Stories for December 2022

Tuesday, December 6th 2022 - 10:03 UTC
Argentina signs deal with US regarding undeclared taxpayers' assets

Argentina's Superminister of Economy, Industry, and Agriculture Sergio Massa Monday signed an agreement with US Ambassador Marc Stanley for the automatic exchange between the two countries of information about undeclared assets owned by local taxpayers.
Tuesday, December 6th 2022 - 09:50 UTC
Argentine court okays offshore oil activities

An Argentine court of appeals Monday lifted an injunction order from a lower magistrate, thus clearing the way for offshore oil drilling off Mar del Plata, but it demanded a “maximum level of control in the operations.”
Tuesday, December 6th 2022 - 09:48 UTC
Brazil's Central Bank adjusts 2022 inflation projections by 0.01%

Brazil's yearly inflation has been projected to reach 5.92% by the end of 2022, a 0.01% increase from last week's estimates, according to the Central Bank's (BCB) bulletin released Monday, while the Gross Domestic Product is expected to close at 3.05%.
Tuesday, December 6th 2022 - 08:30 UTC
Remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean in 2022 grew 9,3% and reached US$ 142 billion, WB report

Remittances to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in 2022 grew an estimated 5% to US$626 billion, according to the latest World Bank Migration and Development Brief.
Tuesday, December 6th 2022 - 08:17 UTC
US gasoline prices at the pump could fall under US$ 3 per gallon by Christmas

United States gasoline prices have declined on average 16 cents to US$ 3,403 a gallon, while gas prices have declined 43 cents over the past 30 days, and are US$ 1.01 cents higher than a year ago.
Tuesday, December 6th 2022 - 08:06 UTC
Peru and Ecuador declare bird flu health emergency; 10,000 pelicans dead, 180,000 chickens to be slaughtered

Peru and Ecuador last week declared three-month health emergencies because of outbreaks of bird flu after a wave of cases led to tens of millions of poultry being slaughtered in Europe and the United States.
Tuesday, December 6th 2022 - 08:00 UTC
Rishi Sunak’s daunting challenge, standing up to far right extremists

By Chris Patten - The United Kingdom’s new prime minister has inherited a mountain of economic problems, including runaway inflation and a shrinking GDP. To fix his predecessors’ blunders and avoid a humiliating electoral defeat, he must stand up to his party’s far-right extremists.
Monday, December 5th 2022 - 23:21 UTC
South Korea no match for Brazil at Qatar 2022

Five-time champions Brazil Monday advanced to the quarterfinals of the Qatar 2022 football World Cup with a 4-1 rout of South Korea giving Uruguay some comfort that had they not been eliminated earlier they would have most likely had to endure a similar disgrace.
Monday, December 5th 2022 - 20:08 UTC
Argentine President denounces somber deals between judges, media, and Macrist officials

Argentine President Alberto Fernández sent a message through the national broadcast network announcing he would be instructing the Justice Ministry and the representative of the Executive Branch within the Council of the Magistracy to investigate a news report that a group of judges and other high-ranking officials had convened at the Patagonian estate of British tycoon Joe Lewis, who is said to be a close friend of former President Mauricio Macri's.
Monday, December 5th 2022 - 20:06 UTC
White House against Trump's attack on the Constitution

White House Spokesman Andrew Bates Sunday said in a statement that “attacking the Constitution and all it stands for is anathema to the soul of our nation and should be universally condemned.”