Economy

Tuesday, May 18th 2021 - 09:08 UTC
Bolivian Minister lashes out at Chilean senator for comments regarding railroad test

Bolivia's Minister of Public Works, Édgar Montaño, Monday rated Chilean senator José Miguel Insulza's comments urging to resume the test of the La Paz-Arica railroad as “irresponsible.”
Tuesday, May 18th 2021 - 08:40 UTC
Costa Rica on the verge of joining OECD

Costa Rican President Carlos Alvarado Monday welcomed the approval by the Legislative Assembly to his country's joining the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
Monday, May 17th 2021 - 16:26 UTC
Communist candidate to become new mayor of Santiago de Chile

The Stock Exchange in Chile's capital took a nosedive after it was confirmed that the Communist candidate Irací Hassler had secured a surprising victory over Santiago's incumbent mayor Felipe Alessandri, among other defeats suffered over the weekend by traditional politics to a more radical leftwing generation.
Monday, May 17th 2021 - 09:45 UTC
Uruguay: tourism almost back to normal by October – travel pass on the way

Uruguay's Tourism Undersecretary Remo Monzeglio Sunday explained in a radio interview that his country envisions a quasi total return to normalcy for this coming October and that “we are preparing for the (summer) season.”
Saturday, May 15th 2021 - 09:39 UTC
Argentine President tells IMF head no more efforts from Argentine people acceptable

Argentine President Alberto Fernández Friday rounded up his one-week European tour with meetings in Rome with International Monetary Fund (IMF) Director Kristalina Georgieva and former US Secretary of State John Kerry before flying back to Buenos Aires.
Saturday, May 15th 2021 - 04:29 UTC
Paraguay-Mexico Chamber of Commerce in process of creation

Paraguayan exports to Mexico in the context of the coronavirus pandemic have grown to such an extent that the Paraguay-Mexico Chamber of Commerce is in the process of being created, it was announced on Friday.
Friday, May 14th 2021 - 09:30 UTC
Investor confidence in Uruguay allows for local currency bond issue

Uruguay placed on the market a new 10-year peso bond for the equivalent of US $ 1,166 million at an interest rate of 8.25% per year, reported the Minister of Economy, Azucena Arbeleche. It is the lowest interest rate in the historical comparison of emissions by Uruguay.
Friday, May 14th 2021 - 09:27 UTC
Argentine President meets Italian PM, the Pope and a top World Bank official

Argentine President Alberto Fernández Thursday met with his Italian counterpart, Sergio Mattarella, with Prime Minister Mario Draghi and with Pope Francis in another stop of his one-week European tour.
Friday, May 14th 2021 - 09:14 UTC
Argentine inflation for April set at 4.1%

Argentina's April inflation reached 4.1% for a cumulative rise of 17.6% in the first four months of 2021, the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC) reported on Thursday.
Friday, May 14th 2021 - 08:44 UTC
Colombian Government ready to negotiate but protests must first stop

The Colombian government of President Iván Duque Thursday insisted that the National Unemployment Committee needs to withdraw from the conflicts affecting the country if there is to be any dialogue.