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NGOs criticize Paraguayan Ombudsman’s messages on trans persons

The Human Rights Coordinator of Paraguay (Codehupy) asked the ombudsman to rectify some messages about trans people that, according to...

April 29, 2021

Mastercard’s digital proposal for Latin American governments

An agreement between the Panamanian government and the multinational payments company Mastercard aims over the next five years to digitize...

April 29, 2021

Argentina protests the launching of British missiles from the Falkland Islands

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Argentine government, on Thursday, April 29, protested the launching of Rapier missiles from the...

April 29, 2021

Rise in deaths among pregnant women from Covid-19 worries Brazil

The sharp increase in deaths among pregnant women from covid-19 worries Brazilian authorities, who, amid a worsening pandemic, have called...

April 28, 2021

Wealth tax returns twice as much revenue as expected in Bolivia

- Bolivian President Luis Arce announced on Tuesday his country's tax bureau had collected twice as much as originally estimated...

April 28, 2021

Political future of Chilean President increasingly uncertain

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Chile's Constitutional Court (TC) rejected on Tuesday a request by the government of Sebastián Piñera...

April 28, 2021

Singapore’s GIC leads US$55 million funding round in Brazil fintech Warren

Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC is leading a R$300 million (US$54.95 million) funding round in Brazilian financial startup Warren, the...

April 28, 2021

Mexico City finalizes steps to open pioneering DNA bank against sex offenders

The Government of Mexico City presented on Tuesday the first DNA bank in the country that will house genetic information...

April 28, 2021

Analysis: Peru candidate Keiko Fujimori stalls in the polls while stirring up ghosts of communism

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Keiko Fujimori will lose the elections in Peru according to all polls, underlining the failure...

April 27, 2021