Spain has donated 50 million vaccines through the multilateral mechanism Covaxof which 22 million (44%) correspond to Latin America and the Caribbean, reported this Saturday the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation. In addition, 16 million were delivered to sub-Saharan Africa and a further 7.5 million to the Southern Neighborhood (several North African […]
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Latin America resorts to COVID self-tests as cases rise
Latin American countries that have been slow or reluctant to approve home COVID-19 tests that are widely used in developed countries are now turning to them to deal with a resurgence of the virus in one of the world’s hardest-hit regions. Brazil approved last Friday the self-tests to combat the exponential increase in cases caused […]
Latin America is far from its educational goals for 2030, according to UNESCO
A new report published by the Institute of Statistics of the Unesco and the Global Education Monitoring Report concludes that most countries will miss global education targets by 2030, including 17 of Latin America and the Caribbean. Based on the references and data of each country, the report establishes that the Sustainable Development Goal 4 […]
Peru’s external debt will be the third lowest in the region
The Peru will have between 2022 and 2023 third lowest foreign debt in the region, According to the latest report from LatinFocus. According to the study, Peru’s debt in 2022 will be 43.2% of GDP, only behind Brazil and Mexico that would lead the performance of the region with 13.6% and 37.2% of GDP, respectively. […]
Mexican economy would be in technical recession, according to economists
Updated on 01/21/2022 03:39 am The signs point to Mexico entered a recession, while the first estimates show that economic activity fell in December. The second largest economy in Latin America contracted in the third quarter of last year, putting a brief recovery in the economy on hold. pandemic. Now a growing number of institutions, […]
Biden says that Latin America is not the backyard of the US but the front
Updated on 01/19/2022 06:53 pm The president of the United States, Joe Biden, assured that Latin America is not the backyard of his country, but the front. “We used to talk when I was a young man in college about America’s backyard, but it’s not America’s backyard, I think south of the Mexican border is […]
Seven species of primates from Latin America among the 25 most endangered in the world
Six species of primates from Latin America that inhabit Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and one that extends from Mexico to Colombia, are among the most endangered in the world. Deforestation and hunting, in addition to diseases, are decimating primate populations in the region, said a panel of specialists from the International Union for Conservation of […]
Fitch analysts forecast slowdown in Latin America
Fitch Ratings analysts Richard Francis, Todd Martínez and Charles Seville spoke at a Fitch event about the outlook for Latin America in 2022. Martínez estimated that in Brazil a weaker currency, inflationary pressures and a greater adjustment by the central bank will cause a “big slowdown” in economic growth. The analyst considered that the political […]
Cimet: biosafety, sustainability and investment, tourist keys of Ibero-America
Latin America trust the biosecurity in times of pandemic –especially in prevention and vaccination–; in sustainable development; in the value of SMEs and national and international investment, in this case Spanish, to recover from the serious tourism crisis caused by the COVID-19. The XXV Ibero-American Conference of Tourism Ministers and Entrepreneurs (Cimet) was held this […]
The pandemic, a bonanza for rich Latin Americans that deepens poverty
The wealth of billionaires in Latin America has increased by 52% since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, while the poor have been more exposed to deaths from COVID-19, according to the report “Inequalities kill”, presented by Oxfam. The report is published amid the overwhelming progress of infections by the omicron variant, which means that […]