Author: Stanley Bowers

In 2021, food insecurity affected 40.6% of the population of Latin America and the Caribbean. A total of 267.7 million people were affected; 62.5 million more than in 2019. According to the report, “the increase in food inflation and extreme poverty is one of the factors that increase food insecurity and hunger.” Food inflation “increases the risk of hunger” and the rise in the international price of basic products, whose average increase reached 11.7% last September, is passed on to consumers. ECLAC estimates that the incidence of extreme poverty in the region would increase 0.2 percentage points in 2022 and…

Mashed potatoes. Creative Chemistry is not an agency. Its business model combines creativity, strategic consulting and the modus operandi of a startup. “It seems to me that this has a huge field to play in the industry, from a place where a different approach is being challenged or proposed in the way of working, but also in the operating model,” explains Luis Gaitán, CEO of Pure.. Creative Chemistry. For this reason, he adds, Pure is focused on being a company that approaches and analyzes the business problems of large companies with the method, depth, rigor and vision of a consultancy…

TSMC’s increased investment does not exclude the $12 billion the company had promised when it announced the first factory in 2020, which is expected to start production in 2024, while the second plant will open in 2026. Regarding jobs, the company says that the factory could employ 4,500 people permanently, compared to a previous estimate of 2,000, in addition to creating 21,000 jobs in construction. With this new factory, Biden’s efforts to encourage private investment in technology begin to materialize, motivated by the Chips Act, legislation that released $52 billion in subsidies to win “the economic competition of the 21st…

La creación de empleo formal en México perdió fuerza en el penúltimo mes del año. La economía nacional creó 101,275 nuevos empleos en noviembre, cifra 38% menor a la del mismo mes de 2021 y 51% inferior a la de octubre pasado, de acuerdo con datos del IMSS dados a conocer este lunes. Las cifras muestran que hasta el mes pasado, había 21.7 millones de trabajadores registrados ante el IMSS, de los cuales 86.3% son puestos permanentes y 13.7% son temporales. Ataque armado en un bar de Acapulco deja cinco personas sin vida La OEA defiende un INE sin cambios…

After announcing last November that they would offer savings accounts and a debit card, Nu added that they have already received authorization from the National Banking and Securities Commission (CNBV) to carry out these operations. The savings account does not require a minimum amount and is offered first to clients who already have a credit card, a product with which Nu took off in the country. Iván Canales, general manager of Nu México, said that the investment and regulatory approval represent an opportunity for growth, which will eventually lead to new products such as personal loans. “Our mission is to…

Volaris expects Mexico to recover Category 1 air safety in the fourth quarter of 2023, with which the air sector would accumulate more than two years frozen in terms of the placement of new routes, frequencies and aircraft to the United States. The downgrade from Category 1 to Category 2 occurred in May 2021. In a presentation shown at its Investor Day, the airline reported that, despite the adjustment made by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), it managed to increase its capacity by 18% in December of this year compared to 2019. To date, Volaris operates 94 daily flights to…

Car production increased to 278,824 units, while vehicle exports fell to 231,126 units during November. From January to November, car production in Mexico accumulates 3,068,810 units, a growth of 9.63% compared to the same period in 2021. Regarding exports, so far this year 2,622,297 units have been exported from Mexico, that is, 5.76% more than in the period from January to November of last year. Exports had racked up three consecutive months of growth before the November slump. In fact, in October, exports had reached their best level of the year, with 267,910 units shipped abroad; that is, 36,784 units…

Who are the highest paid players in the round of 16? 1. Kylian Mbappe Dylan Martinez (Reuters) Kylian Mbappé is the most expensive player at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, with a value of 160 million euros (168 million dollars). According to Forbes magazine, the player receives 15 million dollars a year from sponsorships alone, highlighting having been the cover of the best-selling soccer video game two consecutive times: FIFA 21 and 22 from EA Sports. Mbappé is the face of the Oakley sunglasses campaign, an ambassador for Nike, Hublot watches, Good Goût and Bulk, to name a few.…

(Expansión) – En octubre, dos activistas climáticas aventaron sopa de tomate sobre unos girasoles de Van Gogh en la Galería Nacional de Londres, acto de protesta al que siguieron otros similares en Italia, Australia, España y Alemania. Más allá de las cuestionables formas, es un hecho que el cambio climático es responsabilidad de todos, tiene ramificaciones en casi todos los ámbitos y debemos abordarlo de forma urgente. Como se destacó en el discurso inaugural de la COP27 en Egipto, nos sobran 25 billones de toneladas de emisiones de CO2 para alcanzar el objetivo de calentamiento de 1.5 grados centígrados. Pero…