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Brazil: Number of unemployed people drops to 8.3% in October, the lowest level since 2015
Unemployment in Brazil maintained its downward trend and reached 8.3% in the quarter ended in October. It is the lowest number since April 2015...
Soybean sales in Argentina reach highest level in months
Argentine farmers sold 299,000 tonnes of soybeans on Nov 28, the highest volume in the last two months, thanks to the special exchange rate...
Interest on the debt paid by Argentina’s Central Bank exceeds the entire primary deficit of the Government
The accumulated debt of the Central Bank of Argentina (BCRA) is so large that more expenses than the entire primary deficit of the National...
Panamanian Stock Exchange seeks to become the international hub of the capital market
In 2021, after 31 years of operation, the Panama Stock Exchange became the Latin American Stock Exchange (Latinex) in order to project itself as...
Unemployment in Chile reaches 8% in August-October rolling quarter
The weakness in the labor market continues in Chile. The unemployment rate reached 8% in the August-October quarter of this year, according to the...
Colombia, among the countries with a red flag for foreign investors
By Paul Smith
Colombia has just processed a tax reform that will reach US$20 billion, however, it is still seen as a risky place for...
Latin American bond issuers will face a difficult 2023
The chill that pulled Latin American debt issuers out of international bond markets in 2022 is setting, as the US assumes the outlook for...
Drug scandal rocks Paraguay
A drug scandal rocks the South American country of Paraguay. Amilcar Fretes Escobar, son of Paraguayan Supreme Court President Antonio Fretes, has been accused...
Colombia launches military operation against armed groups
Colombia will launch a military offensive against illegal armed groups operating in the border areas and, according to Interior Minister Alfonso Prada, is seeking...
US sanctions against Nicaraguan gold industry
The US Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on the Directorate General of Mines (DGM) of the Nicaraguan Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEME).
The regime...
Biden lifts restrictions on the Chavista regime and allows Chevron to invest in Venezuela
The Democrats disrupted the policy of pressure and zero tolerance that former President Trump had promoted for the regime of Nicolás Maduro. Chevron will...
Agriculture in Brazil will be a disaster if Lula da Silva adopts past measures, says Minister
Brazilian Minister of Agriculture, Marcos Montes, said this Tuesday (Nov. 29) that if Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT, progressive-globalist) adopts the same policies...
Brazil created 159,500 formal jobs in October
Brazil created 159,500 formal jobs in October 2022. This is the 10th consecutive month that the country has a positive balance, according to Caged...
In a meeting with WikiLeaks editor, Lula da Silva declares support for Assange to be freed
President-elect Lula da Silva (PT) met on Monday (28) with the editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks, the Icelandic journalist Kristinn Hrafnsson, and with the editor Joseph...