The Provincial Municipality of Ilo in the Moquegua region, it raised a total of 7 million soles after a public auction of land owned by the commune. The manager of Financial Administration of the commune, Lucio RodrÃguez, stated that this was carried out because the economic situation of the municipality was not good as a […]
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Swiss mining company to reactivate nickel mining in Guatemala after questioned indigenous consultation
The government of Guatemala announced this Monday the reactivation at the beginning of 2022 of a nickel mine of a Swiss subsidiary in the northeast of the country, despite the opposition of some neighboring indigenous communities who denounce their exclusion from the prior consultation process. “The consultation process has resulted in the continued mining activity” […]
ILO: five finalist proposals for labor formalization in Latin America announced
The five finalist proposals of the second call on Innovation and Skills of the International Labor Organization (ILO). On this occasion, the main topic was e-formalization and skills development in Latin America and the Caribbean. “As in the region is recoveringWe see that we have not learned the lessons of the past, given that a […]
Productivity in Latin America is below the global average in 2021
Updated 10/27/2021 10:04 am Productivity in the economies of Latin America and the Caribbean, measured as the ratio between the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and the hours worked by its labor force, will be 17.7 dollars in 2021, below the world average (US $ 18.9), reported the International Labor Organization (ILO). In 2020, this indicator […]
ILO: global labor market recovery stalls and highly uneven
The recovery of the global labor market, which lost millions of jobs in the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, has stalled in 2021 and reflects great disparity between advanced and developing countries due to factors such as unequal vaccination, warned the International Organization of the Labor (ILO). In his new report on the effects of COVID-19 In […]
The ILO urges the universalization of social protection programs in Latin America
The International Labor Organization (ILO) urged Latin America to expand the coverage of its social protection programs to avoid amplifying the effects of upcoming crises, as has already happened with the pandemic of the COVID-19, where it was the most economically affected region in the world. Before the pandemic, only 56% of the inhabitants of […]
ILO: Social protection programs must be universalized in Latin America
In order to prevent the collateral damage caused by COVID-19 from being amplified in Latin America, the International Labor Organization (ILO) He urged regional governments on Wednesday to expand the coverage of their social protection programs. It is worth emphasizing that the pandemic brought unemployment, increased poverty ratios, loss of adequate employment and reduced income, […]