O presidente da Caixa, Pedro Guimarães, afirmou hoje (12), em entrevista ao programa A Voz do Brasil, que acredita que as linhas de crédito liberadas para pesquenos pescadores terão impacto significativo na redução da pobreza em áreas litorâneas e em bacias hídrográficas em todo o Brasil. “Temos mais de R$ 20 ...

De acordo com o boletim da Secretaria de Estado de Saúde, esse é o maior número de casos já registrado desde março de 2020, quando a pandemia chegou ao Brasil

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Political uncertainty in Peru is fading, and business and investor interest in the country is returning, according to Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) President Mauricio Claver-Carone. "In the six months of the new government led by President Pedro Castillo . . . To read the full ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Chilean economy continued to recover the jobs lost at the worst moment of the health emergency, in July 2020. The September-November 2021 mobile quarter confirmed the rebound in employment, with the unemployment rate dropping by 3.3 percentage points compared to last year, to reach ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - This rebound contrasts with the 2020 downturn, when productivity fell for the second consecutive year. It dropped between -0.1% and -2.1% for the overall economy and between 1.9% and -4.0% for the non-mining economy. The entity's advisor Verónica Mies pointed out that the 2021 result ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Peru's country risk closed today's session at 1.53 percentage points, adjusted after the close, up one basis point from the previous session, according to the EMBI+ Peru calculated by investment bank JP Morgan. Peru (1 . . . To read the full NEWS and much ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - According to statistics from Banco de la República, up to October, the country's public and private external debt reached US$167.2 billion, which meant an increase of 13.3% over the figure recorded at the close of the same month of 2020, when it was US$147.6 billion, ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brasilia-based Banco do Brasil (BB), the oldest bank in Brazil and one of the oldest globally, is interested in investing in innovative business models by 2022. To do so, it will advance its strategy of participating in startups. Banco do Brasil is controlled by the ...

A presidente executiva da TAP, Christine Ourmières-Widener, disse hoje à Lusa que encerrar o negócio de engenharia e manutenção no Brasil “não é uma decisão fácil”, porque envolve 500 trabalhadores, mas foi tomada após tentativas falhadas de venda.

A medida não interfere na operação de transporte aéreo de passageiros da TAP no Brasil, o seu principal mercado externo, garante a empresa.

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In an open letter sent Tuesday, January 11, to the Minister of Economy to justify the failure to meet the inflation target in 2021, Central Bank president Roberto Campos Neto said the institution has been taking the appropriate measures for the IPCA (Extended National Consumer ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - According to a World Bank report, external economic conditions will become less favorable for Peru, with slower growth in China, its largest export destination, and a weakening of copper prices. On Tuesday, the World Bank (WB) maintained its 3.2% growth forecast for the Peruvian economy ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Ecuador will propose to China the renegotiation of the payment of its debt of about US$5.2 billion during a forthcoming visit of President Guillermo Lasso to Beijing, said Foreign Minister Juan Carlos Holguín on Monday. The conservative ruler . . . To read the full ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL -  Coffee exports from Central America and Asia rose sharply in October and November, the first months of the 2021/22 season, partially offsetting a steep decline in shipments from Brazil, the International Coffee Organization (ICO) said Monday. Coffee sales from Central America and Mexico rose 30% ...

A Companhia Nacional de Abastecimento (Conab) divulgou hoje (11) a quarta estimativa para a safra 2021/22 de grãos, em que prevê produção de 284,4 milhões de toneladas. A cifra representa crescimento de 12,5% em relação à safra 2020/21, o equivalente a 32 milhões de toneladas. A previsão, contudo, foi reduzida em ...

A alta de 10,06% em 2021 na inflação oficial, medida pelo Índice Nacional de Preços ao Consumidor Amplo (IPCA), foi puxada pela aumento de 21,03% no grupo Transportes. Em 2020, o IPCA fechou o ano com alta de 4,52%. De acordo com o Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE), ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Amid intense negotiations to reach an agreement, the Chamber of Deputies unanimously approved on Monday, January 10, the bill eliminating tax exemptions to finance the Universal Guaranteed Pension (PGU). However, the government will continue to talk with the teams of the President-elect, Gabriel Boric, deputies, ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - It is already a fact that national growth will be low this year, but the question is how low. The World Bank estimates that Chile's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will rise by 2.2% this . . . To read the full NEWS and much more, ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The announcement came after a press conference by president Mario Abdo Benítez, who headed a work meeting held at the MIC and also highlighted the investments approved under his administration. MIC Minister Luis Castiglioni said that these investments comprise unprecedented figures and are consistent with ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - An average taxpayer in Argentina works approximately half a year to pay taxes. The effective tax burden reaches up to 48% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and will increase in 2022. Meanwhile, the number of Argentines who took out tax residency in Uruguay tripled ...