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Why Latin America Deserves a Bigger Seat at the Sustainable Events Table

Why Latin America Deserves a Bigger Seat at the Sustainable Events Table

Author: Magdalina Atanassova Shifting the sustainability conversation beyond carbon emissions requires recognizing that current measurement systems are incomplete. “Latin America has a key role to play,” said Thiago Araujo, reflecting on his...

South American Clubs Are Making Waves at the 2025 Club World Cup

South American Clubs Are Making Waves at the 2025 Club World Cup

The 2025 Club World Cup is being held in the United States at the moment, with clubs from all the continents taking part in it. South American clubs like Flamengo, Palmeiras, Botafogo, Boca Juniors and River Plate are participating in it, and most...

Brazil’s Méliuz Buys $28.6M in Bitcoin, Becomes Top Public BTC Holder in Latin America

Brazil’s Méliuz Buys $28.6M in Bitcoin, Becomes Top Public BTC Holder in Latin America

Brazilian fintech firm Méliuz (CASH3), which serves over 30 million users in the country, has become Latin America’s largest publicly listed corporate holder of bitcoin .The company said Monday that it acquired an additional 275.43 BTC for $28.61...

Brazilian Fintech Firm Becomes One of the Largest Bitcoin Holders

Brazilian Fintech Firm Becomes One of the Largest Bitcoin Holders

Méliuz, a Brazilian firm, became the largest corporate Bitcoin holder in Latin America after a $28.6 million purchase. The company bought BTC at the price of $103,864, so its investment has already grown. Still, there are growing concerns about...

Bank faces backlash after helping raise more than $1 billion for controversial venture: 'Keeping its customers in the dark'

Bank faces backlash after helping raise more than $1 billion for controversial venture: 'Keeping its customers in the dark'

HSBC is facing criticism from investors and climate advocates after helping raise $1 billion for Glencore, a major coal producer, despite the bank's public pledge to stop financing coal expansion. What's happening? HSBC struck an investment deal...

Brazilian tourist, 26, has been trapped 1,600ft down an active volcano for three days after ‘guide abandoned her’ when she got tired

Brazilian tourist, 26, has been trapped 1,600ft down an active volcano for three days after ‘guide abandoned her’ when she got tired

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

Financing a Public Future: A Collective Statement for UN Public Services Day - 23rd June 2025 on the eve of the 4th UN Financing for Development Conference

Financing a Public Future: A Collective Statement for UN Public Services Day - 23rd June 2025 on the eve of the 4th UN Financing for Development Conference

Less than one fifth of the sustainable development goal targets set a decade ago are presently on track for achievement in 2030 and a major cause of this is the continued chronic underfunding of public services around the world. Three quarters of...

Argentina's economy expands 5.8% in Q1 year-on-year

Argentina's economy expands 5.8% in Q1 year-on-year

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Argentina’s economy grew year-on-year for the second straight quarter, official data showed on Monday, as South America’s second-largest economy bounces back from a recession early last year. Gross domestic product expanded...

Belize, World Bank Group Forge New Path for Investment and Sustainable Growth

Belize, World Bank Group Forge New Path for Investment and Sustainable Growth

The Ministry of Economic Transformation (MET) has concluded a high-level mission with the World Bank Group (WBG). The four-day mission was led by Carlos Felipe Jaramillo, World Bank Vice President for Latin America and the Caribbean, and Alfonso...

How Falling Investment is Threatening Colombia's Energy Future

How Falling Investment is Threatening Colombia's Energy Future

For over a decade, since production peaked in 2013, Colombia’s economically crucial oil industry has been in decline. This, since controversial leftist President Gustavo Petro took office in August 2022, has only accelerated. Petro, himself a...

Want to buy property in Mexico? Check this guide to Mexico’s real estate expos first

Want to buy property in Mexico? Check this guide to Mexico’s real estate expos first

Mexico has experienced a significant real estate boom over the past 30 years. According to Jorge Gamboa de Buen, business development director at Fibra DANHOS, which is a major player in commercial real estate in Mexico, the last 25 years have...

Are Scotiabank stocks a buy? Insights for Canadian investors

Are Scotiabank stocks a buy? Insights for Canadian investors

Strategic shift Scotiabank’s divestment of its retail banking operations in Colombia, Costa Rica, and Panama to focus more on North America has sparked renewed interest from investors. Many in the market view this shift as a move toward efficiency...

Artistic Milliners Begins Production in Mexico

Artistic Milliners Begins Production in Mexico

AM Mexico, the newest division of Artistic Milliners, has begun production. The state-of-the-art denim production facility in Parras, Mexico, featuring a 150,000-square-foot production floor, specializes in producing and washing jeans. Artistic...

FNM to slash yacht tax rate 'highest in Caribbean-Atlantic'

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net The Opposition yesterday pledged to slash a yacht charter tax rate, which the industry has branded "the highest in the Caribbean-Atlantic region", by more than 70 percent in...

OP-ED: Closing the skills gap to create more jobs in the Caribbean

OP-ED: Closing the skills gap to create more jobs in the Caribbean

Lilia BurunciucEarlier this year, I met a young graduate who had spent the entire summer searching for a job that matched her education—without success. As the weeks passed and her options narrowed, she applied to a local meat shop, hoping to find...

Margarita: The Caribbean Pearl Striving to Regain Its Shine

Margarita: The Caribbean Pearl Striving to Regain Its Shine

June 23, 2025 Hour: 3:20 pm Margarita Island, located in the Caribbean Sea about 30 kilometers north of the Araya Peninsula, remains one of Venezuela’s most iconic tourist destinations. Known as “The Pearl of the Caribbean,” this island in the...

Vatican Backs Report Calling for Financial Reforms to Alleviate Global Debt Crisis

Vatican Backs Report Calling for Financial Reforms to Alleviate Global Debt Crisis

The Vatican has endorsed a report calling for reforms to alleviate the global debt crisis affecting billions of people in developing countries. The document, titled “The Jubilee Report: A Blueprint for Tackling the Debt and Development Crises and...

SF's Mexican Museum, Still In Financial Trouble, Misses Fundraising Deadline

SF's Mexican Museum, Still In Financial Trouble, Misses Fundraising Deadline

The saga of San Francisco's Mexican Museum, which has not actually had a museum space to call home for the better part of a decade, continues to be a troubled one. Last we heard, the Mexican Museum in San Francisco had announced its intention to...

Nine takeaways on Brazil’s crackdown on illegal mining in Munduruku lands

Nine takeaways on Brazil’s crackdown on illegal mining in Munduruku lands

Mongabay published a five-part series delving into Brazil’s ongoing operation to evict illegal gold miners from Munduruku Indigenous territories, deep in the Amazon Rainforest. While there has been some disruption to mining in the region,...

Royal Caribbean to fill 150 PI posts by summer's end

By Fay Simmons Tribune Business Reporter jsimmons@tribunemedia.net Royal Caribbean's top Bahamas executive says the cruise line is targeting summer's end to fill 150 posts at its Paradise Island beach club with the second round of recruitment...

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