Chile economy grows 1.1% month-on-month and 19.1% year-on-year through August
The Monthly Economic Activity Indicator (IMACEC), an index comprising 91% of goods and services in the GDP, also points to...
October 1, 2021Topic
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
Unemployment in Chile falls to 8.5%, lowest figure since the pandemic arrived
The unemployment rate in Chile dropped to 8.5% in August, which means a decrease of 4.4 percentage points compared to...
September 30, 2021
Mexico’s López Obrador calls for building something similar to European Union at Celac summit
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, today opened the summit of the Community...
September 18, 2021
Mexico and its mission to “transform” the OAS
Mexico will promote at the next Celac heads of state meeting its proposal to "transform" the current Organization of American...
September 17, 2021
Paraguayan president expresses his support for OAS on eve of Celac meeting
President of Paraguay, Mario Abdo Benítez, expressed his support for the "maintenance" of OAS, on the eve of the Celac...
September 17, 2021
ECLAC raises projection for Latin America’s GDP growth in 2021 to 5.9%
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) on Tuesday published a report in which it revised its...
August 31, 2021
China could overtake Chile as world’s second largest lithium producer by 2030
First it was Australia to push Chile down to second place in lithium production, and in the coming years it...
August 4, 2021
Uruguay watches its pockets as pandemic spreads poverty
The Covid-19 pandemic added 100,000 to the number of poor people in Uruguay, a country known for its social policies...
May 6, 2021
Paraguay ‘took off’ from Brazil and contained economic damage from pandemic – Paraguayan Finance Minister
Paraguay's economy shrank the least in Latin America in 2020; BBC News Brazil spoke with Paraguay's Finance Minister Oscar Llamosas...
April 27, 2021