The Covid-19 pandemic marked a turning point in Peru's ongoing digitization of payments. As a result, the number of digital transactions increased fivefold between 2015 and December 2022, reaching about 174 per person per year, according to the Central Bank of Peru (BCRP). The monetary authority points out in its report "CBDC: Promoting digital payments […]
A coral reef with thriving marine life has been discovered off Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands. A scientific expedition discovered the two km-long reefs at the top of an underwater mountain created by volcanic activity at a depth of 400 m (1,000 ft). Ecuador’s Environment Minister Jose Davalos confirmed the exploration team found “the first completely pristine […]
Passionate sports fisherman and businessman Antônio Pedro has reached the summit of "pirarara' fishing. Fishing in the Rio Xingu in Brazil's Mato Grosso state, he caught his redfin aerial catfish of over 1.4 meters and about 70 kilos. According to the fisherman, the search for the record took almost ten years. The Brazilian Institute of […]
Latin America is a region that is often underestimated in terms of its economic power in a global context. But experts agree that Latin America has enormous growth potential over the next ten years. This article presents five economic sectors that are particularly promising in Latin America. One area that plays a major role in […]
Unlike any other location around the world, the natural history and wildlife of Australia constantly fascinate tourists who visit the country, along with being emblematic of the people who reside there. This is because most of the huge variety of animals are endemic to the location itself, which means their unique evolution is a direct […]
By Sagarika Jaisinghani* Investors’ allocation to equities compared to fixed-income securities has fallen to its lowest level since the global financial crisis as concerns about a recession mount, according to Bank of America’s (BofA) global survey of fund managers. In this year’s most pessimistic survey – the first after the banking turmoil rocked markets last […]
By Isabela Fleischmann and Ana Carolina Siedschlag The growth of unsecured credit lines, especially credit cards, has been a source of pressure for traditional financial institutions, digital banks and card companies in Brazil. The situation has affected the credit quality and profitability of the companies, which is an additional challenge at a time when the […]
Lima Mayor Rafael López Aliaga on April 17 said he favored imitating the measures against insecurity in his city in the style of El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele. “[Crime] is getting out of control.” “I think we have to move to a phase two, as has been done in other countries like El Salvador, where […]
By Sebastián Ochoa Ecuador is going through a wave of violence that Lasso’s Government cannot control. The president, like his officials, blames a single enemy: drug trafficking and the fights between criminal gangs for territories and cocaine trade areas. In the last week, more than 30 people suffered violent deaths in Guayaquil (south) and Esmeraldas […]
A new fuel supply crisis has appeared in Cuba, already extending for more than two weeks. In a context in which Cubans are used to suffering periodic cuts in the sale of gasoline, the regime of Miguel Díaz-Canel informed a few days ago that it would limit the number of liters to be sold to […]
The President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, has confirmed the convening for next Tuesday, April 25, of an international summit with which he wants to relaunch the dialogue between the Venezuelan government and opposition to seek “more democracy” and “zero sanctions”. Petro, who has recomposed relations with Venezuela since his arrival to power, proposed the organization […]
By Cristyan Costa On April 28th, the Brazilian National LGBT+ Association and the Latin Gay Network will launch a manual with gay groups' views on the Bible. The manual analyzes passages in the Holy Bible considered discriminatory and seeks to put them in a "current context". In announcing the release, the movement's official website informed: […]
The president of Petrobras, Jean Paul Prates, announced this Monday (17) an investment plan of US$5.2 billion to expand the supply of gas production and flow during a seminar at the headquarters of the Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo (Fiesp). The Strategic Plan 2023-2027 foresees the development of new fields and […]
As of the first quarter of 2023, total Paraguayan exports reached a value of US$4.019 billion, representing an increase of 30.6% compared to the US$3.077 billion achieved in March of the previous year. Mobilization in the first quarter of 2023 accounted for 66.7% of the total, reaching US$2.679 billion, 23.4% higher than the accumulated value […]
By Estadão (Opinion) To avoid a new term of Jair Bolsonaro, which would be terrible for the country, millions of voters voted for Lula da Silva even without agreeing with the backward dogmas of the Workers' Party (PT). But Lula da Silva and the PT don't seem willing to make any concessions to these voters […]
Gianlucca Gattai In addition to visiting Brazil during his Latin American tour, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will pass through Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua, three leftist dictatorships. "We advocate strengthening Russian-Latin American cooperation based on mutual support, solidarity, and taking into account each other's interests," Lavrov wrote in an article published by the Mexican magazine […]
By Artur Piva For the seventh time in a row, agribusiness increased its participation in Brazil's trade balance in the year's first quarter. The information is the result of a survey conducted by Revista Oeste based on data from the federal government. From January to March 2023, agribusiness in the country earned US$36 billion, an […]
Fashion Revolution Week Brazil 2023 will be hosted in the Paraisópolis community, the second-largest favela (slum) in São Paulo. The event will partner with Sewing Dreams Brazil - a social impact business that trains women as seamstresses for financial independence - and G10 Favelas - a bloc of leaders and entrepreneurs from Brazilian communities. The […]
By Rhuan C. Soletti Dr. Makenzie Lystrup was sworn in as director of the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center last April 6 and broke tradition by taking the oath with scientist Carl Sagan’s book “Pale Blue Dot” instead of the Bible. NASA administrator Bill Nelson nominated her for the position. In Article VI, the US […]
By Alexandre Garcia (Opinion) As we know, the Landless Rural Workers' Movement (MST) invades not only rural properties and other people's property, committing a crime against the property right, which is foreseen in the Constitution as a fundamental clause, on the same level as the right to life but also invades public buildings. Now, I […]
By Hélio Costa Jr The Landless Rural Workers Movement (MST) has invaded at least nine farms and the headquarters of the National Institute for Colonization and Agrarian Reform (INCRA) in seven states. The actions started on Saturday (15), with the occupation of eight farms in Pernambuco, including areas in the metropolitan region of Recife, Zona […]
By Hélio Costa Jr. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday (17) that Brazil and Russia have "unique views regarding the events" in Eastern Europe. The statement was made after a meeting with Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira in Brasília. Lavrov stressed that Brazil and Russia seek a more just world order based on […]
By Diógenes Freire Some three years late, conservative British ‘The Telegraph’ acknowledged the ineffectiveness of wearing masks against the spread of SARS-CoV-2 and said that the imposition of the measure was a “scandalous failure of science and government.” Last Sunday (16), the newspaper published an opinion piece in which sociologist, Robert Dingwall, claims that “mask […]
Brazil's Prosecutor General's Office filed a complaint yesterday, Monday, before the Federal Supreme Court against the former judge and senator Sérgio Moro for claiming that one of the highest court justices was selling his sentences. If convicted, Moro could serve a sentence for the crime of slander in prison or lose the senatorial mandate to […]
The governments of Brazil and Russia discussed today, Monday, how the South American country can increase purchases of Russian fertilizer, essential for Brazilian agriculture, official sources said. "Russia supplies about a quarter of the fertilizers imported by Brazil. I discussed with (Russian Foreign Minister Sergey) Lavrov measures to guarantee the flow of this input of […]