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Gustavo Petro and other leaders reject the attempted coup in Bolivia

Gustavo Petro and other leaders reject the attempted coup in Bolivia

Bolivian President Luis Alberto Arce Catacora denounced an attempted military coup, in your X account, He pointed to “irregular mobilizations of some army units” and armed forces gathering in Plaza Murillo in La Paz. In addition, the statements of the Secretary General of the Organization of American States, OAS, Luis Almagro, condemning the events by ...

Increase in Mexican fuel imports goes against the president's goal

Increase in Mexican fuel imports goes against the president’s goal

The Mexican state oil company imported 11% more gasoline in May than the previous month, a sign that it is struggling to meet President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s goal of making the nation self-sufficient in refining. Gasoline imports from Petróleos Mexicanos grew to 358,500 barrels a day in May, according to data released Monday. This ...

Peru's Ministry of Health stops considering trans people mentally ill

Peru’s Ministry of Health stops considering trans people mentally ill

Peru ordered to stop classifying those who identify as transgender, among others, as people with mental disorders, the country’s Ministry of Health said on Tuesday. after a backlash that critics called discriminatory. The use of the terms “transsexualism” and “transvestism” as references to mental disorders will particularly cease.which had been included under a health insurance ...

New warning from the European Union to Apple for tracking its App Store

New warning from the European Union to Apple for tracking its App Store

Apple’s antitrust dispute with the European Union over allegedly illegal App Store practices intensified as watchdogs issued a new warning that could lead to more fines, just months after the iPhone maker was slapped with a fine of 1.8 billion euros (US$1.9 billion) for competition in the music streaming system. The European Commission said Monday ...

Assange will plead guilty to espionage in the United States to obtain freedom

Assange will plead guilty to espionage in the United States to obtain freedom

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is expected to plead guilty this week to violating the US espionage law, in a deal that could end his imprisonment in the UK and allow him to return home to Australia. U.S. prosecutors said in court documents that Assange, 52, has agreed to plead guilty to a single criminal charge ...

China offered benefits to German cars to avoid tariffs on their electric cars

China offered benefits to German cars to avoid tariffs on their electric cars

Beijing has suggested that German luxury car makers could benefit if Berlin convinces the European Union to reduce tariffs on Chinese exports of electric vehicles.according to Bloomberg reports. China proposed lowering the tariffs it applies to large-displacement cars in exchange for the elimination of planned taxes about imports of electric vehicles from the Asian nation, ...

Fed Inflation Indicators Offer Path to Rate Cuts

Fed Inflation Indicators Offer Path to Rate Cuts

The Fed’s preferred inflation benchmarks are poised to show the most moderate monthly gains since late last year, a springboard for officials to begin reduce interest rates, possibly as early as September. Economists expect no change in the personal consumption expenditures price index for May and a minimum increase of 0.1% in the basic measure ...

Casino sells Corsica unit to Rocca and Auchan during debt restructuring

Casino sells Corsica unit to Rocca and Auchan during debt restructuring

Casino’s Codim 2 subsidiary manages four hypermarkets, nine supermarkets, three cash & carry and two drive-throughs in Corsica Casino Guichard-Perrachon SA has signed an agreement with Rocca Group and Auchan Retail France for the sale of its Corsica unit as it seeks to raise cash amid a debt restructuring. The French grocery store operator announced ...

Constructora Armas requested its judicial reorganization as a measure to avoid bankruptcy

Constructora Armas requested its judicial reorganization as a measure to avoid bankruptcy

Financial Diary – Santiago A new company in the construction sector began a judicial reorganization process. Now it was the turn of Constructora Armas – a company linked to Grupo Armas -, which requested the opening of a judicial procedure for financial reorganization in the 10th Civil Court of Santiagoin order to organize its financial ...