Traditionally, when American retirees and vacation home buyers search outside the United States, they gravitate to the Caribbean, Baja, or Costa Rica to take advantage of a peaceful environment and better value for money. Now there's a new hotspot for people looking to escape the US housing market and willing to look a little further […]
Economic activity increased by 0.1% in November compared to the previous month, as indicated by the FGV'S GDP Monitor, released today (17) by the Brazilian Institute of Economics of the Getulio Vargas Foundation (Ibre/FGV). Compared to the same month of 2021, GDP . . . To read the full NEWS and much more, Subscribe to […]
Offer technologies that connect the entire transport chain at affordable prices. This is the objective of the German startup FlixBus, which lands this Tuesday (17) in the south of Brazil, starting to operate in the states of Paraná and Santa Catarina. The Flix system brings together online sales tools, automated customer service and intelligence technologies […]
Following the rise in m² prices of residential apartments ready for sale, the sale of real estate also registered an increase in 2022. The growth compared to the previous year was 11.9%, considering the months from January to October, and corresponds to the best performance for the period since 2014 (the year in which the […]
Mozambique recorded inflation of almost 11% in 2022, the highest figure in the last six years, announced the National Institute of Statistics (INE). Prices rose 10.91% compared to 2021, in line with the global inflationary wave. "From January to December 2022, the country recorded a price increase of around 10.91%. The food, non-alcoholic beverages and […]
Cape Verdean ports handled 133,525 passengers in inter-island maritime transport in December, an increase of 26.7% compared to the same month in 2021, according to official data consulted by Lusa. According to the monthly traffic report by Enapor, the public company responsible for managing the archipelago's nine ports, the December registration also represents 9.7% more […]
Both the governments and business organizations of Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay question Argentina at its insistence on charging tolls for vessels that use the Paraguay-Paraná waterway. Paraguay already warned a few weeks ago that if the negotiation between governments does not prosper, the conflict could end up in arbitration. The Chamber of Exporters, Logistics and […]
Figures from the Ministry of the Interior published by the newspaper El Observador show that 14,501 citizens are behind bars, which represents 408 inmates for every 100,000 inhabitants, which places Uruguay in a vanguard position, but on an unwanted list. The issue has other national implications, particularly the overcrowding in prisons, where there are 11,147 […]
The Brazilian Economy Minister, Fernando Haddad, promised at the World Economic Forum in Davos to end the public deficit of the State within a maximum period of two years. "We intend to return to the income and expenses of the pre-crisis level of the pandemic, which is 18.7% [of GDP] in the federal government; if […]
With 8,650 vessels registered at the end of last December, a figure that represents 16% of the world fleet, Panama maintains the leadership in the registration of ships, according to the latest report from the World Fleet Monitor of the Clarksons Research database. The . . . To read the full NEWS and much more, […]
The World Business Angel Investment Forum (WBAF) announced the establishment of the Latin America and Caribbean Trade Association for Business Angels (LACBAN), which will seek to facilitate access to financing for new companies. The new trade association, which will be based in Mexico City, will be chaired by Marcus Dantus, a well-known Mexican angel investor, […]
Chilean authorities are investigating the theft of a copper cargo valued at about US$4.4 million belonging to state-owned Codelco. The assailants took some 13 containers last week from the port of San Antonio in the Valparaíso region, 12 of which had red metal plates that would . . . To read the full NEWS and […]
Quite possibly, 2022 will be remembered throughout the world as a year in which dozens of countries in which people had forgotten the meaning of the word inflation once again experienced moments of anguish due to the general rise in prices. In the case of Latin America, a heterogeneous panorama is observed, which includes countries […]
The recent arrest of former Justice Minister Anderson Torres has been denounced as political or, at the very least, exaggerated by jurists. However, for the criminal jurist Eduardo Cabette, the imputation made by the Justice of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), Alexandre de Moraes, is "unbelievable . . . To read the full NEWS and […]
The French president refuses to adopt tough fiscal measures to reform the pension system, and even disregarded the recommendations of the IMF that asked for a deficit of less than 5% per year. The country’s debt already exceeds 112% of GDP and is the fourth highest in Europe. President Emmanuel Macron has once again brought […]
Argentine President Alberto Fernández openly contradicted his historical statements about controlling prices, and delegated the tasks to parapolice groups commanded by the Truckers union. Without satisfactory results after three months in office, Economy Minister Sergio Massa redoubled the bet and once again the . . . To read the full NEWS and much more, Subscribe […]
The exchange parity registered the highest nominal values in history in the parallel market. The bullfight that began in November of last year deepens more and more. Despite the measures launched by Economy Minister Sergio Massa, exchange rate peace was irretrievably lost since November and the dollar continues to break all-time records because the peso […]
After 4 years being recognized as the legitimate president “in charge” of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó accepted the decision of the representatives of the National Assembly to put an end to said figure on January 5, 2023, after a vote where 72 voted in favor of the measure, 29 against and there were 8 abstentions. The […]
The former commander of the Military Police of Brasilia Fabio Augusto Vieira has assured that the Army avoided making arrests the day of the assault in a Bolsonaro camp set up in front of the Armed Forces Headquarters in the Brazilian capital. After being required by the Brazilian justice for his alleged negligence during the […]
By Carlos Esteban One could spend an entire afternoon listening to all the times when the political and health authorities – or a group of actors and celebrities in the campaign – have repeated to us that the vaccine was “100% effective and safe”, and the press headlines in this same sense could beat, lined […]
In the period between 2018 and 2021, Brazilian coffee plantations yielded, on average, R$21,700 (US$4,220) per hectare, which represented a growth of 38% compared to the average performance of the period between 2008 and 2011, when “productivity in value per hectare” was R$16,800 (US$3,270). The finding appears in the study “Coffee Agribusiness - Production, Transformation […]
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey released emails exchanged between White House and Facebook officials in which the social network spokesman admits censorship of data on anti-covid vaccines. The documents were obtained by Bailey as part of a lawsuit filed by the state against US President Joe Biden. According to the prosecutor, some of President Joe […]
The value of rents had a historic high in 2022, rising 16.55%, the highest value in 11 years. In 2011, the increase was 17.3%. The data are from the FipeZap+ survey, which checked the situation in 25 Brazilian cities. In all of them, except Pelotas, in Rio Grande do Sul, there was an increase in […]
Sixty-four percent of Brazilians believe that the government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who took office on Jan. 1, is on the right track, according to a survey by the Ipec institute published by the Globo television network, the most popular in the country. According to the poll, 26 percent thought the government […]
The new Brazilian government seeks to reindustrialize the country taking into account environmental sustainability, according to the Minister of Finance, Fernando Haddad, yesterday. From Davos, where he arrived on Monday to participate in the World Economic Forum being held in this Swiss city, Haddad said that "the economic model we defend" includes fiscal and social […]
