Petrópolis in Rio de Janeiro state may receive new Natural Monument
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The slow but important process of preparing the ground for legislation to create a new...
August 5, 2021Topic
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Foreign direct investment in Latin America fell in 2020 to lowest level since 2010 -ECLAC
The flow of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Latin America fell sharply in 2020, decreasing 34.7% compared to 2019, reaching...
August 5, 2021
Mexico’s poor increased to 43.9% of population during pandemic, versus 41.9% in 2018
Mexico added 3.8 million new poor in 2020 due to the crisis derived from the pandemic, raising the figure to...
August 5, 2021
Pig farms threaten Mexico’s Mayan heritage on Yucatan Peninsula
They will "destroy them," warns Doroteo Hau, an indigenous man fighting the proliferation of pig farms accused of contaminating the...
August 5, 2021
Stripped of six zeros, the Venezuelan currency is now called”digital” bolivar
The Venezuelan government will remove six zeros from the bolivar, the local currency hit by runaway inflation, and introduce a...
August 5, 2021
Eight people injured in gas station explosion in Venezuela
Eight people were injured in the explosion registered this Wednesday at a gas station in eastern Venezuela. One person died...
August 5, 2021
Peru’s Lima Film Festival celebrates 25th anniversary with tribute to Laurent Cantet
French filmmaker Laurent Cantet will be the main guest at the silver jubilee of the Lima Film Festival, which this...
August 4, 2021
Soybean agrochemical sales in Brazil exceeded US$6 billion in 2020/21 crop year
The sales of agrochemicals for soy crops in the country totaled R$ 31.3 (US$6) billion in the 2020/21 crop year,...
August 4, 2021
Welcome to Venezuela, the South American land of the poor millionaires
It was born in March, with little vigor, when it was exchanged for 52 cents of the dollar, but Venezuela's...
August 4, 2021