Brazil’s Deputies approve bill that allows privatization of Correios
The Brazilian Chamber of Deputies approved a bill that allows the privatization of Correios (Brazil Post), the main responsible for...
August 5, 2021Topic
Latin America News
Ecuador and Russia analyze setting up plant to produce Sputnik vaccine
The governments of Ecuador and Russia have established a joint road map to combat the covid-19 pandemic, including the possibility...
August 5, 2021
Chile will administer booster dose of AstraZeneca to those immunized with Coronavac
The Government of Chile announced Thursday that starting next August 11, it will initiate a "booster dose" program against covid-19...
August 5, 2021
Never before have so many Brazilians been in debt as today
The economic crisis triggered by the Covid 19 pandemic and its related isolation and containment measures has caused the debt...
August 5, 2021
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, 2021
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