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Federal Police arrests Brazilian businessman who called hunters, shooters and firearms colletors for demonstrations
The Federal Police arrested on Tuesday night (Dec. 6) the businessman Milton Baldin in front of the Army Headquarters, an area in the Urban...
Real wages in Chile fall 2.4% annually in 2022
Chilean real wages, adjusted for the monthly variation in inflation, have fallen 2.4% year-on-year so far in 2022 and 1.7% in 12 months, The...
Soybean exporters in Argentina liquidate US$1.2 billion within the stimulus program
The Government of Argentina reported Tuesday that the soybean exporting companies that are part of the so-called "Export Increase Program" (PIE) managed to liquidate...
Brazil has arrears of US$1 billion with international organizations, alerts the transition team
Brazil has arrears of about US$1 billion with international organizations, the technical group for planning the transition of government said today, warning of the...
Bolivia maintains controlled inflation and expects to close 2022 with an index within the projected
Bolivia maintained controlled inflation between January and November 2022 and one of the lowest in the South American region, registering 3% in this macroeconomic...
The Kirchnerist model is falling apart: The UCA estimates that poverty affects 43.1% of Argentines
The measurement of multidimensional poverty of the Argentine Catholic University (UCA) warns that 18 million Argentines fell below this threshold, and up to 3.3...
Biden sends Jake Sullivan to Brazil to put pressure on Bolsonaro and ensure that Lula da Silva takes office in January
The Head of the White House Security Council traveled to Brazil on Monday in an attempt to order a peaceful transition between Bolsonaro and...
Rio de Janeiro’s City Council passes law banning fireworks
The Rio de Janeiro City Council approved in definitive form this Tuesday (Dec. 6) the project that prohibits the manufacture, commercialization, and use of...
Panama goes backwards in access to information: Transparency International
By Mary Triny Zea
In what appears to be a dead letter, access to public information in Panama is guaranteed in the Political Constitution, as...
Colombian Chamber denied motion of censure against the Minister of Mines and Energy, Irene Vélez
Colombia's House of Representatives denied on Tuesday the motion of censure against the Minister of Mines and Energy, Irene Vélez Torres, cited by the...
In an operation in the dead of night, Military Police of Rio de Janeiro seizes drugs, ammunition and weapons
The Military Police seized, in the early hours of Saturday (Dec. 3), a large number of drugs, ammunition, and weapons in the Morro da...
Inflation in Ecuador falls back and reaches 3.64% in November 2022
Ecuador's National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INEC) presented the new report on the Consumer Price Index, in which year-on-year inflation reached 3.64%, compared...
JPMorgan plans to expand private banking staff for Latin America
JPMorgan Chase bank plans to increase the number of employees in private banking for Latin America by about 25 percent next year, prioritizing expansion...
Mercado Libre files complaints against Apple
E-commerce giant Mercado Libre has filed complaints against Apple over anti-competitive practices with antitrust authorities in Brazil and Mexico.
The US-based company is accused of...