A herd of condors skins a calf at 4,200 meters of altitude on a summit of Colombia. The dead animal was left there by peasants seeking to reconcile with their former enemy: the King of the Andes. “It is a bird that when you see it fly, you feel so beautiful”Diana Bautista, a resident of […]
Tag: Latin America
Russia intends to strengthen its positions in Latin America
Russia will increase efforts to strengthen its positions in Latin AmericaThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported this Thursday in a statement, published this Friday. “It is necessary to increase efforts to further strengthen Russia’s position in the region,” according to the note, released at the end of a meeting at the ministry chaired by its […]
ECLAC raises growth estimate in Latin America; Peru lags behind in the region
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) this Thursday raised its regional GDP growth projection for 2023 by 0.6% from 1.7%, estimated last September, to 2.2%, but warned about the risks of “maintain a low growth path”. By 2024, growth will fall to 1.9%, which implies a slowdown in regional growth compared […]
UNESCO: reserves and geoparks in Latin America underestimate climate risks
Climate risks for biosphere reserves and geoparks Latin America are higher than previously believed and the authorities that manage them underestimate these conditions, which will worsen in the immediate and medium-term future, according to a study presented this Tuesday by the UNESCO. Through the analysis of 10 biosphere reserves and 5 geoparks in 9 Latin […]
Ship ‘Unión’, a “traveling embassy” of Peru where its sailors are “forged”
He vessel school ‘Union’, a “traveling embassy” from Peru that is traveling around the world and in which “forge” professionally sailors, arrived today at Rome with a crew of more than 200 people, including 47 women. On the ship, “the biggest and fastest of Latin America”, According to its commander, José Arce, 96 third-year cadets […]
Basic education is the ‘Achilles heel’ of technological development in Latin America
The difficulties in education basic are the ‘Achilles heel’ of the technological development of Latin Americasaid this Monday experts gathered in Bogotá where they advocated promoting the improvement of basic skills and then developing “specific special abilities”. “There are many aspects, such as the issue of two languages and specific special skills, that we must […]
Main development banks in Latin America join together to finance integration
The main banks promoting the development of Latin America announced this Thursday within the framework of the summit of the Mercosur an agreement to jointly finance the works necessary to guarantee the physical integration of the countries of South America. A total of US$10 billion was made available by financial entities to promote the initiative. […]
UNESCO: Latin America has a “huge” crisis in digital talent and learning
Latin America has a “enormous” crisis of digital talent and learning, since 8 out of 10 sixth grade students do not have the minimum level of reading skills, warned this Tuesday Valtencir Mendes, head of Education of the Regional Office of Education for Latin America and the Caribbean of the UNESCO at the closing of […]
IDB will triple financing to confront the climate crisis in Latin America
He Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) will triple to $150 billion over the next ten years the financing for resilience and mitigation projects aimed at dealing with the climate crises in Latin America and the Caribbean. The president of IDBIlan Goldfajn, announced in an interview with EFE that this is the commitment that the multilateral entity […]
IDB will triple financing to confront the climate crisis in Latin America
He Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) will triple to US$150 billion over the next ten years the financing for resilience and mitigation projects aimed at dealing with the climate crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean. The president of the IDB, Ilan Goldfajn, announced in an interview with EFE that this is the commitment that the […]