Mercado Libre to invest R$10 billion in Brazil in 2021
Mercado Livre announced on Monday, March 1st, that it will invest R$10 (US$1.75) billion in Brazil in 2021 to make...
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Will Brazil see a 75 basis-point Selic hike in March?
Brazil traders have begun to bet the central bank may deliver the most aggressive interest rate hike since 2010 as...
March 2, 2021
Chile resumes in-person classes after a year’s absence
Chilean President Sebastian Pinera inaugurated the 2021 school year on Monday, after more than a year without in-person classes in...
March 2, 2021
Brazil’s financial market maintains economic growth forecast at 3.29% in 2021
Brazilian financial analysts maintained their 2021 economic growth forecast at 3.29 percent of expansion in gross domestic product (GDP), after...
March 2, 2021
In Peru, forcible sterilization case against Fujimori goes to court
Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is on trial for his role in a 1990s government program in which many Indigenous...
March 2, 2021
Opinion: Are Venezuelan refugees worth less than those from Syria and South Sudan?
By Rafael Osío Cabrices RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Opinion) The Brookings Institute, a U.S. think tank, has been following...
March 2, 2021
Bolsonaro suspends tax on diesel to appease truckers, but raises tax on banks
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday, March 2nd, he would suspend a tax on diesel fuel, to try and...
March 2, 2021
Ecuador links deadly prison riots to transnational crime groups
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Ecuadorean officials said on Monday, March 1st, prison riots that left 79 inmates dead last...
March 2, 2021
Ecuador names new health minister after vaccine program criticism
Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno on Monday, March 1st, named an experienced surgeon as the Andean country’s health minister, following the...
March 2, 2021