ECLAC: inequality conspires against recovery in Latin America

Inequality today conspires against recovery, development, nutrition, health, education, employment, and that is why we must address it from all sides, emphasized the executive secretary of ECLAC, Alicia Barcena.

Habanos S.A. abounds in surprises this 2022

Cuban tobacco, a symbol of the island’s tradition and identity, blessed with exceptional land and climate, keeps its momentum in 2022, encouraged by the Habanos, S.A. corporation. We are...

China defends 5.5 point economic growth target for 2022

China has defended the annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth target of 5.5 points and assured that this level, one of the lowest in recent decades, will allow maintaining stability in the...

Oil prices fall by more than five percent

Oil prices felt in the New York and London markets by more than five percent, hit by talks between Russia and Ukraine, operators estimated. In New York, Texas Intermediate...

Nationalization of foreign companies leaving Russia proposed

The general secretary of the United Russia party, Andrei Turchak, said he is proposing to nationalize the properties of Western companies that are closing their businesses in the country during the military...

Counterfeit products grow in European imports

Europol and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), said that 5.8 percent of the products that entered Europe in 2019 were counterfeit items. They added that it also...

European stocks report sharp falls due to crisis in Ukraine

The main European stock markets registered falls of over 4.0 percent, due to concern after the start of the Russian special military operation in the Donbass region, in eastern Ukraine.

Will black farmers disappear?

The question in the title hangs in the air. Black farmers in the United States went down from more than one million to fewer than 50,000 over the last century amid industry...

UNWTO in Madrid asks to rebuild and look to the future

The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) said that two years of pandemic have caused enough suffering to people, society as a whole and the economy. In a communiqué from its...

Angola promotes investments in international diamond conference

Angola presented the potentials of its diamond industry for new foreign direct investments, at an international event that gathers the main world companies of the sector in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates...