Foreign investment in Paraguay grew by 9% in 2020
Paraguay was one of the few countries to record a 9% increase in foreign investment in 2020 amid the COVID-19...
August 13, 2021Topic
Latin America News
Youth unemployment rate in Latin America rose to 24% in the first quarter of the year
The average rate of youth unemployment in Latin America and the Caribbean reached in the first quarter the highest level...
August 12, 2021
Brazil’s Nubank to raise more than US$2 billion on Nasdaq stock market
São Paulo-based Nubank, whose shareholders include billionaire Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, is planning its more than US$2 billion initial public...
August 12, 2021
Environmental commission again approves controversial mining project in Chile
The Environmental Evaluation Commission of Coquimbo, in northern Chile, approved this Wednesday the controversial Dominga mining and port project, close...
August 12, 2021
Chilean Congress evaluates projects for a fourth pandemic aid withdrawal of pension funds
The Chilean Congress began on Wednesday to study three bills to authorize a fourth early withdrawal of private pension funds...
August 12, 2021
Peru’s Prime Minister and founder of government party investigated for terrorism
Peru's Prime Minister, Guido Bellido, and the founder of the ultra-left Peru Libre party, Vladimir Cerron, among others, will be...
August 11, 2021
Colombia’s Ecopetrol buys 51.4% of the electric company ISA for US$3,6 million
On Wednesday, the Colombian state-owned oil company Ecopetrol announced an agreement with the Ministry of Finance to acquire all the...
August 11, 2021
Covid-19: In Brazil, there are 570 confirmed cases of Delta coronavirus variant
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil has 570 confirmed cases of people infected with variant delta of the new coronavirus....
August 11, 2021
Climate change and its damages are coming into focus in Brazil’s agricultural sector
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In the last six years, extreme weather events have caused Brazilian cereal producers to suffer...
August 11, 2021