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Landmark parliamentary elections in Paraguay
Members of the Paraguayan opposition often compare the ruling Colorado Party to Mexico's Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI), which held power continuously for 71 years...
Election farce in Cuba: one-party regime to be legitimized
"No one has a choice here."
On the occasion of the parliamentary elections in Cuba on Sunday, March 26, the International Society for Human Rights...
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 Institute of Environment and Renewable...
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 Peruvian economy for 2023 as the country continues to face...
Taiwan recalls its ambassador to Honduras over officials’ visit to China
The visit of a Honduran delegation to China to discuss the establishment of diplomatic relations has caused the Taiwanese government to recall its ambassador...
Mexico’s economic activity beats all forecasts
Mexico's economic activity beat all estimates in January 2023, expanding at the fastest annual pace in five months amid a recovery in the country...
BRICS Bank confirms Dilma Rousseff as president
The advisors of the New Development Bank (NDB), also known as the BRICS Bank, elected former Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff (PT) as the institution's...
Organizations see “hypocrisy” in Boric’s failure to address the maritime claim of Bolivia for access to the Pacific
On the Day of the Sea, the president of Bolivia, Luis Arce, proposed to his Chilean counterpart, Gabriel Boric, to open a dialogue agenda...
Intervention in an electric company opens debate on public utilities in Argentina
The measure taken by the government against Edesur, one of the big distributors in Buenos Aires, puts on the table the debate about 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, the start of his visit to China due to...
Argentina’s Central Bank debt exceeded 230% of the monetary base and is approaching the highest level in history
The quasi-fiscal deficit is growing at ever-accelerating rates, and it only takes five months to generate a new monetary base by issuance.
The Central Bank...
Luis Arce announced the appropriation of all Bolivian pension funds
The "socialism of the XXI century" decided to nationalize and appropriate the funds for the future of millions of people to obtain new resources...
Brazil’s inflation falls for the 10th consecutive month amid high rates
Brazil's annual inflation slowed for the tenth consecutive month in mid-March, although underlying readings remained elevated as the central bank resists mounting political pressure...
Colombia: Petro hints that he will cease seeking to pass a political reform
Colombian President Gustavo Petro suggested this Thursday that the Government cease seeking approval of the political reform after the Historic Pact asked him a...