Spain should have 2.1 million fewer people in a situation of poverty and social exclusion to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), according to the Report "The State of Poverty in the Autonomous Communities", prepared by the European Network Fight against Poverty and Social Exclusion in…
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Venezuela requires a new wage setting system
The economist Luis Oliveros has indicated this Monday, after no adjustment was made to the workers' wages, that in Venezuela a new system is required to set the amount earned by the working mass in the country.
According to Oliveros, it is…
Latin America could face poverty crisis
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) warned that the Latin American region is facing a "serious social crisis" and that poverty levels by 2022 will be 32.1 % of the population. total, a figure higher than that…
Mexico and the United States analyzed economic and commercial strategies
In a meeting held in Mexico this Monday, the representatives of the United States and Mexico addressed key issues for both countries and that are included in the economic and commercial strategies scheduled for 2021.
Representatives of Joe…
Poverty in Latin America continues to grow
Latin America has added five million more people to the situation of extreme poverty throughout 2021, going from 81 to 86 million people, affected by the coronavirus pandemic and the social crises of the continent, according to the Economic…
UNESCO approves the first ethical framework on artificial intelligence
The 193 member states of UNESCO approved a first ethical framework on artificial intelligence, in which they establish that people have the right to access, modify and even delete their personal information. Furthermore, it clearly…
Mexico and the US will meet to discuss migration
The Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris, and the President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, will meet virtually to "address the root causes of migration."
Harris' advisor and spokesperson, Symone Sanders, explained…
OECD warns about the growth of informal trade in Latin America
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…
ECLAC indicates that Latin American GDP should grow at 4 %
The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) indicated that the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the region should grow at an interannual rate of 4 % and carry out a redistribution of up to 3 % of annual…
António Guterres asked to reinvent economies and create a new social contract
During the opening session of the high-level debate of the UN General Assembly, Secretary General António Guterres made a comparison between the events that surrounded the creation of the organization 75 years ago and those that humanity is…
IMF estimates that the end of the global economic crisis is still far away
The managing director of the IMF, Kristalina Georgieva, analyzed the world economic scenario on Wednesday in the face of the ravages caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the confinement measures, the rebound in infections in several…
Nicolás Maduro decrees salary raise of 122.2%
The new monthly salary for Venezuelan workers was fixed on 40,000 bolivars, that is half of the value of petro - which passed form 36 to 80 thousand bolivars - according to Extraordinary Official Gazette number 6,452 dated April 25th.…