Tag: pandemic

• Monday, December 7th 2020 - 08:45 UTC

  US jobs picked up in November, but the challenge remains long term employment

  

  U.S. employers added 245,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate slipped to 6.7%, the Department of Labor said on Friday. The fresh economic data shows the labor market clawing its way out of the pandemic-induced downturn, but still far away from a full recovery. The unemployment rate in the U.S. was 3.5% in February before the crisis hit.

• Saturday, December 5th 2020 - 10:34 UTC

  Record Covid-19 infections in Uruguay: 1825 active cases

  

  Uruguay detected 284 new Covid-19 cases on Friday, reaching the record number of 1825 active cases, a few days after the barrier of a thousand cases was overcome and the government of Luis Lacalle Pou announced restrictive mobility measures last Monday.

• Friday, December 4th 2020 - 09:00 UTC

  LATAM expects to function at 38% normal capacity during December

  

  LATAM Airlines expects to function at 38% normal capacity during the month of December according to a press release from the company. This includes the resumption of some international routes that remained suspended because of the coronavirus pandemic.

• Tuesday, December 1st 2020 - 08:23 UTC

  “Pandemic”, the 2020 prize for Merriam-Webster Word of the Year

  

  The 2020 prize for Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year went to an obvious choice: pandemic. The term had the most online dictionary lookups of any word, Merriam-Webster said on its website, after a year in which at least 1.4 million people globally have died from the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Saturday, November 28th 2020 - 09:05 UTC

  Record unemployment in Brazil, 14,4% and underemployment, 30,3%

  

  The number of registered Brazilians out of work and the national unemployment rate rose to the highest on record, official figures showed on Friday, as the easing of COVID-19 lockdown measures encouraged people to look for work again.

• Thursday, November 26th 2020 - 09:00 UTC

  Consumer confidence in Brazil fell in November: concern over Covid-19 and end of emergency transfers

  

  Consumer confidence in Brazil fell in November for the second month in a row, a survey showed on Wednesday, reflecting growing concern over the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the economy, and the looming end of emergency government income transfers.

• Tuesday, November 24th 2020 - 09:32 UTC

  World Tourism chief visits Montevideo and praises Uruguay's focus on the industry with and without the pandemic

  

  The Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has concluded his official visit to the Americas with a series of high-level meetings in Uruguay.

• Friday, November 20th 2020 - 09:30 UTC

  Thousands of students, despite restrictions, protest in Colombia's main cities

  

  Thousands of workers and students protested in Colombia on Thursday against the social and economic policies of President Ivan Duque, despite restrictions to control the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.

• Wednesday, November 18th 2020 - 08:51 UTC

  Colombia in recession for the first time since 1999

  

  Colombia entered in recession for the first time since 1999 due to the paralysis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, after registering for the second consecutive quarter a contraction in Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

• Tuesday, November 17th 2020 - 09:50 UTC

  Dow Jones in record highs on news of another promising Covid-19 vaccine

  

  The S&P 500 and Dow Jones industrial average notched record closing highs on Monday as news of another promising coronavirus vaccine fanned hopes of eradicating Covid-19, while spiking infections and new shutdowns threatened to hobble a recovery from the pandemic recession.