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Montevideo, June 6th 2025 - 12:01 UTC

Tag: World Economic Forum

  • Thursday, May 1st 2025 - 10:59 UTC

    Workers' Day highlights ongoing challenges and digital shifts in Latin America

    A new report by the World Economic Forum reveals that 84% of employers in the region plan to upskill their workforce by 2030 to meet the growing demand for digital and technological talent

    As the world marks International Workers' Day on May 1st, Latin America reflects not only on the hard-won labor rights of the past but also on the urgent challenges of the digital age. Born from the 1886 Chicago protests demanding an eight-hour workday, the holiday honors the legacy of the “Haymarket Martyrs” and remains a symbol of the global struggle for fair labor conditions.

  • Thursday, January 18th 2024 - 10:59 UTC

    Milei holds “very good” meeting with Georgieva

    Milei and Georgieva met for 25 minutes

    Argentine President Javier Milei said his 25-minute meeting Wednesday with International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva at the World Economic Forum was “very good” after a verbal agreement was reached last week between the credit agency and the South American country. It was the first time that Milei and Georgieva saw each other face to face.

  • Thursday, January 18th 2024 - 10:47 UTC

    Javier Milei warns WEF that Western civilization “is in danger”

    “Capitalism is the only tool we have to end hunger and poverty on the planet,” Milei argued

    Argentine President Javier Milei Wednesday warned global leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, that the Western civilization was in peril as it was plunging into socialism and neomarxism. His remarks drew mixed reactions: While his Libertarian followers were elated to hear him say that there, others could simply not believe their ears, some of them through an interpreter because Milei spoke in Spanish.

  • Wednesday, January 17th 2024 - 19:18 UTC

    Argentina and UK explore economic ties and Falklands resolution in Davos meeting

    Milei mentioned that the discussions didn't delve deeply into the Falklands matter, but they framed it as an agenda item. He expressed a perspective on resolving it through a Hong Kong model

    Argentine President Javier Milei and British Foreign Secretary David Cameron met at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday, signalling a commitment to enhance bilateral trade relations and address the dispute over the Falkland/Malvinas Islands. Both nations engaged in a conflict over this territory in 1982, when Argentina invaded the South Atlantic islands. Since then, the South American country has maintained its claim to sovereignty.

  • Saturday, January 13th 2024 - 11:02 UTC

    Milei to visit “nefarious” Pope Francis next month

    Before Francis, Milei is scheduled to appear at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 17

    Argentine-born Pope Francis will have a private meeting at the Vatican on Feb. 11 with Javier Milei, the president of his native country, after the latter spoke ill of the Catholic leader during his election campaign, it was reported in Buenos Aires.

  • Saturday, January 14th 2023 - 10:28 UTC

    Brazilian Finance and Environment ministers will attend the Davos Forum

    Fernando Haddad and Marina Silva will make the round of bilateral contacts to ensure Economy and Environment in Brazil are working together

    Brazil's Minister of Finance Fernando Haddad and the Minister of Environment Marina Silva will be the official representatives to the World Economic Forum, (WEF) scheduled for January 16/20 in Davos, Switzerland and the message from the delegation to global investors is that the weekend's turmoil “belongs to the past and Brazil is ready to play its important role in international politics”.

  • Saturday, January 14th 2023 - 10:21 UTC

    World Economic Forum says more green sector workers needed

    South Africa, Brazil, and Spain are the three countries with the highest deficits in these fields

    A report released by the Davos-based World Economic Forum (WEF) highlighted that countries should increase by 66% the number of employees in the green economy, which includes agriculture and fisheries, sustainable construction, environment, civil, and chemical engineering sectors. The document also pointed out that 37% more doctors and teachers were needed.

  • Wednesday, July 13th 2022 - 22:47 UTC

    Still 132 years before gender parity, World Economic Forum report heralds

    Women are overrepresented in education, health, and welfare institutions but underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, according to the WEF.

    The planet will reportedly need to wait another 132 years before total parity between men and women is achieved in the economic, political, educational, and health fields, according to a World Economic Forum (WEF) report on the gender gap released Wednesday.

  • Thursday, April 22nd 2021 - 09:15 UTC

    Uruguay tops Latin American transition to environment friendly energy sources

    In ten years, the number of people on the planet without access to electricity has been reduced from 1,200 to 800 million

    Uruguay continues to be Latin America's leading country regarding energy transition towards renewable sources, according to an index released jointly this week by the World Economic Forum and the Accenture consultancy firm.

  • Wednesday, October 21st 2020 - 08:58 UTC

    Robots will replace 85 million jobs in next five years, but 97 million will be created in tech industries, WEF study

    Surveys of nearly 300 global companies found four out of five business executives were accelerating plans to digitize work and deploy new technologies

    Robots will destroy 85 million jobs at mid-sized to large businesses over the next five years as the COVID-19 pandemic accelerates changes in the workplace likely to exaggerate inequalities, a World Economic Forum (WEF) study has found.

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