A rise in resource nationalism in Latin America is driving up metal prices by hurting the region’s ability to supply raw materials for the energy transition, according to the head of the Mining Council of Chili. Proposed tax hikes on copper mines in Chile and plans for a new state-owned lithium company, as well as […]
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Latin America, among strategic investment objectives of the EU in 2023
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, convened today the first meeting of the Global “Gateway” Board to analyze the achievements of the first year of implementation of this plan with which the European Union wants to counteract the new route of the Chinese silk and identify projects for 2023 in Africa, […]
Hunger affects 56.5 million in Latin America, 13.2 million more than in 2019
Between 2019 and 2021, the number of hungry people increased by 13.2 million to 56.5 million in Latin America and the Caribbean, due to the increase in the cost of basic products and the increase in extreme poverty, indicated this Tuesday a report by ECLAC, FAO and WFP. “The number of people in the region […]
Ibero-America is committed to a healthy, supportive and sustainable gastronomy
The Ibero-American Academy of Gastronomy (AIBG) will present in October a manifesto with keys to promote the new gastronomy of the 21st century, which must be “healthy, caring, sustainable and satisfying”announced this Thursday its president, the Spanish Rafael Ansón. It was at the Celebremos Iberoamérica festival (CIB Fest 2022), promoted by the Organization of Ibero-American […]
They will register 2 million businesses for the economic census
The National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI) began the execution of the V National Economic Census 2022, which had not been carried out for 14 years (2008). This in order to have updated information on companies that produce goods and services, and to know the impact of the pandemic on the country’s business structure. […]
Peruvian exports will grow between 1.4% and 4.2% in the next 5 years, according to LatinFocus
Peruvian exports have an upward projection for the next five years, according to the panelists of the FocusEconomics Consensus Forecast LatinFocus. Thus, in their last report of March 2022, they foresaw that Peruvian sales to the world will register an expansion of 1.4% in 2022; 3.3% in 2023; 3.5% in 2024; 3.8% in 2025 and […]
Latin Americans decided to undertake in the pandemic in the face of economic crisis
More than half of the 1,500 Latin Americans who participated in a survey began to work independently during the COVID-19 pandemic to contribute financially to their families, those responsible for the survey reported Monday. the survey “empowered women”published by the American cosmetics and perfume company Avon and the Avon Foundation for Women, brought together “1,500 […]
Sexual health goes back 30 years in Latin America due to pandemic
the services of sexual health and reproductive in Latin America and the caribbean They went back some 30 years due to the coronavirus pandemic, the regional director of the United Nations Population Fund (Unfpa), the Costa Rican Harold Robinson, said in an interview with Efe. Robinson gave as an example the access of women to […]
European Investment Bank looks at Latin America as an energy alternative to Russia
The vice president of the European Investment Bank (EIB), Ricardo Mourinho Félix, stated that Europe has to look to the other side of the Atlantic, specifically to Latin America, as an alternative to not depend on Russia in terms of energy or food supplies. “We have to look to the other side of the Atlantic. […]
The effects that the Latin American economy will have due to the Russian invasion in Ukraine
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is progressively affecting various Latin American countries such as Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, among others. The respective products that were exported and imported to the nation presided over by Vladimir Putin are having a low volume of commercial exchange. The economist specializing in Latin America of the British consultancy Capital Economics, […]