Ecuador's presidential and legislative elections were set for August 20 by the National Electoral Council.
According to the CNE, the tentative date for a second round to elect the president of the South American country involved in the political scandal and subsequent trial of Guillermo Lasso,…
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OFAC authorizes limited transactions of US firms with PDVSA
The Government of the United States announced this Tuesday, through OFAC, the authorization of some transactions of four US firms with the state oil company Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), prohibited since November 2018, while maintaining…
EU completes last step to extend preferential tariffs with Ukraine
The European Union fulfilled the last formal step to extend for one year, until June 6, 2024, the exemption of tariffs, quotas and other trade barriers planned for imports from Ukraine, a gesture with which the bloc wants to help Kiev to…
United Kingdom will stop migration with modification to student visas
The United Kingdom announced changes to the student visa aimed at controlling migration that has increased since June 2022, when 500,000 people entered the country.
According to the British government's announcement on Tuesday, the new…
The UK will no longer fall into recession this year
The UK economy, the second largest in Europe, will avoid going into recession this year, according to new forecasts from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which now anticipates a GDP expansion of 0.4 %, compared to a contraction of…
Saime announced a dress code to enter its offices
The Administrative Identification and Immigration Service (Saime) announced this Friday the implementation of a dress code for citizens who come to its offices throughout Venezuela.
It is an audiovisual material in which it is clarified…
Cristina Fernández denounced Macri’s agreement with the IMF
The vice president of Argentina, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, denounced that the agreement reached between former Argentine president Mauricio Macri and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in 2018 was "scandalous" and "a scam against…
ECLAC considers it urgent to offer alternatives to debt in Latin America
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) considers that the increase in indebtedness levels in the Latin American region requires an urgent transformation of the international financial architecture of sovereign…
CAF will work “closely” with the new president of Paraguay
The executive president of the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF), Sergio Díaz-Granados, held a meeting with the president-elect of Paraguay, Santiago Peña, in which he reaffirmed the commitment of the institution he presides over to…
French court upholds sentence against Sarkozy for corruption
A French court has ratified this Wednesday the sentence to three years in prison against former President Nicolas Sarkozy in the framework of a case of corruption and influence peddling in a wiretapping plot, after the president appealed…
Venezuela in favor of global de-dollarization
The president of Venezuela pointed out on Tuesday the importance and need to find an alternative currency to the dollar as a reserve system.
Maduro highlighted the current trend of many countries to break away from the US dollar, because…
The IMF supports Brazil’s tax reform
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) stated that it "firmly" supports the commitment of the Lula da Silva government to improve Brazil's fiscal position, while encouraging the country to continue promoting its "ambitious" agenda to achieve…