According to the statistical report of Foreign Trade of the Cape Verdean INE, this result was aggravated by the increase in imports, which grew 20.2% in March, year-on-year, to €84.9 million. Exports grew 58.9% in the same month to €5.9 million, while re-exports increased 12.1% to €30.7 million. With this performance, Cape Verde's trade balance […]
According to official figures released today, exports of goods from Portuguese-speaking countries to Macau in the first eleven months of 2022 rose 49% compared with the same period of 2021. The value exported by Portuguese-speaking countries to the Chinese special administrative region between January and November this year was €111 million, according to a statement […]
The Brazilian state will apologize to the communities of slave descendants affected by the displacements and human rights violations committed by the government in the 1980s for the construction of the Alcântara Aerospace Launch Center in the northeast of the country. The executive secretary of the Ministry of Human Rights and Citizenship of Brazil, Rita […]
By Artur Piva At the same time that the supply of meat in the global market does not grow, Brazil should increase its exports of animal protein in 2023. The projection is from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), which monitors information on the sector all over the planet. For example, the supply of […]
The Central Government, which includes the National Treasury, Social Security, and the Central Bank, recorded the largest primary deficit for March in three years. According to data released by the National Treasury, the result was negative R$7 billion (US$1.4 billion), 10.4% higher than the R$6.4 billion (US$1.28 billion0 deficit obtained in March 2022. After discounting […]
Atitlán is a lake in Guatemala located in the department of Sololá. It is the livelihood of many inhabitants of the surrounding villages and is known for its fauna and flora. “El Atitlán”, considered by many to be one of the most beautiful lakes in the world, is faced with a harsh reality: the increasing […]
According to the World Gold Council, Venezuela has the largest gold reserves in South America, with about 161.2 tons. For decades, the country on the northern coast of South America has been one of the areas with the largest gold reserves in the region. Brazil follows with 129.6 tons and Mexico with 120 tons. Both […]
A shadow snakes across the turquoise waters of a beach in Venezuela, a sign of the explosive spread of an Indo-Pacific soft coral off the Caribbean coast that experts consider one of the world’s deadliest marine invasions. “This is an ecological disaster,” marine biologist Juan Pedro Ruiz-Allais, director of Proyecto Unomia, who has been studying […]
Ride service, delivery, and e-food service "Yango," present in Bolivia, Peru, and Guatemala, joins the competitive cab app industry that has time as one of its biggest challenges in cities with the worst vehicle traffic in the world. Entering a small market has been the strategy of Yango, a mobility platform owned by Russian-Dutch tech […]
Chilean President Gabriel Boric’s push last week to enshrine greater state control over lithium is proving to be the latest test of the resource nationalism that Latin America’s emerging left has been touting but which has struggled to gain traction in practice. The proposal by the former leader of the student protests to give the […]
By Daniel Salazar Castellanos The increase in the costs of construction materials, the strong inflation that has not been alien to the sector, and the delays in the continuity of state subsidies have impacted the construction sector in the country. In the last twelve months to March, less than 200,000 new homes were sold in […]
The acting minister of Brazil's Institutional Security Cabinet (GSI), Ricardo Cappelli, dismissed almost 90 officials in the last 48 hours following their failure to act against radicals who rioted against President Lula da Silva on January 8 in Brasilia. "Continuing with the renewal of the cadre of GSI officials, I authorized the dismissal of 58 […]
By Sebastián Ochoa After a hurried but successful passage through the Chamber, the Gold Law project was stopped in the Senate, where it must attend to the proposals and demands of the opposition to the Government of Luis Arce, as well as of legislators of the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS), loyal to former President Evo […]
Political parties and jurists seek the declaration of unconstitutionality of decree 707 promoted by President Guillermo Lasso, which authorizes carrying weapons for civilian personal defense. Several legal appeals were filed before the Constitutional Court against the questioned measure to combat security in the country. Executive Decree 707, signed on April 1 by President Guillermo Lasso, […]
The co-founder of the messaging application Telegram, Pavel Durov, affirmed this April 27 that the Brazilian Justice is demanding data from him that is "impossible" to collect, for which he announced that he would appeal the decision to suspend the use of the platform in Brazil. "In Brazil, a court requested data that are technologically […]
More than 4.7 million Paraguayan citizens are summoned to go to the polls this Sunday, April 30, to elect the country’s new president from among 13 candidates and vote for governors, senators, deputies, and other local authorities. Of the total number of aspirants to occupy the office of Paraguay’s executive power for the next five […]
The Conservative Party of Colombia has announced that, after the government reshuffle carried out the day before by President Gustavo Petro, it will open a consultation process to decide whether to continue with its support to the Executive or move to the opposition bench. “We are going to open the consultation process, and surely next […]
The Undersecretary of the Chilean Foreign Ministry, Gloria de la Fuente, has summoned the Peruvian ambassador to her country this Thursday to express her dissatisfaction with some controversial statements made by a Peruvian mayor in the context of the migratory crisis that both countries are going through. The mayor of the Peruvian city of Tacna, […]
With the ruling party’s votes, the Uruguayan Senate approved the social security reform bill promoted by President Luis Lacalle Pou’s government, which increased the retirement age from 60 to 65, among other measures. On Tuesday, after the Chamber approved modifications to the original text and with 17 votes in favor out of 28, the senators […]
Argentine Vice President Cristina Kirchner said it is “necessary to review the agreement” that the country signed with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which she holds responsible for the high inflation that affects her people. The vice president made the statement during a conference at a La Plata theater in the capital city of Buenos […]
By Ana Carolina Curvello The suspension of Telegram by court order on Wednesday (26) affected millions of people and companies that use the platform in Brazil. Users reported difficulties accessing the application through social networks and began using VPN services. The network was suspended after alleged refusal to hand over to the Federal Police data […]
João Pedro Magalhães After months of pressure from the opposition, the Mixed Parliamentary Inquiry Committee (CPMI) of January 8 was created this Wednesday (26) by the National Congress president and the Federal Senate, Rodrigo Pacheco. The goal is to investigate the attacks on the headquarters of the Three Powers, which occurred on January 8. After […]
The Minister of Labor and Employment, Luiz Marinho, said on Thursday (27) that President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will sign in the coming days a provisional measure to adjust the value of the minimum wage, which will rise from R$ 1,302 to R$ 1,320 (US$264) - an increase of 1.38%. The president must sign […]
The measures adopted by the Central Bank of Brazil with respect to the basic interest rate may cause fiscal problems due to the drop in revenue because it is not possible to dissociate monetary policy from fiscal policy, said yesterday, Thursday, the Minister of Finance, Fernando Haddad. The Brazilian official participated in a debate before […]
The Board of Directors of the Central Bank of Argentina (BCRA) decided yesterday to increase the reference interest rate by 1,000 basis points from 81 percent to 91 percent, according to a statement issued by the entity. The monetary authority indicated that the decision “is based on the objective of propitiating positive real returns on […]