The lawyer Sofía Andrade withdrew her savings in dollars from the bank when the currency began to become scarce on the streets of bolivian. “I prefer to have them at home, I’m afraid they won’t let me take them out afterwards”, said. Like her, many Bolivians are withdrawing their dollar deposits or buying the currency […]
Tag: Latin America
FAO: gender gap in food insecurity widening in Latin America
The gap between men and women in terms of food insecurity widened in Latin Americaespecially as a result of the pandemicand reached 11.3%, well above the world average, alerted this Thursday the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). in the report “The situation of women in agrifood systems”presented at the world headquarters […]
IMF cuts expansion estimate for Latin America this year How much will Peru grow?
The economy of Latin America and the Caribbean will grow 1.6% this year, 0.2 percentage points less than anticipated in January, in a context marked by subjacent inflation “stubborn”, indicated this Tuesday the IMF. In updating its economic outlook, the International Monetary Fund also forecasts that Brazil’s economy will expand 0.9% (-0.3 percentage points compared […]
World Bank: Latin America loses attractiveness and participates little in the global economy
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 […]
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, […]