In the framework of the Annual Conference of Executives (CADE in spanish), held in Peru in November, a reform of competitiveness in the labor market was announced, which includes a review of the holiday days to which Peruvian workers are entitled. The Prime Minister, César Villanueva, announced last week during an interview at CANAL N that workers’ vacations are something… Read more »
Más Médicos (More Doctors) is the name of the program created in 2013 by the then president of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff. Through a tripartite agreement signed by the governments of Brazil and Cuba with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), this program facilitated the hiring of foreign doctors who arrived in the South American country to provide their services to… Read more »
Newly elected Jair Bolsonaro is plowing ahead with his plans to restructure the Brazilian state. While not yet in office, his initial cabinet picks have given a great deal of insight into how he plans to lead, as he has slashed the number of government ministries and will head the remaining ministries with a mix of hardcore free market proponents… Read more »
The crime rate in Mexico is not good. While this may not be new information, the already high homicide rate has increased by another 16% in 2018, bringing it to the highest point since 1997. This trend towards violence has proven the need for drastic change in the country, and this very well may be seen through Mexico’s new president, Andres… Read more »
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador used his first full day in office Sunday to double down on promises to deploy Mexico’s military for public security to address a key concern: stemming rampant violence and rising murders. Speaking before rows of generals at a sun-drenched military installation in one of Mexico City’s toniest neighborhoods, Lopez Obrador said the retooling of the… Read more »
Hours before the inauguration of Mexico’s new president in Mexico City, two grenades were thrown at the US consulate in Guadalajara, the country’s second-biggest city and home to one of the largest US expatriate communities in the world. A little before 11 p.m. local time on November 30, an unidentified person was caught on film throwing two grenades into the… Read more »
MONTREAL, Canada – A business group warned on Tuesday that a labor shortage in Canada is deepening, with more than 430,000 jobs at small and medium-sized firms remaining unfilled for at least 4 months. The job vacancy rate has risen to 3.3 percent, from 2.9 percent a year ago, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) said in a report…. Read more »
VANCOUVER—Chinese officials are demanding that Canada release Huawei Technologies’ chief financial officer, who was arrested in Vancouver over the weekend and faces possible extradition to the United States. Foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told reporters Thursday that the Chinese government also wants Canadian officials to reveal the reasoning behind Meng Wanzhou’s arrest Saturday. A profile of Huawei’s chief financial officer… Read more »
Vice president, Maria Vicuna, resigned on Tuesday December, 4th. Vicuna’s resigning is in direct correlation to the investigation surrounding her. “Prosecutors are investigating funds that Vicuna received from a former adviser between 2011 and 2013 while she was a legislator for former leftist president Rafael Correa’s Country Alliance (AP) party.” (Cohen, 2018) This is the second Vice president to resign… Read more »
CARACAS/MARACAIBO, Venezuela (Reuters) – Angelica Vera of Venezuela’s western state of Zulia planned to cremate her father’s remains after he died of cancer in November because hyperinflation has pushed the cost of funeral services beyond her financial reach. But the cemetery could not offer a cremation because it had no natural gas, which is in ever shorter supply even though… Read more »