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Brazil: more than 24 billion transactions via Pix occurred in 2022

More than 24 billion banking transactions via Pix occurred in 2022. There were more than 66 million daily operations, according...

Brazilian Government asks Petrobras new board to reassess asset sales

Brazilian Minister of Mines and Energy Alexandre Silveira asked on Wednesday (29) that  President...

BRICS Bank president Dilma Rousseff arrives in China for her first day of work

Dilma Rousseff was sworn in on Tuesday (28) as the President of the New Development Bank (NDB), the Bank of the BRICS. The ceremony took...

Brazil: Port of Santos records drop in cargo movement

By Artur Piva In February, the Port of Santos handled about 15% less cargo than in the same month last...

This is how the weight of Mexico, Brazil, and...

By Juan Pablo Álvarez* Over the last decade, Latin America has greatly diminished its relative weight in the world economy. A...

Mexico’s economic activity beats all forecasts

Mexico's economic activity beat all estimates in January 2023, expanding at the fastest annual...

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 mild pneumonia, according to a message on the President's official Twitter...

4 countries remove the embargo on Brazilian meat after China

Four more countries followed China's example and resumed the import of Brazilian beef, informed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday (March 23). Itamaraty did not report which countries. It only informed, in a note, that six...

This country has the highest current account deficit among LatAm’s main economies

The Chilean economy closed 2022 with a current account deficit accumulated in the year of US$27.1 billion, which represents 9% of the Gross Domestic...

Paraguay and the US agree to develop Master Plan for Paraguay River navigability

Paraguay and the United States governments signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the Elaboration of a Master Plan for the Navigability of the Paraguay River. Following this, Paraguay's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRE) requested the consent...

Argentina forces public companies to exchange dollar-denominated bonds for peso-denominated securities

The Argentine Ministry of Economy urged national public entities to dispose of their dollar securities under foreign law for bonds in local currency to strengthen the Central Bank's reserves, for a value of about US$4...

Australian Senator Gerard Rennick: "There has been a lot of misleading advertising in regards to the safe and effective claim….the risks have never been clearly outlined"