Mexico’s López Obrador proposes to end poverty with a 4% tax on the wealthy
President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, proposed a plan of taxing great fortunes with 4% as a recipe to...
November 9, 2021Topic
International Monetary Fund
Colombia completed largest dollar sale since May 2020
Colombia's Public Credit Directorate announced that, during September 2021, it completed dollar sales for US$2,244.9 million
October 11, 2021
Brazilian Ilan Goldfajn to be new IMF chief for Latin America
Brazilian economist Ilan Goldfajn will be the new head of the Western Hemisphere Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF),...
September 13, 2021
IMF cites progress in debt talks with Argentina
The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday said progress was being made in talks with Argentina as the two sides weigh...
July 13, 2021
Brazil weighs reduction of middle class caused by the pandemic in Latin America – World Bank
As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the middle class has shrunk in most Latin American and Caribbean countries
June 24, 2021
Costa Rica accumulates deficit of 1.61% of GDP in the first five months of 2021
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Costa Rica accumulated in the first five months of 2021 a financial deficit of 1.61...
June 15, 2021
Four countries in the Americas have defaulted during the coronavirus pandemic
Sovereign bond defaults have grown at a dizzying pace in Latin America since the beginning of the pandemic. First it...
May 15, 2021
Out of 100 countries, Brazil will have the 14th highest unemployment rate in the world in 2021
Brazil should register in 2021 the 14th highest unemployment rate globally, after being in 22nd place in 2020 in the...
April 11, 2021
Pandemic generated 22 million new poor in Latin America – ECLAC Report
The pandemic has pushed 22 million people below the poverty line over 2020 in the region's countries, according to data...
April 2, 2021