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Tue, 09 Aug 2022 08:53:00 GMT
Chilean exports boosted by non-copper items
Chile's Undersecretariat for International Economic Relations (Subrei) Monday announced that, according to Central Bank data, the country's exports grew 10.2% year-on-year between January and July 2022.

Tue, 09 Aug 2022 08:50:00 GMT
Boric and Petro discuss region's leaning to the left
Chile's President Gabriel Boric Font Monday became the first foreign leader welcomed for a one-on-one meeting by Colombia's new head of state Gustavo Petro.

Tue, 09 Aug 2022 08:47:00 GMT
Brazil's cities have more poor people
The number of people below the line of poverty in Brazil's 22 largest cities has reached 19.8 million in 2021, it was reported Monday by the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), the Metropolis Observator...

Tue, 09 Aug 2022 08:37:00 GMT
"Laughable advice from utilities to save water instead of showers," UK customers
Water supplies in the UK have been seriously reduced because of recent heat waves and a lack of rain forcing some utilities to introduce hosepipe bans in some areas to save water resources.

Tue, 09 Aug 2022 08:24:00 GMT
South African business analyst joins Falklands Development Corporation
Talent Muzambi joins the Falkland Islands from South Africa, with a wealth of education and over 26 years’ work experience.

Tue, 09 Aug 2022 08:13:00 GMT
Political turmoil making Uruguay investment alternative option for Chilean business people
Uruguay is becoming a growing option for Chilean business people and investors given the political climate and favorable economic scenario of the Mercosur member, while conditions in the Pacific nation are rapidly deteriorating...

Tue, 09 Aug 2022 08:06:00 GMT
Inflation in Chile at its highest level since March 1994
As is happening in the rest of the world, there is no yielding from inflation in Chile, once the showcase of political stability and orthodox economics in Latin America. In effect, the July CPI climbed 1,4% with 8,5% in seven m...

Tue, 09 Aug 2022 07:59:00 GMT
UK energy prices: record number of people stole electricity last year; another hefty rise in October
The energy situation is hitting UK consumers and figures released by the Home Office show that a record number of people stole electricity in England and Wales last year.

Tue, 09 Aug 2022 07:32:00 GMT
Slight improvement in Brazil's inflation forecast
Brazil's Central Bank (BCB) released a new study whereby this year's National Wide Consumer Price Index (IPCA) projections for this year fell from 7.15% to 7.11%, in what became the sixth consecutive forecast reduction.

Mon, 08 Aug 2022 21:29:00 GMT
Fuel deposit fire in Cuba reaches 4th day - one firefighter dies
A gruesome fire in Cuba has reached its fourth day. A fuel deposit has been burning since Friday in Matanzas, in western Cuba, in what has already been described as the biggest industrial disaster in the country's history.



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