IDB commits to Latin America

The new president of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Ilhan Goldfajn, promised to ensure that the multilateral bank is the "most important" development institution for Latin America and the Caribbean, becoming a "reliable" partner…

Latin American economy will grow 1.3 % in 2023

The World Bank forecasts a "sharp slowdown" in economic growth in Latin America in 2023, with an increase in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of 1.3 % for this year. According to the forecasts of the international organization released this…

Peru’s economic reactivation is expected soon

The Minister of Economy and Finance of Peru, Alex Contreras, pointed out that the reactivation of the economy of the regions of the country most affected by the social conflict can be appreciated already at the end of the first quarter of…

Covid-19 emergency could end this year

The director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, offered good feelings regarding the evolution of the Covid-19 pandemic and assured that, if it is worked properly, this will be the year in which the…

Unemployment in the US fell in December

The unemployment rate in the United States (USA) fell two tenths last December, to 3.5%, and in the last month of 2022 223,000 jobs were created, according to figures published this Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics from the US…

Inflation in Venezuela stands at 305.7%

The National Consumer Price Index (INPC) of Venezuela increased by 37.2% in December in monthly terms and year-on-year inflation is now at 305.7%, according to the Venezuelan Finance Observatory (OVF), an independent organization of…

Maduro wants a stable exchange system

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro recently assured in an interview that he intends to create a stable exchange system. In a conversation with the Spanish journalist and writer, Ignacio Ramonet, the president spoke about the economic…