Economy
London, Jan 3 (EFE).- Junior doctors in England began a six-day strike on Wednesday to demand better wage conditions, marking the longest such strike in the history of the country’s National Health Service (NHS). The doctors left their duties at 7am GMT and are set to resume at the same...
Madrid, Jan 2 (EFE).- A Spanish non-governmental organization said on Tuesday that Cuba, Spain, Italy and Qatar had missed a deadline for responding to a letter from the United Nations rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, Tomoya Obokata, asking for explanations about alleged abuses suffered by Cuban health workers and...
Buenos Aires, Dec 28 (EFE). – The General Confederation of Labor (CGT), Argentina’s largest union confederation, on Thursday called for a general strike on January 24 to protest the far-reaching reforms promoted by the government of Javier Milei. The union said in a statement that in addition to the strike,...
Buenos Aires, Dec 28 (EFE). – Several social organizations on Thursday partially blocked traffic on Argentina’s National Highway 3 in the Buenos Aires municipality of La Matanza during a protest against the economic measures announced in recent days by the government of Javier Milei. No incidents or clashes were reported...
Buenos Aires, Dec 27 (EFE) – Several incidents occurred in the center of Buenos Aires on Wednesday when police agents blocked traffic and prevented the passage of hundreds of people who had participated in a concentration called by the General Confederation of Labor (CGT). The CGT, Argentina’s main union confederation,...
Buenos Aires, Dec 26 (EFE).- Nearly a week after the new Argentine government signed the Economic Emergency Decree to deregulate the country’s economy, President Javier Milei and his cabinet are facing a cascade of lawsuits challenging the measure. The first was filed the day after Milei went on national radio...
Sana’a, Dec. 26 (EFE) – Yemen’s Houthi Shiite rebels said on Tuesday they had attacked a commercial ship with missiles and carried out a series of drone strikes against various military targets in Israel. In a televised statement on the group’s Al Masira TV network, the group’s military spokesman, Yahya...
Buenos Aires, Dec 20 (EFE).- Argentina’s new president Javier Milei on Wednesday night announced a sweeping plan for the reform of more than 300 regulations to lay «the foundations for the reconstruction of the Argentine economy and restore its freedom and autonomy to individuals, getting the State off their backs.»...
Havana, Dec 20 (EFE).- The Cuban government on Wednesday announced that in 2024 it would implement one of the biggest macroeconomic adjustment plans in decades, increasing energy prices and eliminating universal subsidies for basic foodstuffs, in order to confront the severe economic crisis it is suffering. Cuban Prime Minister Manuel...
Brasilia, Dec. 20 (EFE) – Brazil’s Congress of Deputies on Wednesday approved a bill that facilitates the paving of a controversial road that cuts through the Amazon, connecting the city of Manaus with the rest of the country allowing easier access for illegal loggers, cattle ranchers, agribusiness and other developers...
Buenos Aires, Dec 20 (EFE).- The protest march called by social organizations on Wednesday against the economic plan of Argentina’s new president, Javier Milei, began with isolated clashes between demonstrators and federal police riot squads, who tried in vain to force the protesters to march on the sidewalk to avoid...
San Juan, Dec 20 (EFE).- The president of Guyana, Irfaan Ali, asked the United Kingdom, its former colonial power, for help after the insurance company Lloyd’s Market Association included the country in its list of riskiest shipping zones due to the crisis with Venezuela. «Together, we will have to speak...
