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30

Nov

By Santiago D. Távara

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Actualidad, DMV, Hispanic News, Latin News, LatinX NewsNew traffic safety enhancements around schools in DC

New traffic safety enhancements around schools in the District of Columbia

Photo Credit: Lenin Nolly Mayor Muriel Bowser, Chief Robert J. Contee, III of the Metropolitan Police Department, and District Department of Transportation Interim Director Everett Lott announced new traffic safety enhancements around schools. “Ensuring our young people have everything they need to succeed means keeping them safe before, during, and after school.…

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16

Nov

By Ramón Jiménez

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Inflation                       

Photo: YouTube By Isaac Cohen* In these days, the following does not happen often in Washington. President Joseph Biden signed into law the $1 trillion infrastructure program for the decade, approved by Congress with bipartisan support. As described by President Biden, it is a “once-in-a-generation investment to create good-paying jobs,…

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09

Nov

By Ramón Jiménez

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Bounce

Photo: prescottenews.com By Isaac Cohen* The figures on job creation in October indicated that the US economy regained strength by the end of the summer, after the slowdown caused by the spread of the delta variant of the coronavirus. Last week, the Labor Department informed 531,000 new jobs were created…

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07

Nov

By Ramón Jiménez

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World’s Biggest Polluters Remain on Sidelines as Over 40 Nations Pledge to Phase Out Coal

Photo: courtesy of Democracy Now! Representatives of over 40 nations have pledged to end the use of coal power. The deal, announced at the COP26 U.N. climate summit in Glasgow, did not include China and India, which account for two-thirds of worldwide coal consumption, nor did it include Australia, one…

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03

Nov

By Ramón Jiménez

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Slowdown 

Photo: financieros.es By Isaac Cohen* There was justified optimism about the US economy, at the start of the summer, as demonstrated by the vigorous creation of 2 million new jobs in June and July. However, in August and September, increased contagion caused by the Delta variant of the corona virus…

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02

Nov

By Ramón Jiménez

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G20 Members Agree to Minimum Corporate Tax Rate, Vaccines Push, Make Little Progress on Climate

Photo: courtesy of Democracy Now! President Biden and others traveled to Glasgow, Scotland after attending this weekend’s G20 summit in Italy, where world leaders agreed to a minimum corporate tax rate of 15%. The deal also raises additional revenue for most countries and shifts profits to the countries where companies…

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28

Oct

By Ramón Jiménez

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Dozens Arrested as Protesters in Ecuador Condemn Fuel Price Hike, New Economic Policies

Photo: courtesy of Democracy Now! In Ecuador, thousands of people took to the streets around the country for another round of Indigenous-led protests against a hike in fuel prices and other economic policies pushed by the right-wing government of President Guillermo Lasso. Some three dozen people were arrested as protesters…

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26

Oct

By Ramón Jiménez

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Coincidence    

Photo: lamesaredonda.net   By Isaac Cohen* There are many coincidences in the reports issued recently, by the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, on the economic situation and perspectives of the Latin American and Caribbean economies. For the Bank, last year the pandemic caused “devastation” in the region with…

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20

Oct

By Ramón Jiménez

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Annual Meetings           

By Isaac Cohen* The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank almost virtual annual meetings are entering their second week in Washington, with the world economy still besieged by the pandemic. The increased contagion caused by the Delta variant of the coronavirus has led to disruptions in worldwide production and…

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18

Oct

By Ramón Jiménez

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Colombian Businessman Charged with Money Laundering Extradited to the United States from Cabo Verde

Photo: El Nacional WASHINGTON – Alex Nain Saab Moran (Saab), 47, a Colombian citizen, will make his initial appearance in federal court in Miami, Florida, today after being extradited from the Republic of Cabo Verde. Saab is charged in an indictment with laundering the proceeds of violations of the Foreign…

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