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US designates former Panama President Martinelli for “corruption”
On Wednesday night, while the children of former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli arrived in the country deported from the United States after serving a...
Chile cuts copper production growth forecast due to mine delays
Project delays prompted a Chilean government agency to temper its projections for copper output in the top-producing country.
It's the latest sign of the challenges...
Colombia, Honduras and Mexico have the highest indices of child poverty in Latin America
By Juan Pablo Álvarez
Children and adolescents are the age group that is most exposed to monetary poverty in all Latin American countries, especially in...
Brazil: landslide leaves 36 homeless and destroys homes in Minas Gerais
At least 36 people are homeless after a landslide in Ubá (MG), in the Zona da Mata region of Minas Gerais, on Wednesday afternoon...
Proposal to replace National Force is ready, says Brazilian Minister of Justice
The Lula da Silva government is expected to present, in the coming weeks, a proposal for the creation of a permanent National Guard.
The objective...
Foreign investment in Brazil doubled in 2022 and reached the highest level in 22 years
Foreign investment in Brazil's productive sector almost doubled in 2022, reaching the highest absolute value (in dollars) in the last ten years.
In comparison with...
Iranian warships will arrive in Brazil: experts speak of provocation for the US and risk of terrorism
Iranian Navy warships will arrive in Brazil in the next few days.
According to the Iranian news agency Tasnim, the passage through Rio de Janeiro...
Lula da Silva’s program threatens to destroy Brazil’s public accounts: IMF forecasts a brutal increase in deficit by 2023
President Lula da Silva's fiscal plan proposes increasing spending without compensating for new resources.
Only one year of the government of the new President Lula...
Argentina’s crisis deepens: industrial activity collapsed in December and has not rebounded since August last year
Preliminary reports estimate that manufacturing activity in Argentina would have plummeted between 0.3% and 0.6% in the last month of 2022, consolidating the dangerous...
Argentina’s second tax increase of the year: Massa established 8% VAT for small traders of digital platforms
The Argentine Minister of Economy, the lawyer Sergio Massa, determined a new tax increase on small traders, and this is the second tax increase...
Chavismo targets NGOs
The Chavist-controlled National Assembly approved on Tuesday in the first discussion a law that will allow it to exercise a greater degree of control...
Peru’s Production Minister Resigns
Peru's Minister of Production, Sandra Belaúnde, resigned on Wednesday, barely a month and a half after taking office and in the context of the...
Mexico: Ovidio Guzman’s extradition was permanently suspended
A Mexican judge has finally granted the 'sine die' suspension of extradition to the United States of Ovidio Guzmán López, alias 'El Ratón' and...
Political crisis in Bolivia: opposition campaigns for a referendum on judicial reform
With the support of the Catholic Church, Bolivian lawyers and volunteers on Wednesday launched a campaign to collect signatures to hold a referendum on...