Analysis
E-Commerce Boom Drives Colombia Office Space Rebound
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Colombia’s commercial real estate market is recovering following a period of rising vacancies earlier this year as the pandemic...
Chile’s Senate Rejects Pension Withdrawal Bill, now to Vote on Pinera’s Plan B
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Chile’s Senate rejected an opposition-led coronavirus relief bill to give citizens a second opportunity to withdraw funds from their...
Using Plasma from Recovered Covid-19 Patients Shows Little Benefit in Severe Cases
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Using blood plasma from COVID-19 survivors to treat patients with severe pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus showed little...
Restrictions Cause Doctors Without Borders to Withdraw from Caracas Hospital
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) will withdraw from a collaboration with a Venezuelan hospital to treat COVID-19 patients due to...
Mudslide Destroys Nightclub in Colombia, Leaving at Least 7 Dead
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A mudslide destroyed a dance club and killed seven people in northern Colombia early Monday, November 23th, as the...
Suspension of Western Union Remittance Service to Cuba a Boon for Crypto
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - As new U.S. government measures that impose restrictions on remittances to Cuba becomes effective after November 22nd, Western Union,...
Thousands March on Mexico City Against López Obrador’s Government
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A week and a half before Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s second year as president of Mexico, the National Anti-AMLO...
Joint Strategy Launched to Improve Cocoa Production in Costa Rica, Colombia and Ecuador
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A group of researchers from Costa Rica, Colombia and Ecuador will hold a virtual event to improve cocoa production...
India´s Bharat Biotech Offers Brazil Potential COVID-19 Vaccine
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech this week offered Brazil a COVID-19 vaccine that is in late-stage clinical trials and a possible...
Protesters March Against Economic, Social Policies in Colombian Cities
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Thousands of workers and students protested in Colombia on Thursday against the social and economic policies of President Ivan...
Tesla Unveils ‘Tesla Tequila’ for US$250, Product Sold-out on Website
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk finally made good on his promise to sell "Tesla Tequila" - two years...
Dozens Dead as Hurricane Eta Wreaks Watery Havoc on Central America
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The remnants of Hurricane Eta unleashed torrential rains and catastrophic flooding on Central America, with fatalities sharply up on...
Argentina 2020 Mining Export Revenue to Drop by 25 Percent Because of Pandemic
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Argentina mining exports are expected to dip by 25 percent this year after activity ground to a halt under...
Brazil Government Foresees Return to Fiscal Normality without Second Covid-19 Wave
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil’s treasury is planning a return to “normal” next year in stabilizing public finances and pressing ahead with economic...