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Dr. George Soros: New year, same crisis
By Fernando Álvarez: Ex IMF Economist
Dr. George Soros, Billionaire Chairman of Soros Fund Management and of the Open Society Institute, published an article on January 26 in which he holds that the measures introduced by the European Central Bank last December, especially the Long Term Refinancing Operation (LTRO), have relieved the liquidity problems of European banks, but have not cured the financing disadvantage of the highly indebted member states. Since high-risk premiums on go...
Cuba: After 53 years, did the Cuban revolution accomplish its goals?
By Fernando Álvarez: Ex IMF Economist
The Cub...
ECLAC: Violence and inequality restrict democracy and cause poverty and underdevelopment
By Fernando Álvarez: Ex IMF Economist
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The Geo-politics of the strait of Hormuz: Could the U.S. Navy be defeated by Iran in the Persian Gulf?
By Fernando Álvarez: Ex IMF Economist
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World Bank: Global organizations to expand cooperation on green growth for development
By Fernando Álvarez: Ex IMF Economist
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Where does America’s imperial hubris lead to? Interview by John Robles with Rick Rozoff, manager of the STOP NATO website
By Fernando Álvarez: Ex IMF Economi...
Guatemala: el exdictador Rios Montt procesado por Genocidio
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Reflections of commander of the revolution Fidel Castro on January 26th: The fruit that did not fall
By Fernando Álvarez: Ex IMF Economist
Cuba found itself forced to fi...
IMF: Review on Global Economic Prospects and Policy Changes
By Eliane Portillo
The global recovery is being threatened by intensified s...
IMF: Global challenges in 2012, speech by managing director, Christine Lagarde
By Fernando Álvarez: Ex IMF Economist
Good afternoon. It’s a g...
Dr. George Soros: New year, same crisis
By Fernando Álvarez: Ex IMF Economist
Dr. George Soros, Billionaire ...
IMF Publishes on January 24th its latest World Economic Outlook Update: Global recovery stalls, downside risks intensify
By Fernando Álvarez: Ex IMF Economist
The global recovery is t...
IMF: Big financial sectors under review in 2012
By Fernando Álvarez: Ex IMF Economist
The Fund states that the...
IMF publishes its latest global financial stability report: Risks to stability have increased
By Fernando Álvarez: Ex IMF Economist
Since the last Global Fi...
Mexico
Mexican Federal Government has respect for the human rights of all people
By Eliane Portillo
The Mexican federal government denied accusations by Hum...
Chihuahua- Tarahumaras supposedly commited suicide to avoid starvation
By Eliane Portillo
After we published this article, union leader Ramon Gar...
Banxico will keep interest rates
By Eliane Portillo
A group of financial analysts from leading Mexican finan...
Mexican exports grew 17.2% in 2011
By Eliane Portillo
Mexican exports totaled $349,676.9 billion dollars in 20...
Canacintra: Mexico should still take precautionary measures
By Eliane Portillo
According to international agencies, such as the World B...
Bank of Mexico- 33% of credit cards are not used
By Eliane Portillo
At the end of September 2011, according to statistics fr...
Economic overview for Mexico will be moderated by 2012
By Eliane Portillo
The vulnerable recovery, for Sergio Martin, specialist, ...
E-Comm in Mexico is 0.4% of GDP
By Eliane Portillo
4.4 million Mexicans spent $46.7 million pesos to buy on...
Electoral propaganda will leave profits of $300 million pesos
By Eliane Portillo
The President of the National Association of the Plastic...
Central America
The Panama Canal Expansion project has already set minimum wages
By Susana Lima
The Secretary of State's submission informed th...
World Bank: Nicaragua educational project to benefit half a million Nicaraguans living in prioritized areas of the country
By Fernando Álvarez: Ex IMF Economist
The World Bank Board of Directors appro...
The use of credit cards decreased in Nicaragua
By Susana Lima
According to bankers, the decline in credit card portfolio is ...
