The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) warned that the crisis generated by the pandemic will cause strong increases in labor informality, inequality and poverty in several Latin American countries, so the governments of the region should focus its policies in developing…
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MicroStrategy board of directors will receive salaries payment in Bitcoin
The board of directors of the analytics software company MicroStrategy has announced the payment to its board with bitcoin, as reported by the CEO of the company Michael Saylor.
According to the press release, the benefit will only be…
Biden starts business tax project
The president of the United States, Joe Biden, began the process of increasing taxes on large companies that intends to take them from 21 % to 28 %.
Experts affirm that this plan seeks to "break the race to the bottom" in terms of…
Venezuelan government announces increase in TU
Through Official Gazette No. 42,100 dated April 6, 2021, the Venezuelan government published a Ruling of the Integrated National Service of the Customs and Tax Administration (Seniat). In this document, the readjustment of the Tax Unit is…
IMF announces debt relief for several countries
This week, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced the extension of debt relief to more than 28 countries in a terrible economic situation, and that have also been severely affected by the coronavirus.
Initially, the Trust for…
Data of more than 500 million Facebook accounts published by hackers
Data of more than 500 million Facebook users were compromised and published in a hacker forum. The information included emails and phone numbers of the users, as confirmed this Saturday by a cybercrime expert from magazine Business Insider.…
UK GDP grew 1.3 % at the end of 2020
The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the United Kingdom registered an expansion of 1.3 % in the fourth quarter of 2020, which represents an increase of three tenths compared to the previous estimate, according to the National Statistical…
Spain and the IDB will boost tourism in Latin America
Spain, through the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation and Segittur, will collaborate with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to promote the smart tourist destinations (DTI in Spanish) model in Latin America and…
Miami could be a bitcoin mining hub
Francis Suárez, Mayor of Miami, acknowledged that he has the goal of turning the American city into a high-impact mining center in the world.
Suárez indicated that there is a great attraction in the city, related to the nuclear energy…
More than 2 billion young people without Internet access
"Every young person who cannot connect represents a missed opportunity for new ideas and innovations that could serve humanity," lamented Tim Berners-Lee, creator of the World Wide Web (WWW), and Rosemary Leith, co-founder of the Web…
Germany creates bridge between blockchain and euro
The financial authorities of Germany have been working on the development of a technology capable of allowing investors the acquisition and sale, within the blockchain system, in exchange for money from the Central Bank.
This new tool thus…
IDB and Japan join forces in favor of Latin America and the Caribbean
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) as well as the Government of Japan join efforts of cooperation and brotherhood to contribute to the social and economic recovery of Latin America and the Caribbean.
With a promise of alliance, both…