Latin America is coping with the crisis derived from the war in Ukraine but it is of little use if it does not participate more in the global economy, attract more investment and take advantage of productive relocation and green industry, the World Bank highlighted on Tuesday. The economies of Latin America and the Caribbeanhave […]
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China hopes Taiwan’s allies in Latin America “will pick up on the trend”
China today expressed its hope that Taiwan’s allies in Latin America and the Caribbean “notice the general trend”, in response to the trip of the island president, Tsai Ing-wen, makes these days for Central America. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning stated that Beijing “hopes that certain countries will manage Taiwan-related affairs prudently and join […]
Second-hand purchases will rise 25% this 2023
Re-commerce is the online sale of used or second-hand products, which today contributes to reducing hyperconsumption, according to Yurico Huayana, country manager of the platform digital commerce VTEX Peru. This is a trend that is becoming increasingly present in our country, so much so that of the total number of online buyers, 20% buy used […]
Cooperating between States and following the money, keys against drug trafficking
The fight against organized crimeespecially against the drug traffickinghas in the concept of “follow the money” from these activities one of its main strategies and, for this, collaboration between States at a global level is essential. This was revealed this Tuesday and Wednesday at an international seminar held in Santo Domingo, which discussed the next […]
Latin America sees return of Chinese loans after pause due to COVID
Latin America is becoming a destination for Chinese loans again, after the pandemic of covid-19 lead to a suspension of such agreements in a region that has received about $136 billion in debt from state-owned banks in the Asian giant. Brazil, Barbados and Guyana last year received a total of $813 million of the China […]
Borrell: Latin America is underestimated, it could be the new Persian Gulf
Latin America It is “underestimated, undervalued” and “it could be the new Persian Gulf (…) in a world that is going to do without hydrocarbons to enter into sustainable energy,” said the High Representative for Foreign Policy of the European Union (EU), Josep Borrell. In an interview with EFE in Santo Domingo during the Ibero-American […]
Food, credits and migration, center of debate at the Ibero-American Summit
Fighting hunger, improving access to credit and controlling migratory flows stand out among the issues addressed this Saturday by the heads of state and government at the Ibero-American Summit in Santo Domingo, who also emphasize the climate crisis and the impact of war . The presidents of the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, […]
Latin America needs more innovation to unlock its freshwater potential
Latin America continues to face different problems when it comes to offering its citizens water of quality and sanitation services despite the fact that “has the highest freshwater availability per capita in the world.” The solution, according to the experts meeting this Friday at the UN in the framework of the 2023 Water Conference, lies […]
Agriculture, the main cause of water stress in Latin America
The agriculture is the main responsible for the water stress suffered by the region of Latin America and the Caribbeanas revealed this Thursday at the Water Conference held in the UN from yesterday to Friday. Specifically, agriculture is a 74% of the total water extraction in the entire region, as warned by the representatives of […]
President of Bolivia advocates for a joint lithium policy for Latin America
Bolivian President Luis Arcesaid on Thursday that he would be willing to design a lithium policy together with other Latin American countries to benefit their economies and protect the lucrative resource of US interventionism. It is estimated that Bolivia has 21 million tons of untapped lithium resources, the largest amount in the world, which are […]