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Chile records the highest monthly trade surplus in 16 years in March

Chile's foreign trade balance recorded a surplus of over US$2.9 billion in March, a monthly figure not recorded since April 2007, reported the Central...

Brazilian exports grew above the global average in 2022

By Artur Piva Brazilian exports reached US$334 billion in 2022. The growth reached almost 20% over 2021. At the same time, the sum of the invoicing of all the countries in the globe increased by...

Lula’s government projects a record trade surplus of US$84 billion this year

The reduced spending on imported products, whose prices have cooled recently, made the Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade and Services (MDIC) project a record...

Brazil’s fiscal framework: watch Finance Minister’s presentation video on new rules

Brazilian Finance Minister Fernando Haddad attended a press conference Thursday (30) to present the...

Brazil: more than 24 billion transactions via Pix occurred...

More than 24 billion banking transactions via Pix occurred in 2022. There were more than 66 million daily operations, according...

Brazil: Port of Santos records drop in cargo movement

By Artur Piva In February, the Port of Santos handled about 15% less cargo than in the same month last year. The amount fell from almost...

This is how the weight of Mexico, Brazil, and Latin America in the world economy has been diluted

By Juan Pablo Álvarez* Over the last decade, Latin America has greatly diminished its relative weight in the world economy. A...

Disagreement over the use of nuclear energy in Brazil 

Last week, Eletronuclear (a state-owned company responsible for nuclear power generation in the country) was fined by the Brazilian...

Central Bank downgrades projections for Peru for 2023: private investment would fall 0.5%

The Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCR) lowered most of its projections for the...

Brazil: Lula postpones the start of his visit to China due to mild pneumonia

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has been forced to postpone until March 26,...

4 countries remove the embargo on Brazilian meat after China

Four more countries followed China's example and resumed the import of Brazilian beef, informed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs...