Новости за 07.06.2023

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi announced today in Luanda that Egypt is poised to share experiences and bolster bilateral cooperation with Angola across various economic, commercial, and cultural sectors, highlighting investment opportunities for both countries. "We stand ready to collaborate with our brothers in Angola, bolstering our Egyptian investors who have already initiated their investments […]

The Serra do Teixeira National Park, the first national park in the Brazilian state of Paraíba, was officially inaugurated on Tuesday (6). Encompassing around 61,095 hectares, the park includes twelve municipalities and aims to preserve biodiversity, foster ecotourism, and facilitate nature-oriented recreational activities. Bernardo Brito, the Deputy Director of Management and Creation of Protected Areas […]

Itaú Unibanco, a top-tier private bank from Brazil, is considering the sale of its Argentine branch and has entered preliminary talks with Banco Macro. On Tuesday (6), Itaú Unibanco issued a statement addressing recent reports regarding the potential sale, noting that it has not yet signed any binding agreements pertaining to the process. Banco Macro, […]

In its latest “World Economic” report, the World Bank predicts Paraguay will achieve a robust economic growth of 4.8 percent for the current year. The forecasts for 2024 and 2025 are also promising, with an anticipated growth rate of 4.3 percent. This growth projection places Paraguay, a landlocked nation in South America, at the forefront […]

The financial situation of companies is hindering investments, which had a 3.4% drop in the first quarter compared to the previous three months. The data are from IBGE. Alexandre Maluf and Rodolfo Margato, economists at XP Investimentos, point out that companies are more indebted. The situation has worsened over the last 12 months. A study […]

Ecuador’s inflation rate in May 2023 exhibited a marginal rise over April, resulting in a monthly inflation rate of 0.09%. In comparison, the year-on-year inflation for May stood at 1.97%, significantly lower than the 3.38% recorded in the same month of 2022. This marks the lowest annual inflation since the close of 2021. As for […]

In a reversal from nearly two years of steadily climbing annual inflation, April saw the indicator begin to slow down to 12.82% after peaking at a historic high of 13.34% in March. While still high, May marks the second month in a row where Colombia’s annual inflation has declined. For May, financial market experts anticipate […]

The World Bank has raised its forecast for Brazil's GDP (Gross Domestic Product) growth from 0.8% to 1.2% in 2023. The projection is included in the Global Economic Prospects report, released Tuesday (June 6, 2023). Despite the improvement in 2023, the World Bank reduced, from 2% to 1.4%, the growth projections for the Brazilian economy […]

Reports have emerged suggesting that Lionel Messi is set to join Inter Miami, a Major League Soccer (MLS) club owned by David Beckham and the Mas family. These reports indicate that Messi rejected an enticing Saudi offer, which included a substantial annual salary of US$400 million. According to The Athletic, Messi was proposed a deal […]

El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly has voted overwhelmingly in favor of reforms to the Electoral Code, reducing the number of deputies from 84 to 60. The proposal, originally put forth by President Nayib Bukele on June 1, was approved early on June 7. Marcela Pineda, a deputy from the governing party Nuevas Ideas, argued that this […]

39 years ago, Sadi José Beledelli, a farmer from Rio Grande do Sul, made a pivotal move to Sorriso, a small town in Mato Grosso. Back then, the municipality had merely 2,000 inhabitants, unpaved roads, a handful of grocery stores, and scarce workshops. Public health services were a dream three years in the future. Today, […]

The numbers from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) show that Brazil broke its record for chicken meat production in the first quarter of 2023. There were 3.4 million tons of this food. The average weight was around 2 kilos per animal. The IBGE released the data on Tuesday, 6. Brazil is in […]

At 41 years of age, Eduardo Saverin, from São Paulo, has overtaken the Safra family and become the richest person in Brazil. The origin of his wealth, estimated at US$17.6 billion, is on the Harvard University campus: it was there that he created, together with Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook. According to Forbes, this makes him a […]

The Observatory of Political Ecology (OEP) released its annual report on Tuesday (6), stating that Venezuela experienced 86 oil spills in 2022, averaging seven monthly incidents across seven states. These spills, compiled from social media and local press reports, transpired in the states of Zulia (31), Falcón (29), Anzoátegui (14), Monagas (5), Carabobo (3), Delta […]

After the recent visit of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a joint declaration outlined several objectives to rekindle the relationship between the two nations. Among the proposals is an aim to intensify the coordination between their intelligence agencies and enhance information networks. This commitment has sparked apprehension, […]

By Priscila Carvalho Located on the coast of Portugal, Aveiro is a city that, little by little, is falling in the taste of Brazilians. Even though not as famous as the capital Lisbon and the old Porto, it can be inserted into the itinerary of those who explore this part of Europe and want to […]

The IRNA news agency reported that Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi plans to visit Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba next week to strengthen friendly relations with these countries. “Leading a high-ranking delegation, Raisi will leave Tehran on Sunday [June 11] to begin his tour of the countries above to enhance economic, political, and scientific cooperation with them,” […]

By Demóstenes Torres* (Opinion) The bus driver migrated some time ago, but he still retains his accent and the nostalgia for his homeland and his job as an engineer at Petróleos de Venezuela, PDVSA. He pays almost half of what he earns driving 14 hours daily in Goiânia's traffic. Even so, he says he is […]

By José A. Quevedo The Mexican Army will conduct joint exercises with a French ground unit as part of the visit of the Jeanne D'Arc 2023 mission to Mexico. On board the amphibious helicopter carrier (PHA) Dixmunde is the French Army's Embarked Tactical Grouping (GTE). This is the first time that the armies of Mexico […]

The Broad Consumer Price Index (IPCA), used to calculate Brazil's official inflation, slowed down in May to 0.23%, below the 0.61% registered in April, according to IBGE data released on Wednesday (7). With this, the index accumulated 2.95% this year and 3.94% in the accumulated 12 months. According to IBGE, the largest drops occurred in […]

The president of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, said yesterday that the country had reduced levels of violence thanks to law enforcement operations focused on coastal provinces plagued by criminal gangs linked to drug trafficking. “I know it is not enough, but we are making progress; we are achieving it: defeating crime day by day,” said Lasso […]

Commerce in Chile represents 10 percent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and 19 percent of national employment, the Santiago Chamber of Commerce (CCS) said in a report on National Commerce Day. According to the CCS, Chile’s retail trade sector employs 1.5 million workers, while its sales amounted to some US$100 billion in the […]

Human skeletal remains were found in Uruguay in a military property where bodies of opponents of the dictatorship (1973-1985) are suspected of having been buried on the outskirts of Montevideo, the government confirmed yesterday. The Minister of National Defense, Javier García, told the press after inspecting the site of the 14th Infantry Battalion in Toledo, […]

The Chilean Congress approved on Tuesday a bill that will sanction those who adulterate wine production, a country that is one of the most important wine producers in the world, informed the Ministry of Agriculture of the southern nation. “This law prohibits a real counterfeit, a trap that is using table grapes with vinified grapes, […]

Two corpses of foreigners found in northern Chile correspond to people buried alive, the Chilean justice system determined after releasing details of the case on Tuesday amid the security crisis affecting the South American nation. The Chilean Prosecutor’s Office stated that the two bodies were found twelve days ago in Cerro Chuño, in the desert […]