The “superfoods”, products with a high nutritional value such as peruvian cocoahe avocado Mexican or Brazilian açaí, are the great Latin American bet in the framework of Foodex, the largest food fair in Asia. The main event for the Tokyo food industry, which opened its doors last Tuesday and is expected to attract some 30,000 […]
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Mexico promotes plan against inflation with its Latin American allies
Mexico promotes a plan to face inflation in Latin Americarevealed this Thursday the president Andres Manuel Lopez Obradorwho plans to meet with several of his colleagues to define strategies. López Obrador said that on Wednesday he held telephone talks with his Brazilian counterparts, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva; Colombia, Gustavo Petro; Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, and […]
Latin America and the Caribbean, the area of the world where it is most difficult to eat healthy
Latin America and the Caribbean They make up the area of the world where it costs more to buy healthy food, according to a report published this Wednesday by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). According to the study, following a healthy diet carries a daily cost of $3.89 per person […]
Social protection for children falls more than nine points in Latin America
The percentage of children under 15 years of age with access to social protection services fell 9.2 points in Latin Americafrom 50.7% in 2016 to 41.5% in 2020, according to a report published today by the International Labor Organization (ILO) and the Fund of United Nations for Children (UNICEF). The region is the one that […]
Why hasn’t cannabis cultivation been profitable in Latin America?
The cultivation of cannabis has become unprofitable Latin America in recent years, claims a BBC report. This activity has become a less attractive business as the dope for medicinal purposes began to become legal. Currently, cannabis for medicinal use is legal in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru. According to estimates by the Euromonitor consultancy, […]
Economic development, an illusion for poor countries
Then many things happened. From Buenos Aires to Mexico City, governments have given a 180-degree turn to half a century of statist and introspective economic policy. They cut budgets, sold public companies, and opened up to trade and foreign capital. Mexico tied its economy to the United States through NAFTA. Brazil and Argentina said “yes” […]
Open Society will make a social investment of 16 million dollars in Colombia
The Open Society network of foundations, created by the philanthropist George Sorosannounced this Tuesday that it will make a social investment of 16 million dollars in Colombia focused on issues with climate justice and gender, among others. “During the pandemic we increased our investment due to the situation we had here, but now, this year, […]
Latin America needs high rates for longer, says Colombia’s central bank
There is consensus among those responsible for the monetary politics of the region in which interest rates will have to remain high “for some important time” to guarantee that inflation decelerates decisively, said the general manager of the Bank of the Republic, Leonardo Villar. The main economies of Latin America are likely to maintain a […]
Ernesto Canales: “We were not surprised to see Peru in the top 3 most unequal countries in the world”
Interview with the co-founder of Latinometrics and economist from the University of Texas, who has had various roles as an analyst in that house of studies and in the technology sector in Boston, the city where he currently lives. Latinometrics is an informative bulletin that tells stories through data that comes from public sources, according […]
Saki Bigio: “I think we are very far from being one of the most unequal countries in the world”
Professor of Economics at the University of California, Los Angeles. His work focuses on the theoretical and quantitative link between financial market liquidity, credit, payment systems and macroeconomics. On Monday, February 6, La República published the report “Peru is the fourth most unequal country in the world”, according to the Latinometrics analysis based on the […]