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 […]
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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 […]
Gender inequality: Peru has the highest disparity gap in Latin America
Regarding social gender equality, Peru is the one with the largest gap in favor of men with 10% compared to women, with a tendency to rise, while the average in Latin America is 7%. This is revealed by the Index of Social Development of Women and Men (Idsmh) in Latin American Countries 2023, prepared by […]
Latin America will grow only 1% in 2023, according to IDB estimates
Latin America and the Caribbean will grow only 1% this year, according to estimates by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), which published its macroeconomic report this Sunday, the 19th, a document prepared before the crisis unleashed after the fall of the US Silicon Valley Bank. In a press conference, the bank’s chief economist, Eric Parrado, […]
“Overlapping crises” cloud Latin America’s economic outlook, says IDB chief
The new president of Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Ilan Goldfajn, said this Saturday in Panama before the heads of finance of the nations of Latin America and the Caribbean that the region’s economic prospects are clouded by “overlapping crises”. Goldfajn heads the annual meeting of the IDB, which is attended by the governors of the […]
What Peruvian companies operate in Ecuador and what do they do?
More than 1,700 Peruvian companies have a presence in ecuadorian soilaccording to information from the Superintendence of Companies of Ecuador. Besides, the cumulative investment between 2010 and 2020 of national brands in the neighboring northern country was US$249 million, According to what Lorena Konanz, Vice Minister of Export Promotion and Investment of the nation of […]
Number of mergers & acquisitions in Peru fell 75% in February 2023
The operations of Mergers & Acquisitions they fell during the second month of the year in Latin America, however, it was Peru where the drop was greatest. The social context that began in December of last year after the failed self-coup by Pedro Castillo evidenced fewer business operations. According to the report TTR Datathe country […]
Pedro Castillo, the last of a long list of Latin American presidents with problems with justice
The former Peruvian president Pedro Castillowhom a judge in his country has ordered to keep in preventive detention for 36 months for his failed self-coup in December 2022, while he is investigated for a case of corruption, joins a list of Latin American presidents and former presidents convicted or who They have gone to prison […]
Latin America close to becoming a renewable energy giant, according to report
Latin America is about to become a major producer of renewable energywith the equivalent of 1 billion solar panels in large-scale projects that will come online by 2030, according to a report published on Thursday. In welcome news in the fight against climate change, the researchers noted that the continent will launch large-scale solar and […]