Finnish company UPM is awaiting authorization from the Uruguayan Ministry of Environment to start operations at its new eucalyptus pulp mill in the department of Durazno, in the center of the country. The company expects to start operations at the end of March. With a total investment of US$3.47 billion - which includes a specialized […]
The dynamics of the manufacturing industry relapsed month after month since the assumption of Sergio Massa as Minister of Economy and José de Mendiguren in Production. The closing of imports makes it increasingly difficult to acquire the necessary inputs to sustain the level of activity. Industrial production continues to set precedents of recession, a trend […]
The French president undertook the most ambitious nationalization process since the times of François Mitterrand, in contrast to his first campaign speeches in 2017. The State increased its participation in energy, transport, and industry. Since his arrival in power with a centrist and moderate message, Emmanuel Macron did not hesitate to carry out France’s most […]
The Peruvian Judiciary has issued this Thursday a 15-day prohibition to leave the country against former Prime Minister Betssy Chávez, investigated for alleged crimes of rebellion and conspiracy in the framework of the maneuver of former President Pedro Castillo for trying to dissolve the Congress and establish a government of exception. The judicial resolution, signed […]
Argentina's National Electoral Chamber has approved the electoral calendar for the coming months, on August 13 will be the first encounter with the polls in the Simultaneous and Mandatory Open Primary Elections (PASO), and on October 22, the general elections will take place. If a run-off election is necessary because none of the candidates wins, […]
Colombia's president, Gustavo Petro, has left open the possibility of extending the 2016 "peace agreement" with FARC terrorists as he considers it to be "incomplete" because, as former president Juan Manuel Santos said, there are "red lines" that "had to do with the economic model". "In my opinion, undoubtedly, it remains incomplete. I would like […]
Giorgia Meloni was fundamentally elected for one thing, and she is at it: to close the sieve that Italian borders have been for decades. And she has just made it clear to parliamentarians that if anyone thinks she will waver on this, they can forget it: she will not give in to the political pressure […]
Although many trends from the US and Europe slightly delay hitting Latin American countries, the market is exceedingly important to many local and global players. While online gaming is already well established in these parts, the enthusiasm in countries like Brazil and Argentina was only really ignited during the exceptional situation of the last two […]
For every ten rooms available in Cuban hotels, more than eight were empty in 2022, with no halt in construction fever. Data on the leading tourism indicators for the past year, released Monday (13) by the National Statistics and Information Office (Onei), make clear what some workers in the sector have previously taken as a […]
According to satellite imagery, over 750 hectares of Yacapana National Park in the Venezuelan Amazon were deforested between 2021 and 2022 - all for illegal gold mining. This is according to data from the Monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project (MAAP) of the US-based non-governmental organization (NGO) Amazon Conservation, presented on January 9. "The regime […]
By Assis Moreira The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) published today its interim global economy report. The assessment is that the prospects have improved slightly but remain fragile. Regarding Brazil, it foresees modest growth this year and next year. In 2022, global economic growth was 3.2%, about 1.3 percentage points weaker than expected, […]
After Japan tightened export controls for key chip-making materials in 2019, South Korea, under then-President Moon Jae-in, notified Tokyo that it would not renew the pact. The South Korean Defense Ministry will withdraw this notice. Washington welcomed the summit. The talks “will be a tangible manifestation of efforts by these two strong allies of the […]
CCR Aeroportos manages three airports in Rio Grande do Sul, gateways to local traditions, and connection points with neighboring countries Bagé, Uruguaiana, and Pelotas have much in common besides sharing the gaucho culture and habits. They are medium-sized cities with populations between 100,000 and 500,000, which covers only 5% of the Brazilian municipalities. Located in […]
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is expected to pay an official visit to the United Arab Emirates upon his return from his trip to China. The Arabian government invited him on Thursday (March 16, 2023), and according to Poder360, he tends to accept the invitation. Lula will travel to Beijing, the Chinese capital, […]
Venezuela's Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) annulled on Thursday, 16, the passage of an article of the Organic Code of Military Justice that imposed prison sentences on military personnel who engage in homosexual relations after several requests made by the country's LGBTQIA+ population. At the request of the people's advocate Alfredo Ruiz, the court's Constitutional […]
Brazil recorded a gigantic egg production in 2022. Data from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) show that the national industry's supply has broken annual records since the agency's records began in 1997. Last year, Brazil reached the production of 48 billion eggs. According to the survey conducted by Revista Oeste with IBGE […]
West Elementary School in Cullman, Alabama, US, has installed an armored structure inside the building. The bullet-proof security system is designed to protect students and teachers in a shooting and serve as a shelter in case of a natural disaster. The armored structure takes about ten seconds to be fully assembled. Teachers at West Elementary […]
Since walking up the ramp of the presidential palace in January for the inauguration of her husband, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazil's first lady, Janja Lula da Silva, has become an activist in national fashion, with a wardrobe linked to various social causes. "Janja," as the 56-year-old sociologist Rosângela da Silva is known, has […]
On the last business day of the week, bitcoin (BTC) reached a new high for the year, at US$26,891, and may still break today the level of US$27,000, unheard of since early June last year. In the last seven days, the cryptocurrency has already accumulated a gain of almost 32%. The appreciation occurred after the […]
By Anderson Gonçalves* (Opinion) The House and Senate dispute the rite for processing provisional measures. And who has entered the game now is President Lula and his allies. They fear a victory for Chamber president Arthur Lira, who has more power in the current model, influencing the bargaining power of congressmen with the government. Fearing […]
By Celso de Mello*, former president of the Brazilian Supreme Court (Opinion) In this historical moment in which Brazil stands between its past and its future, it becomes essential to emphasize the need for the protection of freedom of the press since this political-legal prerogative, which also constitutes a fundamental right of citizenship, represents one […]
The Mexican aerospace industry reported 8 billion dollars in exports in 2022, representing an 18% increase in foreign sales compared to the previous year. This was made known during the general assembly of the Mexican Federation of the Aerospace Industry (Femia), in which the president of the entity, René Espinosa Terrazas, highlighted the opportunity that […]
The Logistics Directorate of Carabineros de Chile awarded Vespek Vehículos Especiales y Automotores Gildemeister SpA the acquisition of 500 SUV 4x2 with lockers, 150 SUV 4x4 with lockers, 115 SUV 4x4 without lockers, 141 radio patrol cars without a locker, 126 AP vans and 22 mobile barracks for an estimated amount of US$42.8 million. As […]
The Ibovespa, the main index of the Brazilian Stock Exchange (B3), ended the trading session on Thursday, 16, recording the first high after six sessions. With an advance of 0.74%, at 103 thousand points, the indicator recovered part of the loss and left the lowest value recorded in the year. The news that the Credit […]
The dictator of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, dismissed on Thursday (16) Lorena del Carmen Martínez as Nicaragua's ambassador to Brazil, according to the official newspaper La Gaceta. Through presidential decree 23-2023, the Nicaraguan dictator annulled Martínez's appointment as ambassador to Brazil, to which she had been appointed on July 1, 2013. Nicaragua's Foreign Minister, retired General […]