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Uruguay negotiates with the US for the purchase of naval patrol aircraft and helicopters for US$30 million
The United States was determined - and still is - that Uruguay should not buy ocean patrol vessels from China, and to prevent this,...
PoderData survey: 46% think that life will get better in the next 6 months in Brazil
PoderData survey conducted from January 29 to 31, 2023, shows that 46% of Brazilians think life will improve in the next 6 months.
The rate...
Brazil: Business confidence fell to its lowest level since 2021
The Business Confidence Index (ICE), calculated by the Brazilian Institute of Economics of the Getulio Vargas Foundation (Ibre/FGV), fell to the lowest level since...
Brazilian industry starts 2023 in contraction for the 3rd month in a row
Brazil's industrial activity began in 2023 with a slight improvement in relation to December 2022 but is still in contraction, according to a survey...
Brazilian trade balance registers a US$2.72 billion surplus in January
The Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade and Services (MDIC) released the results of the trade balance for January 2023 this Wednesday, the 1st.
According...
Brazilian narcocriminals target Argentina and Paraguay
Brazil's First Capital Command (PCC), one of Latin America's most important criminal groups, is extending its regional network, and Argentine authorities see a potential...
Atacama Telescope is expected to be completed next year
The Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST) construction is entering its crucial phase.
It is being planned and built by the international scientific consortium CCAT Observatory...
Paraguay plans green hydrogen plant with Canadian support
Paraguay will build a green hydrogen production plant in the department of Alto Paraná in the east of the country with the support of...
Colombia will have up to 50 new solar power plants after Norwegian investment
By Daniel Salazar Castellanos
Colombian company Erco Energía, with a presence in Colombia, Panama, the United States, and Brazil, raised US$30 million from Norwegian fund...
Peru: Lima yoy inflation to January closes at 8.67%, less than expected despite protests
By Paola Villar S.
The National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI) reported Wednesday that Lima's consumer price index (CPI) closed the first month of...
These are Brazil’s most influential congressmen; how they affect Lula’s government
Seven of the ten most influential parliamentarians of the last legislature are from the so-called Centrão.
Of the other three, none is from the Workers'...
The dramatic reality of Cuban communism: sugar shortages erupted, and 300,000 people fled the country in 14 months
The communist regime of Miguel Díaz-Canel is facing increasing difficulties in containing the collapse of the economic system that the country has been experiencing...
Argentina’s time bomb: Massa will leave an economy in recession, record indebtedness, and an exchange rate gap close to 100%
The program launched by Sergio Massa in August 2022 was limited to three main issues: tightening price controls, raising nominal interest rates, and accelerating...
Bukele driving: El Salvador saw a 60% drop in the homicide rate in 2022
Thanks to President Nayib Bukele's security reforms, El Salvador recorded 496 homicides in 2022, one of the lowest values in decades, and approximately 57%...