• Ciudad de México acoge a miles de refugiados centroamericanos, fortaleciendo su integración

    Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Country: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, PanamaEn 2016, México reconoció a 3.078 personas como refugiados - un aumento del 206 por ciento con respecto al año anterior. EL ACNUR trabaja con instituciones y socios locales para fortalecer su integración.Mientras miles de personas huyen ...

  • Guatemala ofrece un alivio de la violencia de las pandillas en la región

    Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Country: El Salvador, Guatemala, HondurasEl ACNUR, la Agencia de la ONU para los Refugiados, y las organizaciones de la sociedad civil han establecido una red de espacios seguros para brindar protección para los solicitantes de asilo.En una visita al país centroamericano, el Alto Comisionado destacó ...

  • As Haiti struggles to stamp out cholera, UN urges further international support to combat disease

    Source: UN General Assembly Country: HaitiUN General Assembly adopted a resolution backing the new approach to cholera in Haiti, including the establishment of UN Haiti Cholera Response Multi-Partner Trust Fund.GA/11929 GENERAL ASSEMBLY PLENARY SEVENTY-FIRST SESSION, 91ST MEETING (AM) The General Assembly today reaffirmed its support for the Organization’s new approach ...

  • Pope John Paul II's longtime spokesman dies at age 80

    Joaquin Navarro-Valls, a suave, silver-haired Spaniard who was a close confidant of Pope John Paul II, serving for more than two decades as chief Vatican spokesman, has died at the age of 80.Manuel Sanchez, spokesman for the Opus Dei movement in Rome of which Navarro-Valls was a member, said he ...

  • Human rights violations in DRC up 30 percent in one year

    Source: UN Human Rights Council Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sri LankaThe increase could be explained by two factors: violations related to restricting democratic space and the resurgence of activities of several armed groups, the Human Rights Council heard.Human Rights Council MIDDAY 22 March 2017 The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting ...

  • Nueva tarjeta de crédito Iberia St. Georges Bank

    St. Georges Bank, Iberia y Visa anunciaron hoy la nueva tarjeta de crédito Iberia St. Georges Bank, la cual forma parte del lanzamiento regional en 8 países: Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, República Dominicana, Panamá y Ecuador. Grupo Promerica desea acercar el mundo a través de la nueva ...

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    Le due facce dell’America Latina: dall’Honduras al Cile

    Quello dei mercati esteri si configura come un orizzonte sempre più appetito dalle piccole e medie aziende italiane che, con il passare degli anni, stanno prendendo una certa confidenza con il commercio internazionale. Internazionalizzare, tuttavia, è un processo complesso che porta con sé una serie di scelte delicate prima fra tutte ...

  • UN General Assembly demands immediate end to hostilities in Syria

    Source: UN General Assembly Country: Syrian Arab RepublicIn a resolution adopted today as speakers decried the Security Council’s continued impotence, the GA also demands unconditional humanitarian access and action by all warring parties to protect civilians.GA/11871 GENERAL ASSEMBLY PLENARY SEVENTY-FIRST SESSION, 58TH & 59TH MEETINGS (AM & PM) Exposing deep ...

  • IFAD gives $20.5 million boost for sustainable agriculture in Nicaragua's Dry Corridor

    Source: International Fund for Agricultural Development Country: NicaraguaThe Dry Corridor Rural Family Sustainable Development Project (NICAVIDA) will benefit 30,000 families and will focus, in particular, on women and young people.Rome, 29 November 2016 – The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Nicaragua have signed a financial agreement to boost sustainable ...

  • Oxfam launches campaign to end violence against women and girls

    Source: Oxfam Country: Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Morocco, Pakistan, South Africa, World, ZambiaOxfam is kick-starting campaigns in Morocco, Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Guatemala, South Africa and Zambia to coincide with the UN International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Gender inequality is both the cause and the consequence of violence against women ...

  • Oxfam launches campaign to end violence against women and girls

    Source: Oxfam Country: Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Morocco, Pakistan, South Africa, World, ZambiaOxfam is kick-starting campaigns in Morocco, Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Guatemala, South Africa and Zambia to coincide with the UN International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.Gender inequality is both the cause and the consequence of violence against women ...

  • Tributação sobre consumo sustentou arrecadação pública em 2015

    Mais uma vez, a tributação no Brasil concentrou-se sobre o consumo. Segundo dados divulgados hoje (19) pela Receita Federal, quase metade do total arrecadado pela União, pelos estados e pelos municípios em 2015 veio do consumo de bens e de serviços. Essa base representou, sozinha, 49,68% da carga tributária no ...