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, 2021Topic
Latin America
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
HubGC wants to turn Brazil’s Florianópolis into e-sports hotspot; US$134 million to be invested by 2027
The Costão do Santinho resort in Florianópolis announces the launch of HubCG, an area focused on the development and promotion...
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$6) billion in the 2020/21 crop year,...
August 4, 2021
Welcome to Venezuela, the South American land of the poor millionaires
It was born in March, with little vigor, when it was exchanged for 52 cents of the dollar, but Venezuela's...
August 4, 2021
Brazilian real is 19% weaker than it should be and will likely remain so – FGV economist
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Brazilian real (R$) is undervalued by about 19% when measured against fundamentals. By the...
August 4, 2021
Peruvian markets worried about Castillo government’s flirtation with radical left
One week after the inauguration of Peru's new president, the socialist Pedro Castillo, doubts persist about the possible radical direction...
August 4, 2021
Argentine truckers block corn exports at Bahia Blanca port
According to the newspaper La Nacion, the flow at Bahia Blanca has increased by 30 percent in the last month...
August 4, 2021
Ecuador implements largest tariff reform in 12 years
- Ecuador hopes to boost productivity with the recent decision to reduce tariffs in several sectors, in a reform adopted...
August 3, 2021