For the second consecutive year, Peru is the first country in Latin America with the most young entrepreneurs between 18 and 34 years old, representing 54.3% in the first half of 2024; that is, 14.49% above the regional average, according to Alegra, the electronic accounting and invoicing software for entrepreneurs. Likewise, a growth of 3.6% […]
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Migrants pause in the Amazon now that reaching the US is more complicated
Dozens of migrants They sleep in a six-room wooden shelter infested with mosquitoes in the Brazilian Amazon, with their dreams of a better life in USA on hold due to president’s new asylum rules Joe Biden. Johany “Skinny” Rodriguez, 48, was ready to leave the hardships of life in Venezuela behind. She has been waiting […]
Solid waste management could cost the planet US$ 640.3 billion by 2050
The overall cost of managing the Solid waste Urban waste could reach US$640.3 billion by 2050, including US$443 billion related to the negative impacts of waste, said Carlos Silva Filho, president of the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA). The ISWA head stressed that it is “urgent” to halt the growth rate of waste generation, because […]
Peru has one of the lowest salary demands in the region
At a regional level, the average required salary in Peru until May 2024 was US$822 per month, according to the report by Jobint, made up of Bumeran and other leading brands in terms of job boards. This is how our country is positioned as one of those with the lowest salary expectations. In the report’s […]
Remittances rise 7.7% in Latin America and plummet in the Middle East, according to the WB
The flows of remittances toward Latin America and the Caribbean slowed down last year, although they still rose 7.7% compared to 2022, while remittances to the Middle East and North Africa plummeted 14.8%, according to data published this Wednesday by the World Bank (WB). . After a period of strong growth during 2021-2022, recorded remittance […]
Ecology Award Winners: Latin America has lost 60% of the ecosystems it had in 1970
Latin America has lost 60% of the ecosystems it had in 1970, when they began to be documented, “There is so little left that it is essential that we understand that it is imperative to preserve what we still maintain”Gerardo Ceballos and Rodolfo Dirzo, winners of the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge in Ecology award, […]
Latin America presents its energy investment opportunities to the EU and China
This Friday, Latin America and the Caribbean presented to the European Union (EU) and China the opportunities that the region has for investment in energy, based on the multiple resources it has, at the VI Meeting of Energy Ministers of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) that was held in the Honduran […]
Latin America faces six humanitarian crises that leave 23 million displaced
In Latin America and the Caribbean there are 23 million refugees, internally displaced or stateless people as a result of six major humanitarian crises that put the region in an unprecedented emergency, according to figures released by UNHCR on the eve of World Refugee Day. The data is part of the annual report published on […]
Paraguay asks mea culpa and admits that Latin America is one of the least integrated regions
The president of Paraguay, Santiago Peña, called this Tuesday to make a “mea culpa” and recognize that Latin America and the Mercosurthe block that includes, in addition to their country, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay Bolivia, are from the regions “least integrated in the world”. “The pandemic crisis of the year 2020-2021, which hit the entire world, […]
Chile retains 44th place in World Competitiveness despite a worse economic performance
Chili remains the 44th country in the world and the first in Latin America in the World Competitiveness Index (WCR), ahead of Mexico and Colombiadespite achieving a worse score in economic performance that was offset by a slight improvement in government efficiency, according to the annual report of the Institute for Management Development (IMD). According […]