In a speech at New Hope Church, an evangelical church in Orlando, former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro vented about the difficulties as head of the Brazilian Executive. Among other things, he stated that he sometimes forgot he had a wife. "At first, I'd say, 'My God, what was my sin? To be sitting in this […]
The number of deaths due to landslides on the northern coast of São Paulo rose to 54, according to a bulletin released by the state government on Friday (24). There were 53 deaths in the municipality of São Sebastião and 1 in Ubatuba. So far, 16 bodies remain unidentified. Among those identified are 12 women, […]
The bill presented to Congress by Colombia's Minister of Justice, Néstor Osuna, proposes the decriminalization of incest between adults. Currently, Colombian law punishes first-degree consanguinity relatives who have sexual relations with up to six years in prison. Osuna said in an interview with Blu Radio that the bill aims to eliminate the imprisonment of two […]
The Mozambican Association of Oil Companies (Amepetrol) has deemed "dramatic" the sector's situation, as it is buying more expensive fuels, but there are no price updates at filling stations. "We have absolute faith that the government understands our drama, that it is sympathetic and will find mechanisms to make the companies continue to operate with […]
The Cape Verdean government has opened a tender to build and put into operation by June 2025 solar plants on four islands, totaling nearly 3.5 MegaWatts (MW), a project co-financed by the World Bank. According to the tender notice launched by the Special Projects Management Unit (UGPE) of the Government of Cape Verde, consulted today […]
Sonangol decided to leave Venezuela and Iraq due to the risks in those regions, announced today by the chairman of the board of directors of the Angolan state oil company. According to Gaspar Martins, Sonangol is evaluating the assets and, as a result, made the decision to leave and in what terms will be passed […]
Remittances by Portuguese emigrants in 2022 set a record, rising 4.9% to €3.892 billion, with citizens in the Portuguese-speaking African Countries (PALOP) sending almost €320 million, 21.7% more than in 2021, according to the Bank of Portugal. Portuguese workers in the PALOP countries sent to Portugal €317.06 million last year, representing an increase of 21.69% […]
NowNow, a company operating in Angola in the digital payment market, has recently established a partnership with Mastercard intending to reduce the risk of cyber attacks, mainly to those in the electronic monetary transaction sector. The idea is to increase the security levels of users who carry out electronic monetary transactions in the Angolan context. […]
The Permanent Commission of the Paraguayan Congress has approved a resolution by Senator Lilian Samaniego, declaring the "Muslim Brotherhood" organization a terrorist association. The group, founded in Egypt in 1928, "ideologically supports those who use violence and threaten stability and security in the East and West," the congresswoman said. The resolution presented by Samaniego adds […]
Venezuelan Gustavo Dudamel will leave the Los Angeles Philharmonic to conduct the New York Philharmonic when his contract expires in 2026. According to him, he has dreamed of conducting the symphony orchestra founded in New York in 1842 under the name Philharmonic Symphony Society of New York since he was nine years old, playing the […]
Carnival celebrations in the Ecuadorian seaside resort of Salinas got out of hand. They included destruction and attacks on drivers on the streets, to the point of leading to the dismissal of the local governor. In another city, a group of young people had no better idea than to throw a Twingo into a swimming […]
Two men killed seven people after losing a pool game in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso, and authorities confirmed the death of one of them during search operations, according to the Civil Police on Wednesday. The incident occurred on Tuesday night in a bar in the municipality of Sinop, located in the north of […]
Brazil's oil production rose 5.9% in January from the previous month and registered a record 3.255 million bpd (barrels per day), data from the ANP (National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels) pointed out. The volume surpassed the previous monthly record in October when the country produced an average of 3.24 million bpd. The […]
The controversies generated by the leftist President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, do not cease. This week again, the President has provoked public opinion by stating his intention to "democratize" energy generation in the South American country where six companies are currently in charge of performing this task to provide electricity to the homes of Colombians. […]
In the middle of this week, the ruling Frente de Todos suffered a split in the Upper House of the Argentinean Parliament. Legislators Guillermo Snopek (Jujuy), Edgardo Kueider (Entre Ríos), Carlos Espínola (Corrientes), and María Eugenia Catalfamo (San Luis) left the ruling bloc in the Senate. They will now form a new bench, the Bloque […]
By Javier Villamor The political, business, and media elite from different spheres and countries promote the 15-minute city as the urban planning of an imposed future. The idea behind this planning is straightforward: to design cities so that all essential and necessary services are within a 15-minute walking distance: health, shopping, leisure, study, work, etc. […]
The president of the Central Bank of Brazil, Roberto Campos Neto, officially declared that the "digital real" pilot project will "start right away" and that it should interact with PIX, the BC's hugely successful digital payment system. The statements were made during a presentation at the BTG Pactual CEO Conference 2023. However, Campos Neto did […]
The federal base set up two weeks ago in the Palimiú village on Yanomami Indigenous Land, in the state of Roraima, was attacked with gunfire on Thursday (23). The criminals broke through the blockade set up on the Uraricoera River and fired shots at the agents, who shot back and wounded one of the invaders. […]
By Vinícius Pereira That Cuba has a great influence in Latin America goes without saying. The polemics and the political use of the socialist island resonate here, especially when part of society uses the "fear" of communism to send "to Cuba" those who think differently. However, those who go to the Caribbean island for tourism […]
By Victoria Marshall A group of doctors in the United States is suing the Food and Drug Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services for their various attempts at preventing Ivermectin from being prescribed to treat Covid-19. Plaintiffs Robert L. Apter, Mary Talley Bowden, and Paul E. Marik argued the FDA tried to […]
Brazilian firm Tupan Aircraft is present at IDEX 2023, the defense and security fair in Abu Dhabi from February 20 to 24, exhibiting its logistics drones of the Tupan family. These aircraft can perform vertical takeoffs and landings using tilting turbofan engines that produce enough power to transport special loads over long distances autonomously and […]
Uruguay’s port authority announced Thursday an investment of more than US$20 million to expand the port of Colonia (west), the country’s main fluvial-maritime terminal and where the most significant volume of tourists enters the country. The work will begin in March and be completed in the second half of 2024, announced by the National Ports […]
Peru’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 2.7 percent in 2022, driven by domestic demand that advanced by 2.3 percent, the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI) reported yesterday, Thursday. The expansion of domestic demand was mainly influenced by the contribution of household consumption by 3.6 percent and gross fixed capital formation by 0.8 […]
Remittances sent to the country by Bolivians working abroad reached a historical record of U$1.437 billion in 2022, informed yesterday Thursday, the Central Bank of Bolivia (BCB). “This is the highest value in remittances reached in all the time this indicator has been registered, even more considering an international context affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, […]
Consolidated operating revenues from the sale of natural gas and its derivatives increased in Bolivia by 27.2 percent in 2022, state-owned Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) reported yesterday, Thursday. “More than 6,314 million dollars are the consolidated income from the sale of all the products we have as YPFB in the 2022 management, the value […]
