
More than 2 million tourists visited Chile in 2022 and left revenues for the sector of more than 9 billion dollars, the Undersecretariat of Tourism reported Tuesday. Last year, the institution specified in a statement Chile registered 2,036,103 arrivals of foreign tourists, 971 percent more than in 2021 after the Government relaxed or eliminated the […]