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, […]
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“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 […]
IMF: Russian invasion of Ukraine raises prices in Latin America and the Caribbean
Updated on 03/15/2022 06:23 pm The global economy is suffering from the shock wave of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which is driving up food and energy prices in Latin America and the Caribbean, which increases inflation, warns the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in a blog. “Food and energy prices are the main route of […]