A group of young people from the Mayan community of Tihosuco, in the Mexican Caribbeandeveloped the community tourism project “Historic Tihosuco, the house of the Batabes” as an alternative to avoid migrating from the region. For them, the only guaranteed future was to dedicate themselves to self-consumption agriculture or move to nearby tourist destinations such […]
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Demographic diversity: challenge and opportunity for Latin America and the Caribbean
In Latin America and the Caribbeana region of 658 million inhabitants marked by inequality, there are countries that are already facing the aging of their population and others that still have the window of Demographic bonus. This coexistence is a challenge and at the same time an opportunity to achieve public politics that address these […]
IMF cuts expansion estimate for Latin America this year How much will Peru grow?
The economy of Latin America and the Caribbean will grow 1.6% this year, 0.2 percentage points less than anticipated in January, in a context marked by subjacent inflation “stubborn”, indicated this Tuesday the IMF. In updating its economic outlook, the International Monetary Fund also forecasts that Brazil’s economy will expand 0.9% (-0.3 percentage points compared […]
Cooperating between States and following the money, keys against drug trafficking
The fight against organized crimeespecially against the drug traffickinghas in the concept of “follow the money” from these activities one of its main strategies and, for this, collaboration between States at a global level is essential. This was revealed this Tuesday and Wednesday at an international seminar held in Santo Domingo, which discussed the next […]
Agriculture, the main cause of water stress in Latin America
The agriculture is the main responsible for the water stress suffered by the region of Latin America and the Caribbeanas revealed this Thursday at the Water Conference held in the UN from yesterday to Friday. Specifically, agriculture is a 74% of the total water extraction in the entire region, as warned by the representatives of […]
Latin America will grow only 1% in 2023, according to IDB estimates
Latin America and the Caribbean will grow only 1% this year, according to estimates by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), which published its macroeconomic report this Sunday, the 19th, a document prepared before the crisis unleashed after the fall of the US Silicon Valley Bank. In a press conference, the bank’s chief economist, Eric Parrado, […]
“Overlapping crises” cloud Latin America’s economic outlook, says IDB chief
The new president of Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Ilan Goldfajn, said this Saturday in Panama before the heads of finance of the nations of Latin America and the Caribbean that the region’s economic prospects are clouded by “overlapping crises”. Goldfajn heads the annual meeting of the IDB, which is attended by the governors of the […]
Latin America and the Caribbean, the area of the world where it is most difficult to eat healthy
Latin America and the Caribbean They make up the area of the world where it costs more to buy healthy food, according to a report published this Wednesday by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). According to the study, following a healthy diet carries a daily cost of $3.89 per person […]
FAO: Latin America can lead world food and agriculture
Latin America and the Caribbean “they can and must take a step forward” to face the growing rates of hunger and inequality in the region, which would place them “at the forefront of world food and agriculture,” said the FAO on the occasion of the VII Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean […]
A network that introduced cocaine into Europe from America with sailboats falls
An operation between Spain Y France allowed the dismantling of an organization accused of introducing cocaine into Europe through sailboats from America, with fifteen detainees and one thousand kilos of this drug seized, the Spanish Police and Civil Guard reported on Tuesday. Most of the cocaine, 740 kilos, was seized last December on one of […]