Stories for June 2022

Wednesday, June 29th 2022 - 09:43 UTC
Job creation on the rise, Brazilian report shows

Brazil has recorded the creation of 277,018 new formal jobs in May this year, according to a Labor Ministry report released Tuesday.
Wednesday, June 29th 2022 - 09:16 UTC
Scotland proposes a second independence referendum on 19 October 2023

Scotland's first minister has proposed 19 October 2023 as the date for another referendum on independence. Nicola Sturgeon said the question would be the same as in the last referendum in 2014: “Should Scotland be an independent country?”.
Tuesday, June 28th 2022 - 21:15 UTC
Bolsonaro says Brazil might buy diesel from Russia

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has hinted he might purchase diesel from Russia after a telephone conversation with Vladimir Putin, who had reportedly vowed to guarantee the South American country a steady supply of fertilizers despite the ongoing war with Ukraine.
Tuesday, June 28th 2022 - 21:13 UTC
Most Chileans oppose new Constitution

According to a survey released in Santiago Monday, 51% of Chileans would not support the new Constitution draft which seeks to replace the one from the Military Dictatorship era of General Augusto Pinochet.
Tuesday, June 28th 2022 - 21:11 UTC
At least 49 killed in Colombian prison fire

At least 49 inmates died have died Tuesday during a riot at the Colombian prison in Tuluá, while 30 others and some keepers were also injured, it was reported.
Tuesday, June 28th 2022 - 21:09 UTC
Argentine Minister shown plans for automaker recovery

Argentina's Productive Development Minister Daniel Scioli has been delivered an investment plan by automaker Renault with which the company intends to boost its presence in the country and help reactivate the economy.
Tuesday, June 28th 2022 - 09:55 UTC
Argentine President tells G7 dialogue was needed to solve Ukraine crisis

Argentine President Alberto Fernández Monday told attendees at the G7 Summit in Elmau, Germany, that tax havens “generate social hells,” and called for a new international financial architecture that would be inclusive of “the peripheries of the world.”
Tuesday, June 28th 2022 - 09:45 UTC
Uruguay foresees economic growth, job creation and tax cuts

Uruguay's Economy Minister Azucena Arbeleche Monday said the Government foresees a 4.8% growth in 2022 and the creation of 40,000 jobs, which would make the lowering taxes feasible.
Tuesday, June 28th 2022 - 09:40 UTC
Unemployment for skilled laborers finds new ground in Argentina

The German magazine Der Spiegel published back in 1993 an issue with a drawing on its cover mentioning “Dr. Arbeitslos” (Dr. Unemployed) which reported on the dubious future of holders of post-graduate degrees in a labor market that seemed to have no need for them.
Tuesday, June 28th 2022 - 09:33 UTC
Sexual violence against men underreported in Brazil

A subject still believed to be taboo, sexual violence against men does exist and has been reported to affect 1.8 million people in Brazil, even though the victims might remain silent for ages out of shame and machismo prejudice.