All posts tagged colombia
Economy: Foreign direct investment reaches record high
Foreign direct investment reaches record high; trade deficit of Central American nations grew by 11.6 percent between 2011 and 2012; Andean countries to grow between 4 and 6 percent in 2013 Foreign direct investment reaches record high In 2012, Latin America [...]
Economy: Regional youth unemployment remains stable despite global economic crisis
Youth unemployment stable in Latin America despite continued global economic crisis; Latinvex releases data on wealth of Latin American nations; Inflation continues to rise in Venezuela Regional youth unemployment remains stable in face of global economic crisis The youth unemployment [...]
Economy: The effect of dollarisation in Honduras
The dollarisation of Honduras’s economy; Mexican president discusses trade relations with Brazil; Germany approves free trade agreement with Peru and Colombia The effect of dollarisation in Honduras Honduras’s legal currency is the lempira. However, many foreigners and Honduran businesses have substituted [...]
Human Rights: Colombia rejects gay marriage bill
Colombian Congress rejects same sex marriage bill; Latin American ombudsmen adopt prior consultation duties; French human rights ambassador visits Costa Rica
Human Rights: Brazil ignores deadline to protect endangered indigenous tribe
Brazil ignored plight of endangered indigenous tribe; UN reports on indigenous human rights in Central America; Colombia postpones marriage equity bill
Indigenous issues: Mexico’s bicycle culture on the rise
Bicycle culture on the rise among the Wixárika People in Mexico; Judge suspends trial of ex-dictator in Guatemala; Indigenous man in Colombia will ‘have a go’ at the next presidential elections. The rise of the bicycle culture among the Wixárika [...]
Indigenous Issues: Peru to conduct a National Census of Indigenous People
Peru to conduct a National Census of Indigenous People; 104 indigenous people died and more than 12,000 were displaced in Colombia in 2012; Mining project halted after causing environmental damage in Chile Peru to conduct a National Census of Indigenous People On [...]
Economy: Paraguay projected to grow by 13 percent in 2013
Paraguayan Central Bank elevates prediction for 2013 growth; Ecuador named one of the three most equal nations in Latin America; Latin America could grow by 6 percent with structural reforms; Colombian government announces historically-large trade surplus and new stimulus package Paraguayan Central Bank [...]
Economy: Central America’s rising trade deficit
Central American trade deficit on the rise; Peru to sign three more trade agreements this year; Venezuelan food scarcity index may be as high as 80 percent; Latin America’s trade surplus with US declines Central American trade deficit on the rise [...]
Indigenous issues: Millennium Development Goals challenged by Indigenous People
Millennium Development Goals challenged by Indigenous People; Indigenous squatters in Rio de Janeiro evicted in run up to 2014 World Cup; Indigenous Parliament of America meets in Nicaragua Millennium Development Goals challenged by Indigenous People Colombian indigenous people have created [...]
Economy: Pacific Alliance to liberalise 90 percent of trade
Pacific Alliance to liberalise 90 percent of trade; Argentine Central Bank will not devalue currency; Cubans encouraged to increase productivity for May Day; Andean immigrants receive significant unemployment assistance from Spain Pacific Alliance to liberalise 90 percent of trade Chile, [...]
Human Rights: Latin Americans demand justice for the disappeared
Latin America lobbies Inter-American Commission for reforms in forced disappearance cases; Inter-American Commission extends reformation process
Economy: India and Colombia create model for Asia-Latin America trade
India and Colombia provide model for increased trade between Asia and Latin America; Latin America could grow by 6 percent if structural reforms are implemented; Maduro to introduce complementary currency India and Colombia provide model for increased trade between Asia [...]
Human Rights: Bolivia plans to leave Inter-American Commission
Bolivia announces plans to leave the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights; LGBTI activists speak out against Pope Francis; Colombia repeals abortion rights
Economy: Argentina to pay remaining debt to ‘vulture funds’
Argentine President says her country will pay its remaining debt to ‘vulture funds’; Latin American countries could be adversely affected by EU-US trade agreement; Brazilian President has finances ‘under control’; Peruvian middle class expands by over 60 percent Argentine President [...]