Airport in Porto Alegre, Brazil, could remain closed until December following floods
São Paulo, Brazil – Following severe flooding last month in Porto Alegre, the capital of Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state, the city’s Salgado...
Month : June 2024
Brazil registered 82% of global dengue cases in 2024: WHO
São Paulo, Brazil – Brazil recorded the highest number of dengue cases globally in 2024 according to new data from the World Health Organization (WHO)....
This startup wants to make it easy for Latin American freelancers to get paid in US dollars
Like elsewhere in the world, the COVID-19 pandemic helped accelerate the shift to a remote-work culture in Latin America. According to Texas hiring firm CodersLink,...
Claudia Sheinbaum, virtual winner of the Mexican presidential elections
Mexico City, Mexico—- Mexico’s electoral authority, the National Election Institute (INE), announced Sunday night the quick count of the votes collected today during Election Day,...
Peruvian startup Artificio looks to Lima’s horrible traffic to solve one of autonomous driving’s toughest challenges
Lima, Peru — Autonomous driving has been an ambitious promise made by some of the world’s leading technology firms and startups, including giants like Google,...
What to know about Sura, one of Colombia’s largest insurers, requesting to pull out of the national healthcare system
Medellín, Colombia — One of Colombia’s largest health insurance companies, Sura, announced last Tuesday that it has requested to be removed from the national healthcare...
Sheinbaum just the tip of the iceberg for MORENA’s success in Mexico’s 2024 elections
Mexico City, Mexico — In the early hours of Monday, June 3, Claudia Sheinbaum, the former mayor of Mexico City, became Mexico’s first female president...
Claudia Sheinbaum elected Mexico’s next president
Mexico City, Mexico — Mexico’s electoral authority, the National Election Institute (INE), announced late Sunday night the quick count of the votes collected during election...
São Paulo, Brazil’s LGBT+ parade draws over 3 million in a spectacle of pride and politics
São Paulo, Brazil – LGBT+ people and supporters from all corners of Brazil and even other countries gathered on Sunday in the country’s largest city,...
Going beyond unicorn hype: the venture studio based on ideas, not personalities
When three young entrepreneurs decided to start an online marketplace in Argentina in 1999, their chances seemed slim. Only a select few had access to...
