Futures interest rates started high this Thursday, Jan. 19, after criticism from president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT, progressive-globalist) to the independence of the Central Bank (BC) and the current inflation target, defined by the National Monetary Council (CMN). In an interview with GloboNews, Lula questioned the purpose of an independent Central Bank "if […]
Chile's ongoing constitutional process to address social inequalities, coupled with slowing gross domestic product (GDP), is weighing on investment and economic prospects, Fitch Ratings said in a new report. According to the risk rating agency, the rejection of a proposal for a new charter in the referendum on September 4 "dispelled some risks regarding a […]
The insurance market turns the page on the effects caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and prepares to face a more demanding and health-conscious consumer, who demands trust, better services, experiences, and products that are suit your needs. The traditional model has become obsolete in the digital age, therefore, it requires innovation and at the same […]
Chile, Latin America's leading economy for most of the past 50 years and a Wall Street darling, is facing an existential dilemma on many counts. Its Milton Friedman-inspired Constitution is still intact, for now. But virtually everywhere you look, the pillars of the country's free-market system — from private pensions and healthcare to the tax […]
The last weeks of 2022 and the first weeks of this 2023 have shown how convulsed Latin America is in political terms, faced with a marked polarization in the discourse of leaders, confrontations in the streets and, in some cases, tragic endings. And while the forecasts for the region anticipate an economic slowdown in most […]
At least five people have been killed in a light plane crash in the north-eastern Argentinian town of Villa Angela, just minutes after the plane was stolen from a flying club. The light aircraft, a Cessna 206, fell to the ground seven kilometers after take-off because the five thieves failed to open the passage for […]
In the extreme south of the Brazilian state of Bahia, two indigenous people of the Pataxó have been murdered. According to initial information from the civilian police, Samuel Cristiano do Amor Divino (25) and Nawir Brito de Jesus (17) were shot dead in Itabela on Wednesday afternoon (local time). In the region is the indigenous […]
Since 2013, projects for the development and expansion of intercontinental trade and infrastructure networks between the People’s Republic of China and over 60 other countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe have been combined under the name New Silk Road (One Belt, One Road). The name was chosen based on the historic Silk Road. […]
The real estate crisis, the industrial slowdown and the extremist sanitary measures were some conditioning factors for the recessive trend in the second largest economy in the world. Xi Jinping‘s economy is the least successful since the launch of market reforms in China at the end of the 1970s. The government confirmed that GDP grew […]
Leading Italian scientists published a letter with nearly 100 signatories refuting the supposed consensus on anthropogenic climate change. A group of 83 renowned Italian scientists published a letter on January 11 assuring that scientific evidence shows that climate change and global warming exist, but it has no basis in human action, rather that significant temperature […]
Not content with the "space base" that was built in Loncopué, Neuquén, where residents, journalists, civil organizations and even the United States government have denounced a military presence, now the Chinese communist regime is advancing with the construction of a port on Tierra del Fuego. Thanks to a decree signed by the Kirchnerist governor Gustavo […]
The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, has not ruled out this Wednesday breaking relations with Guatemala due to the accusations of corruption that the Prosecutor's Office of that country has launched against the head of Defense, Iván Velásquez, assuring that they will go "as far as they want to take the situation" Petro's statements contrast […]
The Justice of Mexico has granted Ovidio Guzmán López, drug trafficker son of the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán, a new provisional suspension with which his extradition to the United States is temporarily stopped. The head of a specialized . . . To read the full NEWS and much more, Subscribe […]
By Daniel Salles A small stretch of Barra Funda, in São Paulo, concentrates fundamental municipal services aimed at homeless people. This is the case of the Special Shelter Center for People in a Period of Convalescence, exclusively for those who have nowhere to live and have been discharged from hospital. On the same street, Boracéia, […]
By Diógenes Freire According to the secretary of legislative affairs at the Brazilian Ministry of Justice, socialist parliamentarian Elias Vaz (PSB-GO), the portfolio discusses the creation of a kind of parallel “penal code” to toughen and speed up punishments against those who allegedly commit crimes against the democratic rule of law. The information was raised […]
By Diógenes Freire Approached by journalists from the Rabel News website, Ezra Levant and Avi Yemini, the CEO of the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, Albert Bourla, chose to remain silent when asked about information given by him about the anti-covid “vaccine”, which later proved to be false. Bourla was walking calmly through the streets of Davos, […]
ERC20 and TRC20 are both smart-contract tokenization standards that allow the user to establish their own token; the key difference between the two is the cryptocurrency network on which they run. ERC20 is hosted on the Ethereum blockchain, while TRC20 is hosted on the Tron blockchain. This is the largest difference. The first letter stands […]
During broadcast on state TV, Venezuela's ruler Nicolás Maduro, incited an uprising against the United States after President Joe Biden denied a request made by him to end the sanctions imposed on the regime. “The working class has to stand firm in defense of the independence of the motherland [...] It is the working class […]
By J.R. Guzzo (Opinion) Minister Marina Silva, chosen by President Lula to take care of the environment in Brazil, said at the international meeting in Davos that there are “120 million people” going hungry in Brazil right now. It is an irresponsible, aggressive and malicious lie. The minister not . . . To read the […]
By Renan Ramalho The PT party (Lula's party) wants to take advantage of the commotion caused by the invasions of the headquarters of the three Powers to accelerate actions in the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) to make former President Jair Bolsonaro (PL, right) ineligible. The party's political strategists consider it the ideal moment to remove […]
Around 6.5 million people are hungry in Venezuela, according to the report “Regional Panorama of Food and Nutritional Security in Latin America 2022”, prepared by several United Nations agencies and published this Wednesday. “In South America, Venezuela had the highest prevalence of undernourishment (22.9%), which in absolute numbers is equivalent to 6.5 million people,” says […]
The Justice of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) Alexandre de Moraes continued this Wednesday (18) the analysis of the situation of the prisoners after the acts of vandalism in Brasília. So far, 354 have had arrest in flagrante delicto converted into preventive detention and 220 people have obtained provisional release through precautionary measures. In a […]
Several leaders of anti-government demonstrations in Peru said on Wednesday in Lima that there will be "no democracy or peace" in the country if President Dina Boluarte does not resign. "There will be no democracy, there will be no peace, if Mrs. Boluarte does not listen to the Peruvian people," said the secretary general of […]
Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro plans to extend his (exile) stay in the United States. At the same time, the investigations against those involved in the attacks on the headquarters of the three branches of government on Jan. 8 continue. Have a look at our coverage of Bolsonaro’s exile in Florida A group of businessmen […]
Authorities in Peru have announced the death of two people in recent hours in clashes between protesters and security forces amid ongoing protests in the country against President Dina Boluarte. The last person to lose his life is a man whose body is found in the Plaza de Armas of the city of Puno, in […]
