According to analysts from the FocusEconomics Consensus Forecast LatinFocus, Peru will record unemployment below the average for Latin America in the next five years. This indicator was presented in its last report of December 2021. The Peruvian unemployment rate will be 8.3% of the active population in 2022, 7.8% in 2023, 7.4% in 2024, 7% […]
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IDB: lack of trust limits socioeconomic growth in Latin America
The lack of trust in governments, companies, unions and people limits the socioeconomic growth of Latin America, warned the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) through a recent report called “Trust: the key to social cohesion and growth in Latin America Latin America and the Caribbean”. In that sense, the study reveals that only one in 10 […]
Suicidal ideation rate rose in health personnel in Latin America during pandemic, says study
Health personnel from 11 Latin American countries, including Peru, present “high rates” of depressive symptoms or suicidal thoughts, says a study published by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). The COVID-19 HEalth caRe wOrkErs Study (HEROES) report shows that between 14.7% and 22% of health personnel consulted in 2020 presented symptoms that led to suspicion […]
HRW warns of the most serious setback in decades of human rights in Latin America
The attacks on judicial independence, freedom of the press and civil society make up a disturbing panorama that shows “the most serious setback in decades” in terms of human rights in Latin America, says the non-governmental organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) in its World Report 2022. This aggravation occurs in the midst of the COVID-19 […]
IDB: greater confidence is key to the post-pandemic recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean
Strengthening confidence is essential for the business sector to become more dynamic and to carry out the economic reforms necessary to enhance the post-COVID recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean, revealed a report by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). According to the report “Trust: the key to social cohesion and growth in Latin America […]
Titans bet on Latin American energy corporate debt
Bond market titans, including T. Rowe Price Group Inc. and Invesco Ltd. confident that Latin American corporate debt from the oil, gas and financial sectors will perform well this year, despite electoral risk and fiscal challenges region of. Samy Muaddi, Portfolio Manager, Debt Strategy emerging markets of T. Rowe, said that the best operation in […]
Recession risk looms as recovery loses momentum
Updated on 01/03/2022 05:25 am By Felipe Hernández, economist Activity in most of Latin America returned to its pre-pandemic level sometime between February and September 2021. After the sharp drop in early 2020 when the pandemic began, the recovery was much faster than anticipated, but it is losing. momentum quickly. Activity in the second and […]
Peru, the economy with the strongest growth in South America by 2022
The hangover of the New Year does not drag the echoes of uncertainty regarding the future of the Peruvian economy as it happened at the beginning of 2021. And it is that, by 2022, it is expected that the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) local is one of the strongest in Latin America, and even the […]
Ómicron grows in Latin America, countries discard quarantines
Long lines at testing centers, cancellation of New Year’s parties and the reappearance of the open-air mask account for the impact of the omicron variant in Latin America, where more and more countries surpass their record of new daily infections since the beginning of the pandemic. The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) warned this week […]
The 3 pillars of Chinese expansion in Latin America in two years of pandemic
With the sale of millions of doses of vaccines, Beijing is giving a boost to its pharmaceutical industry and at the same time, analysts say, deepening its influence in Latin America and the Caribbean. It is what has been labeled as “covid diplomacy”, the sale and donation of masks, respirators, protective equipment and vaccines to […]