Latest on fintech sandboxes in Latin America
16/07/2019
The Centro de Documentación y Análisis para los Trabajadores (Cendas) reported that food prices in Venezuela are rising rapidly.
This year, ecommerce will have a turnover of more than 64.4 billion dollars in Latin America
10/07/2019
This year, more than 155 million people in Latin America are expected to make purchases over the Internet, reaching a turnover of more than $64.4 billion by 2019. The above is one of the figures predicted by BlackSip with the support of Statista and Euromonitor.
Latin America has only 13% of the world's population but accounts for 42% of all violent deaths. El Salvador, Venezuela, Brazil, and Mexico lead the way.
Obesity and hunger are the two great evils suffered by Latin America and the Caribbean, according to a report published Monday by the OECD and FAO, which denounces the serious or better food situation of poor nutrition throughout the region as well as the increase in food insecure people.
The list of the new seven wonders of the modern world includes Machu Picchu, in Cuzco, Peru; Chichén Itzá, in the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico; the Coliseum of Rome, in Italy; the statue of Christ the Redeemer, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; the Great Wall of China; Petra, in Jordan; and the Taj Mahal, in Agra, India.
The series "Bolivar: an admirable struggle" had not been premiered and the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, had already described the Netflix series about Simón Bolívar as "garbage".
The colors and rhythm of Latin American fashion shine today in the stately setting of the Ferrajoli Palace in Rome in a parade in which seven designers from the continent present their creations.
Iberia has increased its range of flights to six Latin American countries (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay) since Monday 1 July. Some of them will remain beyond the summer.
