Brazil has registered an increase in the number of dengue cases in 2023. According to the Ministry of Health, the number of cases increased by 53% between January and March compared to the same period last year. There are already about 400,000 cases investigated in the Brazilian territory, according to the Ministry. In addition, 117 […]
By Pedro Henrique Alves (Opinion) This week I involuntarily got involved in a political debate. With all my might, I tried to avoid it. Still, a young woman stirred my conservative vein by calling me a "fascist project" because I advocated that transsexuals should be banned from sports that do not match their biological sexualities. […]
On the day after the presentation of the new fiscal anchor, the main index of the Brazilian Stock Exchange (B3), the Ibovespa, ended the session this Friday, 31, with a significant drop of 1.7%, at 101,000 points. The leading players in the financial market are still evaluating whether the government will commit to reducing the […]
Top Republican leaders have united in support of Donald Trump after a grand jury in New York indicted the former president, who remains the party’s top nominee for the 2024 presidential election. Most of the party’s renowned politicians have come out to defend the former boss. Even presidential names such as former Vice President Mike […]
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT, progressive-globalist) has a 38% approval rating after 3 months, according to a Datafolha survey released this Saturday (1). According to the survey, the disapproval percentage is 29%, leaving the head of the Executive technically tied with the 30% registered in the same period of the first year of […]
Besides being the biggest meat exporter in the world, Brazilian producers also sell live animals to other countries. Morocco, in Northwest Africa, is the latest destination in the list of countries that import live cattle from Brazil. The first cargo arrived in the African country on Sunday. Almost 3 thousand heads of cattle landed at […]
By Diógenes Freire With 142 seats in the House of Representatives, the MDB, PSD, Republicans, Podemos, and PSC parties have formalized the largest bloc in the House. The bloc surpasses the intention of the president of the House, Arthur Lira (PP-AL), to unite his party and União Brasil, which would result in a coalition of […]
By Diógenes Freire The controversial Supreme Court Justice blamed the "far right" in the US for creating an environment in which social networks are used to counter official versions espoused by the "traditional press." While speaking on "the STF and the defense of democracy" at an event at the Fernando Henrique Cardoso Foundation (FHC Foundation) […]
Peru remained the world’s leading exporter of blueberries in 2022 after shipping US$1.362 billion, the South American nation’s Exporters Association (ADEX) reported Friday. According to the CIEN-ADEX Global Economy and Business Research Center report, Peruvian shipments last year surpassed even those of the United States, Spain, Canada, the Netherlands, and Morocco, thus maintaining the “privileged […]
Mexico’s economy will grow up to 3.0 percent in 2024, the same pace it will observe in 2023, supported by its domestic demand, as the government’s Ministry of Finance estimated on Friday. In the 2024 Economic Pre-Criteria, the agency indicated that high employment levels, public investment in strategic infrastructure, and the relocation effect of companies […]
On Thursday (30), the Chilean Fisheries and Aquaculture Agency (Sernapesca) in the Biobío region confirmed that more than 70 sea lions have died off the coast of Isla Santa María and that this “could be due to avian flu.” According to Chilean media, residents of the island territory, located 27 kilometers from Coronel, just over […]
Last week, after months of waiting, the Colombian Aviation Authority (Aerocivil) finally approved the integration of Viva Air and Avianca. However, this decision did not have the expected result. After the low-cost airline decided in February to cease operations, and because the approval is subject to several conditions, the one-time main stakeholder had to reconsider […]
Fertility in Uruguay has dropped drastically in the last six years, with around 49,000 births in 2015 and just over 32,000 in 2022. What lies behind this shocking decline is revealed in the scientific study “La gran caída. El descenso de la fecundidad uruguaya a niveles ultra-bajos (2016-2021),” presented last Tuesday by researchers from the […]
The spring meeting of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) Council concludes in Jamaica on Friday (31). The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is pleased to see the growing number of countries calling for a moratorium or precautionary pause on deep-sea mining plans. At the same time, WWF is concerned about continued pressure from other […]
The director of the Angolan Industrial and Technological Innovation Institute of Angola (IDIIA), Filomena de Oliveira, stated that there is still a deficit in production organization and the use of products in Angola's industrial sector. The statements were made this week to Forbes Lusophone Africa on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of the 5th […]
Odebrecht and Bento Pedroso Construções, a member of the Brazilian group, have won a US$1.168 billion contract to build the Luena-Saurimo section of the Benguela Railway in Angola, according to a presidential decree. In the decree, the Angolan President authorizes the expenditure of US$1.168 million and formalizes simplified contracting (by direct award) by material criteria […]
The dollar in Uruguay currently costs 13.2% more than it did at the end of 2021. A few weeks ago, the Minister of Economy asked economic agents to demand more dollars so that the exchange rate does not appreciate. But the situation is not only worrying the Government but also the private sector, and the […]
By James Attwood Chile posted its lowest monthly copper production in six years. The top-producing nation extended a streak of unexpectedly weak figures contributing to a global market adjustment. The country accounts for a quarter of the world’s mined copper. According to data released Friday by the National Statistics Institute in Santiago, it posted a […]
INDEC released the official statistics of poverty in Argentina this Thursday during the second semester of 2022. According to the report, the scourge of insufficient income increased by three percentage points compared to the first semester, with 11.5 million Argentines below the poverty line. Among the three largest cities in the country, Rosario had the […]
By Tomás Carrió Visiting Argentina during Easter Week can be a very attractive experience. In addition to the country's diverse tourist, cultural and gastronomic offers, the exchange rate has been very favorable in recent years due to the persistent devaluation of the Argentine peso. But to make the most of every dollar, it is necessary […]