Chilean authorities confirmed the first outbreak of bird flu in a poultry industrial establishment in the center of the country, for which the export of the item was suspended, according to what the Minister of Agriculture, Esteban Valenzuela, explained on Monday. Until now, the South American country had only found the disease in wild animals. […]
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Silicon Valley Bank debacle affects banks inside and outside the US.
The debacle of the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), which has been intervened after its shares collapsed in two consecutive days due to its serious financial problems, has affected the entire sector outside and within the United States this Friday and has awakened the fear of some investors that it constitutes the prologue of a new […]
After the end of the “zero COVID” no new variants have emerged in China
Genome analysis of 413 new COVID-19 infections in Beijing during the time period China lifted its stricter pandemic control policies suggests they were all caused by existing variants. This is the main conclusion of a study published in The Lancet, in which its authors point out that the results can be considered “a snapshot” of […]
China says balloon sighted in Latin America has “civil purposes”
The balloon sighted in Latin America comes from China and is for civilian purposes, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning said on Monday. The balloon has limited maneuverability, Mao told a regular news briefing. Colombia’s air force said in a brief statement on Saturday that its air defense system had detected a possible balloon on […]
Peru and Canada dismantle an international drug trafficking network
Peruvian and Canadian police dismantled an international drug trafficking organization in a simultaneous mega-operation that resulted in the arrest of 9 people, official sources reported on Friday. According to the Peruvian Ministry of the Interior, the operation was carried out on Thursday in parallel in the city of Montreal and in the Peruvian regions of […]
Humanitarian visa program benefits US economy, activists say
Representatives of pro-immigrant organizations in the United States rejected this Tuesday that the program that grants humanitarian visas to Cubans, Venezuelans, Haitians and Nicaraguans supposes an economic burden for the receiving states and argued that, on the contrary, it will be a contribution to the public coffers. The director in Florida of the organization American […]
Italian government begins negotiations with Lufthansa to sell part of ITA
The Ministry of Economy and Finance or Mef of Italy today started negotiations for the German group Lufthansa to acquire a stake in ITA Airways, the Italian airline born in 2021 from the liquidation of the old Alitalia and whose owner is the Italian Government. “The Mef signed this afternoon the letter of intent from […]
US economy grows strongly in fourth quarter to record 2.1% expansion in 2022
The US economy maintained a strong pace of growth in the fourth quarter as consumers increased spending on goods, but momentum appeared to slow considerably towards the end of the year, with higher interest rates eroding demand. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew at an annualized rate of 2.9% last quarter, reported Thursday the Department […]
Latin America and the Caribbean will grow by 1.4% in 2023, according to UN calculations
Latin America and the Caribbean will grow by only 1.4% in 2023, according to calculations presented this Wednesday by the United Nations, which warns of a rapid deterioration in the region’s economy and of the difficult decisions faced by the authorities to try to straighten the course. After growing at an estimated rate of 3.8% […]
IMF raises Spain’s growth to 5.2% in 2022 and drops to 1.1% in 2023
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) increased its estimate of growth for the Spanish economy in 2022 by 6 tenths this Thursday, which it now stands at 5.2%, while the outlook for this year fell by one tenth, to 1.1%. The agency published today a review of its figures and confirmed that Spain will avoid recession […]