The Peruvian economy registered a growth of 2.68% in 2022, impacted during the last month of the year by social protests and evidencing a slowdown in economic growth compared to previous years and to the performance of other countries in the region in the same period. According to the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics […]
The confinements that occurred during 2020 in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic generated a collapse in global economies. Slowly, most Latin American countries recovered, but Chile, one of the richest nations in the region, is having a harder time than the rest of its neighbors recovering lost jobs. In all metrics measured by the […]
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) confirmed, on Thursday morning (16), that the minimum wage will be readjusted to R$1,320 (US$252.9) as of May and that the income tax exemption range will rise to R$2,640 (US$505.8). The announcement was made during an interview with CNN Brasil that will be aired earlier this evening. In […]
Countries in eastern and southern Africa are receiving much larger illicit shipments of South American drugs than previously thought as global cocaine markets expand. "Cocaine trafficking from Latin America through Africa has increased because the African continent is an excellent transit route," said Carolina Sampó, coordinator of the Center for Transnational Organized Crime Studies in […]
The signs of economic and social crisis are getting stronger by the month. The economist and Director of the Master in Econometrics at Torcuato Di Tella University, Martín González-Rozada, published the latest results of his Nowcast of poverty and concluded that the indicator closed the year 2022 at 39.6% of the population. This metric is […]
After 8 years without being able to push for a new independence referendum and after failing to negotiate with London to pass a gender reassignment bill, Nicola Sturgeon announced her retirement from politics. The leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), Nicola Sturgeon, announced Wednesday that she would resign after 8 years as the head […]
After the good performance of public finances in 2022, Chile would again deepen the deficit as of the 2023 Budget presented by the Socialist Government. The IMF forecasts an imbalance close to 1.2% of GDP by the end of the year. Gabriel Boric’s government continues to threaten the fundamental pillars of the growth model that […]
After a train derailment in the village of East Palestine, residents are living out the plot of a movie in which they acted as extras less than a year ago. In the Netflix movie White Noise, released in November 2022, a train carrying toxic chemicals suffers an accident and derails, releasing fumes that create a […]
The Nicaraguan government has withdrawn the nationality of 94 Nicaraguans accused by the Attorney General’s Office of committing the crime of “treason to the homeland”, as ruled Wednesday by the Court of Appeals of Managua (TAM). The citizens, among whom are journalists, activists, politicians, and religious and human rights defenders, have been declared “fugitives from […]
By Orlando Avendaño (Opinion) More than 20 years of Chavismo in Venezuela cannot be explained without discussing 20 years of opposition complicity. Chavismo exists because the opposition leadership has never been in good hands. Failure after failure hides an unpleasant history of corruption, mediocrity, and collusion. From Manuel Rosales, Henrique Capriles to Juan Guaidó. The […]
By Carlos Esteban The European Parliament has just approved a ban on the sale of internal combustion cars (your car, in our understanding) by 2030. For the planet’s sake. Because we are in the middle of a climate emergency due to CO2 and other emissions, we will all die. Such is the emergency that, because […]
By Caio Sartori Centennial palaces in Rio de Janeiro are umbilically linked to the history of the Republic. It was inside them, after all, that power was concentrated in the times when the city was still the capital before Brasília was built. Since then, the buildings have served as the headquarters of the local legislative […]
Justices of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) say that there is sufficient evidence that military personnel of different ranks committed crimes on January 8 during the invasion of the National Congress in Brasilia. According to the Justices, the crimes occurred at two different times. In the first moment, the higher-ranking
A clandestine social media election manipulation company in Israel was used to influence dozens of elections worldwide, mainly in Africa but elsewhere, such as Mexico, Spain, South America, and the United States, a group of investigative journalists has revealed. The company, without legal existence, called “Team Jorge” by journalists, following the pseudonym of one of […]
The Public Ministry of Rio Grande do Norte (MP-RN) state accuses a First Command of the Capital (PCC) member of laundering R$23 million from drug trafficking to open evangelical churches and buy real estate, farms, and herds. According to the MP-RN, Valdeci Alves dos Santos, aka "Colorido"; his brother, Geraldo dos Santos Filho; and Geraldo's […]
By Flávio Gordon* "All who hate me love death." (Proverbs, 8:36) (Opinion) It was the dawn of the 4th century, and things were not going well for Emperor Constantine, whose army was suffering from hunger and disease. Forcibly enlisted into the legions at the age of 20, the Theban Pacomius witnessed with perplexity the attitude […]
By Fábio Galão One of the few governments in South America that are not in the hands of the left, the management of Guillermo Lasso in Ecuador is suffering perhaps its moment of greatest pressure since the conservative politician came to the presidency (he has been in power since May 2021), with defeats in the […]
The streets of major cities in Colombia became on Wednesday (15) a platform for thousands of people to express discontent with the Colombian president, Gustavo Petro, and the health, labor, and social security reforms, among others. The protests outnumbered the demonstrations in support of the government and the health care reform, presented on Monday amid […]
By Renan Ramalho If the invasion of the headquarters of the Three Branches of Power helped to accentuate the distrust, never justified with evidence, of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's (PT) entourage towards the Armed Forces, demands from the left in the Federal Supreme Court (STF) and Congress may help to further sour the […]
A survey by the Brazilian Association of Hotel Industry (ABIH) shows that the occupancy rate of beds in the hotel network in the country during the Carnival holiday should be high, especially in states with a tradition of revelry. "We are already reaching good rates, but they tend to increase until Friday (17), the beginning […]
Data science is a rapidly-growing field, and organizations across all industries have been outsourcing data science projects to benefit from the insights that the technology can provide. But what exactly does outsourcing data science involve? Data science is the process of analyzing data to reveal trends, patterns, and relationships, which can then be used to […]
The number of Brazilians in Portugal who have asked for help to return to Brazil in 2022 has almost quadrupled compared to 2021. The main factors for this scenario are unemployment, difficulty in accessing the job market, irregular situations, lack of preparation in the migratory process, and higher cost of living in the European country. […]
The United Kingdom will require electronic authorization to enter its territory for tourists of nationalities currently exempt from visa requirements, such as Brazilians. According to the British government, the new rule will be in effect until the end of 2024. Foreigners who already need a visa today will not need the new document. Officially called […]
The Argentine Government, as in 2021, has paid little or no attention to the passage through the region of the US Coast Guard ship USCGC Stone, which docked at the Piedra Buena dock in Puerto Madryn, with the sole purpose of refueling and supplying drinking water for the crew. This year 2023, asin 2021, within […]
The commercial dollar closed higher for the second day in a row on Wednesday, Feb. 15. The North American currency hit R$5.22, a high of 0.5%. At the same time, the Ibovespa closed at almost 110 thousand points, appreciating just over 1%. The external scenario contributed to the dollar performance. According to the newspaper Valor […]