The pace of economic growth in Cape Verde recorded a slight increase in the first quarter of this year. According to data released today by the Cape Verdean National Statistics Institute (INE), the business climate is favorable. According to the Survey of Economic Agents, in the first quarter of 2023, the pace of economic growth […]
Colombia is the Latin American country most affected by scams involving Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. This is according to a recent statistic by Chainalyisis. The data on cryptocurrency crimes committed in the region was presented in a webinar on April 20 titled "Illegal activities with cryptoassets in Spain and Latin America: latest trends and tracking […]
Paraguay will elect its next president on April 30. On the ballot is a ruling party candidate who favors extending decades-old diplomatic ties with Taiwan and an opposition rival who favors rapprochement with China to boost the landlocked country’s agriculture-dependent economy. From the Paraguayan capital of Asuncion to Taipei and Washington, diplomats, officials – and […]
By Valerie Cifuentes The Dane’s National Quality of Life Survey (ECV) was recently released, exposing that in 2022 half of Colombians (50.6%) considered themselves impoverished. This was 3.9 percentage points (pp) higher than in 2021, when the perception of poverty reached 46.7% of heads of households in the country. According to data from the statistical […]
By Mariano Espina In the last few weeks, there have been successive contacts between Argentina and the United States with a common objective: to reach an agreement so that national lithium production can be part of the benefits package granted by the Inflation Reduction Act promoted by Joe Biden and approved in 2022 in the US […]
By Gerry Smith Fox News announced Monday that Tucker Carlson, the host of its top-rated late-night show, will immediately leave the network. His departure comes a week after Fox agreed to pay US$787 million to Dominion Voting Systems Inc. and not go to trial as part of a defamation lawsuit. Carlson’s last show took place […]
Brazil will sign a partnership agreement with Portugal to transfer Embraer's A-29N Super Tucano aircraft manufacture to the European continent. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will sign the new protocol while visiting Portugal's aeronautical industry, OGMA, which will be responsible for assembly. Embraer owns 65% of OGMA. However, it is not yet clear how […]
According to a Chinese government report, the yuan, China’s currency in circulation, showed an increase in participation in global payments in March. The currency is now the fifth most active in the world. In March, the value of payments with the yuan grew 25% from the previous month, higher than the 20% increase for all […]
By J.R. Guzzo* (Opinion) There is no longer a justice system in Brazil. In its place is a kind of Central Committee that has absolute powers, has extinguished the laws in force, and governs the country in favor of one political faction - that of President Lula and the consortium of interests operating around him. […]
By Eli Vieira Germany closed its last three nuclear power plants – Isar 2, Emsland, and Neckarwestheim 2 – just over a week ago. The decision accomplishes the last stage of a process that began with the Atomic Energy Act in 2011, still under Angela Merkel’s government. The legislation had undergone some 20 amendments, including […]
By Sabrina Martín The President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, traveled to the United States to meet with Joe Biden and the main political leaders of that country. Congress and The White House were the scenes of the most important meetings in which Petro, besides talking about Colombia, seems to have become a special envoy of […]
By Laura Fernández Cañas A little more than a year before the end of his six-year term, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has said goodbye to his presidential plane after officially selling it to Tajikistan. The luxurious aircraft, which once cost Mexicans, under the mandate of Felipe Calderón, US$218 million, has been sold for […]
The Brazilian Minister of Integration and Regional Development, Waldez Góes, signs this Monday (24) a service order for housing construction in Itabuna, southern Bahia. More than R$82 million will be invested in the works, including constructing two linear parks on the banks of the Cachoeira River. Cities in the south and extreme south of Bahia […]
The executive secretary of the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade and Services, Márcio Elias, said today (23) that the federal government intends to close the free trade agreement between Mercosur and the European Union this year. In an interview in Lisbon, where he accompanies President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s entourage, Elias said Brazil […]
The tide is in favor of the speedboats and yachts made in Brazil. In 2022, for the first time, exports of boats exceeded imports, and more and more national models are sailing in the waters of European countries and the United States. According to the Brazilian Association of Boat Builders and their Implements (Acobar), last […]
The highway will cross the regions of Mato Grosso do Sul in Brazil, Gran Chaco in Paraguay, the provinces of Salta and Jujuy in Argentina, and the regions of Antofagasta and Tarapacá in Chile. “It’s a new Panama Canal.” That’s how Egon Neufeld describes the bioceanic corridor, a gigantic infrastructure project that will attempt to […]
Federal deputies and senators meet on Wednesday (26) for the first joint meeting of Congress with the expectation of installing the Mixed Parliamentary Inquiry Commission (CPMI) that investigates the acts of January 8 in Brasília. The meeting, which was to take place last week, was suspended by order of the Senate president, Rodrigo Pacheco (PSD-MG), […]
Packing for travel is a process that requires, most of the time, care: the traveler needs to follow the rules regarding what can be carried and struggle to fit everything he or she needs - or would like - to take in a reduced space. It also requires strategy, as it is important to ensure […]
Yes, it is possible to buy good wines cheaply, with prices starting at R$12 reais (US$2.4). And we are not talking about colored and artificially flavored alcoholic beverages, but wines with excellent quality, where less can be much more. This is the case of Monte Paschoal Reserva Rosé Pinot Noir 2021, made exclusively from Pinot […]
By Alberto López The Honduran Air Force (FAH) has taken the lead as air power in the region after completing the repowering of at least four Northrop F5 E/F Tiger II fighters from its original fleet of 12 aircraft acquired (ten F5E and two F5F), thanks to the cooperation of the United States, in 1987. […]
Former U.S. President Donald Trump is the favourite candidate of 51% of Republican voters to run for president of the country for the party, says a Wall Street Journal poll released on Friday (21). Ron DeSantis, governor of Florida and another firm name in the party, was behind with 38%. The numbers are practically reversed […]
The trips of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) and the government's narrative about the resumption of bilateral relations had positive repercussions in the foreign media in the first 3 months of 2023. The perception abroad about Brazil's economy improved, going from a negative result of -524 in last year's last quarter to 444 […]
Monetary policy in Brazil was the most criticized theme in the foreign media in the first quarter of 2023. One of the reasons for this scenario was the clash of the government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT, progressive-globalist) with the president of the Central Bank, Roberto Campos Neto. Abroad, the PT president […]
More than 1,250 athletes from different parts of the world will compete today, Sunday, in the international triathlon event "Xmart Ironman 70.3", which returns to the coast of the Costa Verde of Lima, Peru, after four years without being held. The race starts with a 1.9-kilometre swim in the waters of Agua Dulce Beach, located […]
The President of Peru, Dina Boluarte, swore in today, Sunday, the new ministers of Justice and Human Rights, Education, Labor and Employment Promotion, and Foreign Trade and Tourism, without further details on the reasons for the changes. The swearing-in of the new ministers of the cabinet headed by Prime Minister Alberto Otárola took place at […]