Uruguay Lets Foreign Remote Workers Skip Social Security. Locals Skip It Anyway
Uruguay remote workers social security drew a July 2 Senate hearing: CUTI says locals paid abroad skip invoices and contributions,...
July 10, 2026Topic
social security
After a year in office, Ecuador’s Lasso is accused of neoliberal policies and authoritarian rule
On Tuesday, Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso will end his first year in office. 71.18% of respondents rated his government's work...
May 23, 2022
Brazil’s Senate passes Court-ordered debt PEC; text will return to Chamber of Deputies
The Senate passed the so-called Court-ordered federal debt proposed constitutional amendment (PEC) in two rounds in the early afternoon..
December 3, 2021
Brazil’s Treasury: 2021 year-to-date deficit would be near zero without Covid-19 spending
The Federal Treasury Secretary announced the estimate when explaining the R$73.432 (US$14.2) billion negative result recorded from January through July...
August 31, 2021
Budget 2021 may cause “shutdown” in the Brazilian economy
The Minister of Economy, Paulo Guedes, warned President Jair Bolsonaro that the 2021 budget would be "unfeasible" with the accounting...
March 28, 2021
Brazilian Real Slumps to Lowest Value Against US Dollar in 2019
By the end of the day, the US currency had registered the highest value of the year against the Brazilian...
March 7, 2019
Brazil Predicts 4 Percent Growth if Reforms Approved
For Finance Minister, Henrique Meirelles, the country could grow as much as four percent per year if reforms, like social...
October 13, 2017
Nationwide Strike Leads Brazil to Standstill, Violence
As many as 40 million are said to have stayed home on Friday while thousands protested in the streets against...
April 29, 2017
Brazil Registers Worst 6-Month Primary Deficit in History
Earmarked expenditures continue to be a main problems with social security registering a deficit of R$61.2 billion for the first...
July 29, 2016