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Latin America calls for economic recovery on a restricted Labor Day
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The countries of Latin America commemorated this Saturday the International Labor Day (May Day) with restrictions due to the...
Haitian migrants in Honduras denounce abuses in Central and South America
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Haitian migrants who this week reached Honduras, on their way to the United States in a journey that began...
Venezuelan physician José Gregorio Hernández is already beatified
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Venezuelan doctor José Gregorio Hernández was beatified this Friday in Caracas in a reduced ceremony, according to the...
ECLAC raises Latin America’s growth outlook for 2021 to 4.1%
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has slightly improved the region's growth outlook for 2021...
Mastercard’s digital proposal for Latin American governments
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - An agreement between the Panamanian government and the multinational payments company Mastercard aims over the next five years to...
Paraguay ‘took off’ from Brazil and contained economic damage from pandemic – Paraguayan Finance Minister
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Paraguay's economy shrank the least in Latin America in 2020; BBC News Brazil spoke with Paraguay's Finance Minister Oscar...
IDB launches program to improve transparency of green bonds in Latin America
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and its private arm IDB Invest, launched Tuesday a tool to increase the "transparency"...
Analysis: Uruguay joins US “war on drugs” despite its long and checkered history
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The government of Luis Lacalle Pou is seeking the cooperation of the United States to address the growing drug...
NGO seeks to raise awareness about violence against girls in Latin America
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The NGO Plan International launched this Monday the campaign "We believe in girls", to raise awareness about violence, early...
Brazil in arrears with multilateral banks; 65% of default refer to New Development Bank (NDB)
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil was granted US$13.3 billion in new funding by multilateral banks and international development agencies in 2020. Concurrently, the...
Latin America signs its first environmental pact, pioneer in protecting activists
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Thursday, Earth day, Latin America celebrated the entry into force of the Escazú Agreement, the first environmental pact...
Cuba reports new record number of daily covid cases (April 22)
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Cuba once again surpassed the absolute maximum number of daily cases of covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic...
Quibdó, a Colombian city gripped by urban violence and poverty
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A shootout last Sunday left several gunshot wounds in the intensive care ward of the main hospital in Quibdó,...
Drug traffickers don’t retire: the return of “Techo de Paja,” one of Pablo Escobar’s main suppliers
By Gustavo Sierra
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Mafia law does not provide for voluntary retirement. The vast majority of capos, lieutenants and hitmen die...