Issue Mar 13-19 2024: In Brazil, the Confederação Nacional da Indústria (CNI) and the Confederação Nacional do Comércio de Bens, Serviços e Turismo (CNC) will present the Supreme Federal Court (STF) with a challenge to the gender-based equal pay law.
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Issue Mar 13-19 2024: A survey released by the International Center for Economic Policy revealed that 32.4% of Costa Ricans with economic income do not make savings.
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Issue Mar 06-12 2024: The country has strategic advantages but has lower foreign investment earnings than immediate competitors.
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Issue Mar 06-12 2024: Minister of Economy Luis Caputo indicated that the Argentinian government is maintaining conversation with the IMF; “they have always said that they were open to a new program, and that’s part of what we’re talking about.”
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Issue Mar 06-12 2024: According to a recently conducted study, six in ten Brazilian youth who never completed their schooling have children; among women, this number is eight in ten.
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Issue Mar 06-12 2024: In 2023, Peru received almost U.S. $4.5 billion in workers’ remittances (earnings sent by migrants to support their relatives back home), which marks nearly a 20% increase from the year before.
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Issue Feb 28-Mar 05 2024: At a time when Cuba is facing a severe economic crisis, Western Union has ceased its remittance transfer service to the island due to “technical difficulties,” with the service not expected to come back online until at least the 1st of April.
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Issue Feb 28-Mar 05 2024: As Latin America emerges as a major player in the startup world, it must continue to prioritize sustainability and uphold the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) agenda.
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Issue Feb 28-Mar 05 2024: According to the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE), the Brazilian economy grew 2.9% in 2023, with the country generating 10.9 trillion reals in GDP.
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Issue Feb 28-Mar 05 2024: In January, financial institutions in El Alto, Bolivia, provided a total of Bs 13.974 billion in loans, with microloans comprising 65.7% of this amount, according to a report by the Financial System Supervision Authority (ASFI).
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