Citizens of Mexico and 18 other countries will be able to receive tourist visas for up to 6 months in Russia by simply booking a hotel in Russia, according to a decree signed today by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. In addition to Mexico, Bahrain, Brunei, India, Indonesia, Iran, Cambodia, China, North Korea, Kuwait, Laos, […]
By Gabriele Bonat Religious intolerance is a chronic problem in most universities in Brazil, both public and private. In these places, where so-called "progressive" agendas are often encouraged by professors and student groups, Christians often suffer prejudice and, in some cases, bullying because of their faith. Gazeta do Povo interviewed students and leaders of Christian […]
Fitch Ratings raised its rating for Guatemala from BB- to BB with a stable outlook, in an upgrade that reflects “very strong fiscal and economic recovery, and a further improvement in external metrics, following the pandemic and global price shocks.” The rating agency estimated that Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 4.0% in 2022 after […]
By Mariano Espina YPF-Tec began in late 2022 the start-up to manufacture lithium battery cells at its plant in La Plata, Buenos Aires province. And this week, it announced a key agreement for developing this project: the mining company Livent, one of the two lithium carbonate producers in Argentina, will supply the mineral. The UNILIB […]
547,000 Colombians emigrated from the country last year, breaking historical records from the end of the 20th century and the beginning of this one when the financial crisis and violence dragged thousands of people to leave Colombia, according to figures from the Conflict Analysis Resource Center (Cerac). The levels of migration of Colombians abroad registered […]
The São Tomé's government wants to cancel a debt of about US$320 million with Angola, under a new economic cooperation agreement signed with representatives of the Angolan government, in the São Tomé capital, it was announced today. "In the agreement signed, we foresee from this stage to develop a new strategy in the economic area […]
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi said today that a future pension program for former guerrillas of the Mozambican National Resistance (Renamo), the main opposition party, is "the invoice" that the country should pay for a "sustainable peace." "The bill for peace must be sustained; we have been working to mobilize more support from our partners" to […]
Guinea-Bissau's public debt remained high in 2022, representing 81% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), says a World Bank report with new economic data released today in Bissau. "Debt remained high at 81% of GDP in 2022, from 78.9% in 2021, with the composition of external debt remaining stable at 41.2% of GDP," the document reads. […]
During a Carnival parade in Florianópolis (Santa Catarina), the Protegidos da Princesa samba school referenced communism by paying homage to the left-wing extremist Luís Carlos Prestes. On Sunday (19), the dancers wore red, with the hammer and sickle symbol on their chests, in the wing baptized "Prestes Column". The images generated outrage on social networks. […]
A survey conducted by the consultancy Bites at the request of the newspaper O Globo, released on Monday, 20, shows that the official accounts of President Lula are at their lowest levels of engagement since the beginning of the government. The survey shows that since the beginning of the government, Lula made about 60 posts […]
El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele plans to issue bitcoin debt papers to oxygenate public finances, but his offer of so-called "volcano bonds" may be unattractive to investors, economists warn. With the approval of the Digital Assets Law on January 11, the president has opened the way for the issuance of bitcoin bonds for about US$1 […]
ELN guerrillas reported Sunday that they are holding a Colombian army sergeant, which President Gustavo Petro called a sabotage of the peace negotiations his government is advancing with the insurgents. "I condemn the kidnapping of Sergeant Libey Danilo Bravo of the National Army. These are facts that sabotage any possibility of peace," the president said […]
Brazilian ultra-violent criminal gangs are rapidly expanding their activity in French Guiana, recruiting members among youths in slums and in prisons. "They told him to kill a guy, and without knowing who he was, he approached him with a shotgun and killed him like a dog, in a hammock," recounts the prosecutor of Cayenne, the […]
By José Maria Tomazela This year's record harvest of more than 300 million tonnes expected for Brazil shows the proportion that agribusiness has taken within the Brazilian economy. Between 2002 and 2022, the country's agricultural GDP jumped (in deflated numbers) from US$122 billion to US$500 billion - the equivalent of Argentina's GDP. According to economist […]
Humanitarian crises, such as the one that followed the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, and economic ones, such as the ones that affect most South American countries in a cyclical way, have made Brazil the destination of several waves of immigration in recent years. Without a consistent policy of welcoming immigrants, however, our country cannot guarantee […]
Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador ordered Saturday by decree the nationalization of lithium, an essential mineral for the manufacture of electric batteries, with the aim that a foreign country cannot exploit this resource. "What we are doing now (...) is to nationalize lithium so that it cannot be exploited by foreigners, neither from Russia, […]
The government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced that it will suspend the daily release of data on covid-19. According to the Ministry of Health, the disease figures will be updated only weekly. The change takes effect on March 3. The ministry announced the change in the rules during the 2nd Regular Meeting […]
By Martim Vasques da Cunha* (Opinion) The crucial problem of our time, in legal terms, is what to do with the preservation of freedom and the permanence of public order - especially if we consider recent democracies, such as the Brazilian one (compared to the US and the British one), which survived a violent and […]
By Vadim Proskurin A few days ago, I talked to one of the ChatGPT clones that live on the Beta Character AI. At some point, I started saving screenshots, and then, when the conversation ended, I realized that I needed to share them. Me: I’m trying to understand the principles of censorship imposed on you […]
On Saturday, the Central Bank of Bolivia (BCB) denied speculations about the plunge to minimum figures of the Net International Reserves (NIR) and guaranteed that these financial assets remain stable and meet world sustainability standards. “For the population not to be confused or manipulated by the biased messages of such analysts, the BCB clarifies that […]
Cases of bird flu (AI) H5 are expanding in Argentina, with positives registered this Sunday in districts of Salta (north) and Santa Fe (east), bringing the total number of affected provinces to four out of a total of 24, according to the National Service of Health and Agrifood Quality of Argentina (Senasa). The state agency […]
The death toll from landslides and floods on the Atlantic coast of the state of São Paulo, in southeastern Brazil, has risen to 36, according to a local government statement released Sunday night. The President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, announced that he would travel this Monday to the area of the climatic […]
By Brian Berletic* As Russia’s special military operation reaches the one-year mark, we wonder what is happening now and what will happen next. Equally important is what started this conflict. NATO has repeatedly attacked and destroyed allies of Russia around the globe throughout the 21st century. NATO has also constantly encroached eastward toward Russia’s borders. […]
