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15 June 2022 Edition - 11/22
Before Biden, Fernández slams move to 'exclude' nations from Summit of the Americas

Argentina's President Alberto Fernández has called for a “restructuring of multilateralism” across the Americas, criticising institutions and models that prioritise the views of Washington to the detriment of other nations....

Investing in Cuba is a good decision; it is a safe market with stability, said Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero as he addressed participants at the 13th World Congress of the World Confederation of Italians from around the World (CIM).....
The US has revoked a series of restrictions on flights to Cuba.  Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the action was "in support of the Cuban people, and in the foreign policy interests of the United States"...

To a large extent, China’s rise to economic dominance and deepening political influence in Latin America has been a quiet affair....

Despite legal barriers to the purchase of farms by foreigners and local economic uncertainty, the conflict between Russia and Ukraine has made international investors return to look at commercial farms in Argentina, due to their low prices on a worldwide comparison.....


Peru has descended into one of the worst political crises in its history and protection of its Amazon rainforest is failing. Peru is home to the second-largest portion of the Amazon rainforest after Brazil. The country had pledged to stop deforestation by 2021.....

Pelagic sargassum rotting on beaches has plagued the Caribbean and Mexico for more than 10 years. NZ research shows how to clean up beaches and putrid emissions by turning what’s now rubbish into renewable electricity and fertiliser.....

The World Bank has approved financing of US$44 million for the Guyana Strengthening Human Capital through Education Project. The project will focus on expanding access to quality education at the secondary level, as well as improving technical and vocational training (TVET) to meet the needs of the labor market.....

The International Monetary Fund will review its 2022 inflation forecast for Argentina due to the impact of the war in Ukraine.  Inflation is expected to exceed 70 percent by the end of the year when the most recent IMF estimate forecast a rate of between 38 and 48 percent – a figure most consider to be way out of reach....

Overseas Business Risk - Uruguay

Uruguay is a country with a positive background for political, democratic and social stability and macroeconomic solidity. It has strong institutions and performs well on all major transparency and ease of doing business indexes....

COVID-19 PANDEMIC RESPONSE
LATIN AMERICAN CULTURE & ARTS
 
The massive Inca Empire was brought to its knees by less than 200 Spanish conquistadors, who killed tens of thousands of Incan warriors...

From the indoor balcony of the Centro Cultural Borges (“Borges Cultural Centre,” CCB) in Buenos Aires, one can see and experience culture, history and commerce all at once....

This Car-Free Town is
Costa Rica’s Best Kept Secret

A tranquil, car-free resort town named Las Catalinas resembles medieval Europe.   Everything about this coastal utopia, from its guiding principles and renewable energy sources to its good-hearted people, is purely Costa Rican....
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