Cone Denim Nicaragua is now on sale
By Susana Lima
The presidential delegate for investment Alvaro Balto...
El Salvador and Costa rica: Production, waste and taxes
By Eliane Portillo
Two Central American countries took different approaches...
Latin America is one of the world’s regions with lower consumption of alcohol
By Eliane Portillo
According to data from the Association of Latin American...
Copper mine advances despite criticism from environmentalists in Panama
By Eliane Portillo
Despite the critics and the debates over mining in Pana...
Cement Company of Guatemala could expand operations to Honduras
By Susana Lima
Guatemalan company Cementos Progreso, seeks to ventur...
Caribbean
Dominican Republic: Inauguration of the largest flour mill in the region
By Susana Lima
Molinos Modernos opened a new production center...
U.S. Candidate Selection: An idiotic competition, Fidel Castro says
By Eliane Portillo
The leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, descri...
Bahamas seeks to boost tourism
By Susana Lima
Hubert Ingraham, Prime Minister of the Bahamas and ot...
IMF Approves US$3.1 Million Disbursement Under the Rapid Credit for Dominica
By Eliane Portillo
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (...
Authorities seek to boost tourism in St. Lucia Island
By Susana Lima
According to authorities of the country, tourism has ...
Cuba to work on 2012-2016 economic bilateral agenda with China
By Eliane Portillo
Cuba and China agreed on Tuesday to work on their econom...
Cuba reduces imports, calls for further efforts
By Eliane Portillo
In a meeting of the Cuban parliament’s standing commissi...
Some 2,000 new jobs projected from implementation of mining policy in Jamaica
By Eliane Portillo
The Ministry of Energy and Mining is projecting the crea...
Trinidad and Tobago hosts 4th Cuba-Caricom summit
By Eliane Portillo
Cuban President Raul Castro leads the island's delegatio...
South America
Unemployment rate in Brazil fell by 6% during 2011
By Susana Lima
The Brazilian government reported that during 2011, t...
Venezuela: A Model of Role of Revolutionary Military, Fidel Castro Says
By Eliane Portillo
Venezuela is an outstanding example of the theoretical a...
Chile creates fund to support mineral exploration
By Susana Lima
As a measure of formation of small and medium enterpr...
Venezuela: 372 Million USD for Science
By Eliane Portillo
Venezuela, through the National Fund for Science and Te...
Bolivian Mining exports reach 3.3 billion US
By Eliane Portillo
At an accountability hearing, Minister of Mining and Met...
Colombia- Credit to reach 35% of GDP in 2011
By Eliane Portillo
Domestic credit to Colombia's private sector and the non...
Argentinean Government investigates Oil Companies
By Eliane Portillo
Argentina's National Commission for the Defense of Comp...
Barclays closes Buenos Aires´ wealth management office
By Eliane Portillo
Barclays wealth management arm has closed its office in...
Brazil to hit record high in exports of agricultural products
By Eliane Portillo
Agriculture Minister Mendes Ribeiro Filho predicted that...
Europe
Russia: Putin authorizes pensions increase
By Susana Lima
Vladimir Putin, Russian Prime Minister reported on th...
Spain achieves greater depreciation of its debt
By Susana Lima
For the sixth consecutive time, Spain managed to lowe...
European Central Bank: Monthly bulletin editorial on the economic and monetary situation
By Fernando Álvarez: Ex IMF Economist
Based on its regular economic ...
Most French are pessimistic about 2012
By Eliane Portillo
The majority of the French see the New Year with a marked ...
Unemployment already affects more than 2.6 M people in England
By Susana Lima
Unemployment rate in Britain rose to 8.3% annually, the h...
Norway: oil field discovered in Barents Sea
By Susana Lima
The Norwegian oil company Statoil announced on Monday...
World Bank President: A blueprint for Germany to save the Eurozone
By Fernando Álvarez: Ex IMF Economist
Writing in the Financial Times...
Towards the next long-term budget framework
By Eliane Portillo
At the meeting of the General Affairs Council on 5 Decem...
