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Brazil stands out as the largest influencer in Latin America

Mexico, Brazil and Argentina are the Latin American countries with the greatest influence, according to the latest Global Soft Power Index 2021 report from the consulting firm Brand Finance. This year, the ranking incorporates 12 new Latin American countries, making up a total of 19 nations in the…
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Walmart will create new job opportunities

The hypermarket chain Walmart, the company with the highest turnover in the world, will allocate 350,000 million dollars to the purchase of products "manufactured, grown or assembled" in the United States over a period of 10 years,…
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Colombia January unemployment rate was 17.3 %

Colombia's unemployment rate stood at 17.3 % in January, compared to 13 % in the same month the previous year, with a total of 4.16 million unemployed people in the Andean country during the first month of the year, according to data…

Maduro bets on the digitization of the economy

The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, reported on his plans to implement the use of a "digital Bolivar" in the country. Despite not offering further details, the national president indicated that "there is a good surprise for the…
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BID Annual Meeting will address economic recovery

This March 17, the 61st annual meeting of the Inter-American Development Bank (BID) will take place, where economic and financial leaders will debate through a virtual meeting issues related to economic recovery and sustainable growth in…
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Portuguese company will accept payments in bitcoin

The Portuguese electricity company Luzboa announced to its clients the possibility of paying their electricity bills under the modality of bitcoin. This measure, reported through a local medium, is presumed to be available from next month.…

Ethereum hits its all-time high

Ethereum, considered the second most popular cryptocurrency in the world, reached its all-time high after reaching $ 1,938 per unit. Due to the recent interest in institutions shown in recent days, and after one day of the launch of their…

Japan’s GDP declines after 12 years

The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Japan, the world's third largest economy, registered an annual contraction of 4.8 % in 2020, the first since the 2009 financial crisis, despite the 3 % expansion observed in the last three months of the…

Inflation in the US remains at 1.4 % in January

The consumer price index (CPI) of the United States stood at 1.4 % last January compared to the same month last year, so it did not register any change compared to the year-on-year inflation observed during the previous month, according to…