…the medium term. The 2021 budget predicted a deficit in which 4.5% of the GDP should be financed based on monetary emission. The extra money from the agriculture products could go to different programs to combat the predicted deficit. Some of these programs include strengthening reserves, selling dollars and emitting less, and financing an additional amount of money to be put toward emergency services during the second wave of the pandemic. Ultima…

…This could also help to improve infrastructure and increase the country’s GDP. Each of the congressional representatives also agrees that they must combat the stigma around cannabis consumption before the law can be passed. Gustavo Bolívar pointed out that in countries that already regulate recreational marijuana, there hasn’t been a significant increase or decrease in the overall consumption. Senator Santos agreed, adding that in the past he woul…

…ration officials, the highest number behind Colombia. Political tensions accompanied Kuczynski since 2016 but only increased after his departure. In November 2020, Peru had three presidents in five days. Along with the political crisis came the economic crisis. Peru’s economic growth rate exceeded the average in Latin American, but due to the long quarantine, it fell into recession. In the beginning, the high percentage of jobs available in the in…

…cutive day, adolescents over twelve went to vaccine distribution centers accompanied by parents and teachers to receive the vaccine against COVID-19. Laura Castillo in Listín Diario of Santo Domingo reported that the young people are eager to get the vaccine and looking forward to the second dose in order to finally escape the pandemic. According to those who coordinate vaccination dates, young people collaborate and are willing to get vaccinated….

…most of the victims were women and children. On March 17, 1981, the Truth Commission reported, over 30 people were killed, and over 190 were disappeared in the river. But these deaths were not worth further investigation nor further mention in the report. The complexity of the Salvadoran war might seem hard to understand, but having a country where the top 5% of the population owns 38% of the wealth and another 40% of the population has to surviv…

…pez Obrador spoke while visiting the municipality of Ayoxuxtla, Puebla, to commemorate the 102nd anniversary of the death of Emiliano Zapata, one of the heroes of the revolution. The Mexican Ministry of Public Education (SEP) changed how the textbooks had been commissioned in the past. For the first time and instead of hiring experts in pedagogy and editorial design, the SEP launched a public call for any interested party to contribute to creating…

…5 million venture occupies 70 hectares separated into 400 lots ranging from 600 to 1200 square meters and starting at $80,000. The area, already occupied with lush vegetation and a stream, will be further developed by landscaper Carlos Thays’ grandson, who will add a variety of aged trees and a lagoon. Thays claimed that “[t]here is a wide variety of species that generate a range of lights and densities that are difficult to anticipate. Landscapin…

…t Castro is soon to retire from his position as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, President Miguel Díaz-Canel has accelerated the process, including the drastic changes related to the private sector. The congress of the Communist Party of Cuba will convene from April 16 to April 19 for what is supposed to be a quinquennial meeting but has been delayed now for several years. This congress “will have to accentuate the reforms direc…

…adds to deforestation and that “the forest is being illegally cut down in complicity with the laws and governments.” The native peoples of the Amazon demand that the world stop requesting products from the Amazon such as meat, soybeans, gold, or oil and that it take action to help defend the water for all. “Help us mobilize against the genocidal economy that destroys our home,” Díaz Mirabal pleaded on this year’s World Water Day, as his people ar…

…Flower agriculture is a sector full of permanent jobs, with between five and eight workers employed per hectare. This year, there has been a substantial increase in flower production, coinciding with an increase in workers as well. Midagri is promoting the cultivation, distribution, and commercialization of flowers. The ministry is working to improve the quality of production as well as helping the floriculturists, who are viewed as fundamental f…