the american bank JPMorgan Chase will pay $290 million to alleged victims of the late financier Jeffrey Epsteinaccused of sexual exploitation of minors, after an agreement announced on Monday that avoids him a high-impact media trial. The sum, initially reported by the Wall Street Journal, was confirmed to AFP by one of the victims’ lawyers, […]
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Chile and the keys to its new lithium and copper policy
The leftist government gabriel boricwhich seeks resources for its ambitious social programs in Chilioutlined a new mining policy that arouses special interest in the future of the lithiumalso called white gold, vital in the transition towards clean energy. Chile thus increased taxes on the exploitation of copper, a metal of which it is the world’s […]
“Here there is!”, the nascent private sector gains space from the state sector in Cuba
An explosion of small shops stretches across Havana, the most visible expression of the space gained by private companies in Cuba. The so-called SMEs, authorized only in 2021, displace state businesses, which are increasingly empty. “Here there is!”, is the name of a small store recently opened in the west of the Cuban capital, where […]
Argentina Ualá will offer accounts in Mexico with high returns for its clients
The company of financial services Argentina Ualá said on Wednesday that it had launched an account in Mexico that offers high returns to its clients, after obtaining approval from regulators to acquire local bank ABC Capital and expand operations in the country. When launching the account at an event in Mexico, Ualá explained that the […]
US government redoubles its offensive against cryptocurrency platforms
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has just hit the table suing two trading platforms cryptocurrencies iconic: Binance, the largest crypto platform in the world, and Coinbase, the only one listed on the Wall Street, in its latest offensive against this sector, brought under scrutiny after the scandalous sinking of FTX last November. […]
Rising prices: which cities in Peru suffered the highest inflation in May?
In May, consumer prices increased in 21 of the 26 cities From Peru. The highest variations were registered in Chimbote (0.77%), Chiclayo (0.68%), moyobamba (0.67%) Trujillo (0.57%), Huánuco (0.56%) Cajamarca (0.52%) and Pucallpa (0.51%), according to the latest report from the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics ( INEI). In contrast, cities with falling prices […]
Erdogan renews his mandate at the head of a deeply divided Türkiye
Congratulated abroad and acclaimed by his supporters in Türkiye, President Recep Tayyip Erdoganre-elected Sunday for a five-year term, will lead a country undermined by economic crisis and deeply divided. The 69-year-old president, who has been in power in Turkey for two decades, prevailed on Sunday in an unprecedented second round, despite the fact that the […]
Eccentric Argentine economist rises in polls for the presidential elections
The presenter welcomes the “future president” of Argentina. The audience begins to scream and many climb onto the seats to capture with their mobile phones the man with the strange hairstyle who makes his way through a sea of admirers who want to touch him. It’s playing at full volume in the background. “Let’s go […]
It is impossible to make reforms with a weak government and a congress in total disrepute
In this interview, the Argentine economist Juan Pablo Ronderos, explain why inflation Peru remains high despite the slowdown in this indicator in the world. Based on the study of MAP Economic & Business Advisor argues that food prices remain high. That prevents puncturing this distortion that devours the purchasing power of salaries. Ronderos lives firsthand […]
Would it be serious if the United States lost its triple A?
An eventual loss of the triple A USAfollowing Wednesday’s warning from the rating agency fitchwould be above all symbolic, just when the possibility of a default weighs on the country, due to a political blockade. Even so, this degradation would not be unprecedented and its consequences in the world’s largest economy could be limited, since […]