Tech
European Commission presents proposal for online privacy
By Lara Holmes
The European Commission (EC) presented on Wednesday a propos...
Wind energy a reality in Nicaragua
By Lara Holmes
Wind power, geothermal energy and other renewable energy sou...
Anonymous uploads the Sony catalog
By Lara Holmes
Following the shutting down of Megaupload, hackers gathered ...
Cuba and Venezuela are working on educational portal for ALBA
By Lara Holmes
Cuba and Venezuela share content and specialists in the crea...
Apple released its iTunes Match service in Costa Rica
By Lara Holmes
The service was already active in Brazil since mid-December,...
TV, online, mobile and social stats from Nielsen
By Lara Holmes
Nielsen released a report this week on how people devour the...
They propose to create the Law on Science, Technology and Innovation
By Lara Holmes
Toluca .- The Governor of the State of Mexico, Eruviel Avila...
BBVA moves onto Google's cloud
By Lara Holmes
Spanish banking giant BBVA is switching to Google's cloud-co...
Sports
London prepares for a possible terrorist threat facing the Olympics
By Lara Holmes
The British government said that in planning national safety...
Doping scandal in Guatemala for three players
By Lara Holmes
Guatemala's press reported on Tuesday that three players from ...
NFL's St. Louis Rams to play 3 home games in London, England
By Lara Holmes
The NFL's St. Louis Rams will have a second home in London, ...
Carlos Salcido wants to be captain of the Mexican National Team in Brazil 2014
By Lara Holmes
Carlos Salcido has the clear goal to be the leader of the Me...
Ban on Captain Horace Burrell ends
By Lara Holmes
Captain Horace Burrell, who finished serving the mandatory t...
South America in the FIFA ranking
By Lara Holmes
Spain continues to lead the standings. Uruguay, which is in...
Puerto Rican catcher retires
By Lara Holmes
With tears in his eyes the catcher officially announced his ...
Mets attempt to build a bullpen overnight
By Lara Holmes
The Mets began with Jon Rauch who is 6-10 and 33, and from 2...
Good year for the Red Devils
By Lara Holmes
For the chief executive of the Diablos Rojos of Mexico, Jorg...
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Health
Santos acknowledged that there are too many hospitals under intensive care
By Lara Holmes
The President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, on Tuesday as...
Sale of junk food in schools is forbidden
By Lara Holmes
Costa Rica's government banned the sale of sugary or fatty f...
Girls will be vaccinated against human papilloma virus
By Lara Holmes
Secretary of Health of Mexico, Solomon Chertorivski announce...
Hormone that could be used to treat obesity is discovered
By Lara Holmes
Scientists have discovered a hormone responsible for a porti...
Mental function can begin to decline as early as age 45, according to research.
By Lara Holmes
The brain's capacity for memory, reasoning and comprehension...
Dance lessons in Mexico DF schools to prevent obesity
By Lara Holmes
This is a pilot program to promote exercise and dance and thus...
Tackling the scourge of leptospirosis in Barbados
By Lara Holmes
With a total of three deaths and 44 cases of leptospirosis r...
UN urges investing in water and sanitation services to combat cholera in Haiti
By Lara Holmes
Dramatic improvements in water and sanitation services are n...
Argentinean Court asked to allow 11 year old to abort
By Lara Holmes
A lawyer filed on Wednesday before the Justice of the provin...
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Jorge Luis Borges - El Aleph
Originally published in 1949, El Aleph was the second collection of Borges’ short stories, many of which had appeared in various Argentine literary magazines. In many ways a “sequel” to Ficciones, the stories of El Aleph find Borges obsessed with the same philosophical themes: the relationship between consciousness and reality, the mystical significance of language and symbols, the mysteries of time and eternity, and the limits of obsession itself. Other familiar elements include copious labyrinths, reviews of fictional books, a casual mixing of reality and invention, and a return to Argentine’s colorful history of gauchos.