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Montevideo, February 22nd 2025 - 13:05 UTC

Tag: World Economic Forum (WEF)

  • Friday, January 24th 2025 - 10:30 UTC

    Trump reviews his four days in office during WEF speech

    The new Government achieved in less than four days more than other administrations have accomplished in four years, Trump also pointed out

    US President Donald Trump suggested four days into his second term in office that companies should manufacture their products at home or face import tariffs. During a video appearance at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos (Switzerland), the Republican leader insisted his constituency had entrusted him to bring about change and thence his carrot-and-stick approach to private investment.

  • Thursday, January 23rd 2025 - 21:45 UTC

    Milei targets progressiveness during Davos speech

    “Wokeism” has “the manifest desire to destroy criticism and dissent,” Milei warned

    Argentine President Javier Milei said Thursday during his appearance before the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos (Switzerland) that “we must eliminate the virus of woke ideology” that has been subverting the Western civilization's values over the past few years. Milei likened this “aberrant ideology” to a “virus” and insisted it was “the cancer that must be removed” if the “golden age” was to prevail.

  • Tuesday, January 18th 2022 - 09:50 UTC

    World Economic Forum warns of dark future ahead for Argentina

    Some analysts foresee inflation around 85% for the year 2022 if an agreement with the IMF is not reached

    The World Economic Forum (WEF) has said Argentina's future was anything but promising as a result of the lethal combination of inflation and the state's financial collapse.

  • Wednesday, January 23rd 2013 - 09:21 UTC

    Davos 2013 expects less crisis management and a more dynamic vision

    Host Klaus Schwab called on delegates to turn the corner on the Euro zone debt woes

    The world's political and business elite gather in the snow-covered resort of Davos from Wednesday, aiming to instil some confidence in the global economy amid tentative signs of recovery.

  • Thursday, January 10th 2013 - 03:35 UTC

    How the Americas can secure much needed ‘game-changing’ global expansion in higher education

    Mulder, following on the steps of MIT with the OpenCourseWareConsortium

    By Anka Mulder - Over the next decade, it is estimated by the World Economic Forum (WEF) that the global economy will need to create some 600 million new jobs to preserve social cohesion, and ensure sustainable growth. In the midst of ongoing economic fragility across much of the world, this poses a monumental challenge, and will thus be one of the topics discussed at WEF annual meeting in Davos later this month.