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Worsening food insecurity in Colombia, Honduras and Haiti
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The World Food Programme (WFP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have determined that...
Zuckerberg’s Meta to launch its own bitcoin wallet in Brazil?
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook) plans to launch a digital wallet with support for bitcoin (BTC), according to a registration...
Bolivia foresees increase in investments in energy sector
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Bolivian Minister of Hydrocarbons and Energy, Franklin Molina Ortiz, announced some of the actions and increases in investments...
Uruguay: Used cars increased 15% in value last year
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A Mercado Libre survey shows that "only taking into account the vehicle's trade-in value, investing in a car could...
Argentina reaches agreement with the International Monetary Fund
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Argentine President Alberto Fernández announced Friday that his government has reached an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF)...
Uruguay Armed Forces challenges in 2022: patrol boats, armored vehicles and a replacement for the A37B
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Navy expects to receive the three Marine Protector class patrol vessels from the United States in the first...
Bolivian Marcelo Claure resigns as Softbank’s COO
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Claure led key Softbank projects in recent years such as "the merger of Sprint and T-Mobile, the repositioning of...
Colombia and Caricom seek greater cooperation in the Caribbean
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Colombia and the countries of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) will hold this Friday in Barranquilla the II Colombia-Caricom Ministerial...
Bolivia bets on natural tourism to reactivate the sector by 2022
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The amazing immensity of the Salar de Uyuni, Lake Titicaca, and the Sajama, the highest mountain in the country,...
Paraguay: ex-president Horacio Cartes denounced for illicit enrichment and money laundering
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Minister Giuzzio said that the complaint is some 30 pages long and that he decided not to submit it...
Paraguay River level remains extremely low
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - According to the head of the Navigation unit of the Paraná River Paraguayan-Argentine Mixed Commission - COMIP Py -...
Uruguay aims to offset education lost during pandemic with “hybrid” model
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - "The future is hybrid. We will never go back to a fully in-person education, nor will the fantasy some...
Uruguay bets Chilean government will be neutral and not isolate it in the region
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Venezuela "is an experience that has rather failed and the main demonstration is the six million Venezuelans in diaspora"....
Chilean Central Bank raises benchmark rate from 4% to 5.5% due to inflation
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Central Bank of Chile resolved on Wednesday to raise the benchmark interest rate by 150 points to curb...