News of caribbean

UN: Pandemic pushed LatAm extreme poverty to 20-year high

04-03-2021 13:41 Number of poor people in the region rose by 22 million in 2020 to 209 million. ECLAC calls for "new welfare state."

Global pandemic

Vaccine delays threaten economies hardest hit by pandemic

23-02-2021 12:24 Latin America and the Caribbean, the region where the coronavirus caused the worst economic destruction and more than a quarter of the world’s deaths, is now falling victim to a slow inoculation campaign.

BLOOMBERG

IMF warns surging virus threatens to curb Latin America rebound

08-02-2021 22:16 Latin America’s economic recovery faces risks from failure to stop the spread of the coronavirus and the need for new lockdown measures, says the IMF.

LATIN AMERICA

UN: Foreign direct investment in Latin America to fall by up to 55%

02-12-2020 13:39 Foreign direct investment in Latin America will fall by up to 55% in 2020, the UN's regional economic commission said Wednesday.

Global pandemic

Latin America & Caribbean surpasses three million Covid-19 cases

07-07-2020 23:58 The region is the current epicentre of the global pandemic, with 3,023,813 cases and nearly 140,000 deaths – almost half of them in Brazil, the hardest hit country in the world after the United States.

Coronavirus pandemic

Latin America and Caribbean records 500,000th virus case

17-05-2020 08:42 Almost half of the region's cases have been recorded in Brazil, which has now recorded more than 15,000 deaths. Number of confirmed cases in Argentina rises to 7,805, with 363 fatalities to date.

ECONOMIC DOWNTURN

World Bank: Slowdown in Latin America 'more self-inflicted than imported'

10-10-2019 15:19 World Bank predicts Argentina's economic contraction will deepen this year to 3.1%.

News of caribbean

UN: Pandemic pushed LatAm extreme poverty to 20-year high

Vaccine delays threaten economies hardest hit by pandemic

IMF warns surging virus threatens to curb Latin America rebound

UN: Foreign direct investment in Latin America to fall by up to 55%

Latin America & Caribbean surpasses three million Covid-19 cases

Latin America and Caribbean records 500,000th virus case

World Bank: Slowdown in Latin America 'more self-inflicted than imported'

President extends curfew, shutters schools to curb Covid-19

Argentina’s peso mess is delivering windfall profits to brokers

Inflation in Argentina speeds up, prompting government crackdown

In an age of competition, we must not forget the spirit of cooperation

Vizzotti concerned by rising coronavirus cases and new strains

"Los chicos juegan a cambiarse los barbijos": mensaje de Alberto Fernández a un Trotta en apuros

El médico que le hizo frente a Alberto Fernández: "Lo que está colapsada es la paciencia de la gente" | Perfil

Agustina Macri y Bernardita Barreiro formalizaron su relación y viajaron a Madrid

Se rebeló Cahn: "Es inapropiado decir que el sector salud se relajó"

Larreta: "Se rompió una forma de trabajo, es inentendible que el Presidente no dialogue"