The presidents and chancellors of a dozen Latin American countries discuss in Mexico mechanisms that contribute to a migration ordered, at a time when tens of thousands of people seek to reach the border with USA. Among others, the presidents of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, of Cuba, Miguel Díaz Canel and of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, arrived […]
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Mexico tightens visa rules for certain foreigners who make a stopover in the country
He mexican government reported on Saturday, on the eve of hosting a summit on migration with several countries in the region, that all those foreign originating from countries that require a visa to enter Mexico They must also carry it, even if they only want to stopover at Mexican airports as part of their transit […]
Climate change increases sand and dust in the atmosphere of areas such as Spain and Latin America
The storms of sand and dust, on the rise due to desertification and climate change, increased in 2022 compared to 2021 and increased the concentrations of these particles in the atmosphere in areas such as Spain either South America and Central, the World Meteorological Organization indicated today. These concentrations also increased in the Red Sea, […]
Indonesia holds business forum with Latin America with a view to energy transition
Indonesia ends this Tuesday in Jakarta its fifth business forum with Latin America and the Caribbean that seeks to promote trade and investment relations between Indonesian and Latin American companies with an emphasis on the health sector, automotive and furniture, and the energy transition. The Indonesian Deputy Foreign Minister, Pahala Mansury, highlighted in the opening […]
IMF: Latin America and the Caribbean must discipline spending and increase their income
He International Monetary Fund said that fiscal policy in Latin America and the Caribbean has been “prudent”, but that governments need to increase their income, since there are not many options due to heavy debt and high interest rates. “In a new era of higher interest rates, and just because the level of debt is […]
America rushes plan to exit its citizens from Israel after confirming victims
Several American governments are taking urgent measures to evacuate their citizens from Israel, following the attacks launched this weekend by militants of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas which have already left 900 dead in Israeli territory, including several victims of American origin. At least 14 Americans, 7 Argentines, 2 Canadians, 2 Brazilians and 2 Peruvians […]
ECLAC: Latin America will grow 0.8% with impacts on informal employment
Latin America will grow in the decade from 2014-2024 by 0.8% on average, less than the lost decade of the eighties due to the debt crisis (2%), whose cumulative effects will accentuate the “vicious circles” of the economy with a possible increase in informal workpoverty and inequality, says the executive secretary of the ECLACJosé Manuel […]
Latin America must build its own architecture to get the most out of 5G
This Thursday, experts and academics recommended that Latin American countries clearly define how to use the technology 5G and build your own reference architecture to implement it, as ways to get the most out of this “great technological proposal.” The challenges for the adoption of the fifth generation of mobile phone technologies or 5G were […]
Latin America, lagging behind the world with 2% growth in 2023
The economy of Latin America and the Caribbean will grow 2% this year, a little more than expected but less than other regions of the world, which means it will still not reduce poverty, the World Bank reported this Wednesday. The financial organization forecast in April that the regional economy would grow 1.4% in 2023, […]
ECLAC calls for progress towards “solid” institutionality in Latin America
The executive secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, and the Minister of Social Development of ChiliJaviera Toro, called this Tuesday to move towards a “consolidated and resilient” social institutionality to promote and guarantee economic, social, cultural and environmental rights at the inauguration of the Fifth Meeting […]