The Chilean Senate decided on Tuesday not to remove President Sebastian Pinera, who was suspected of having a conflict of interest in selling a mining company in 2010 in a tax haven, a case that has returned to the public Pandora Papers journalistic research. The vote ended the process of adjournment and referral to a […]
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The year of the pandemic added 22 million poor people in a Latin America in which marginality is growing
The year of the coronavirus pandemic led to Latin America to almost unprecedented levels of social fragility, with 22 million new poor to add a total of 209 million in the region. The data was released this Thursday by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) during a press conference in Santiago […]
The United Kingdom bans flights from Portugal and 14 South American countries
The Government of the United Kingdom announced this Thursday the ban on flights from Portugal and fourteen South American countries to try to prevent the spread of a new variant of the coronavirus detected in Brazil. The British Minister of Transport, Grant Shapps, reported that arrivals will be suspended from this morning from Argentina, Brazil, […]
The Huelva-based company Atlantic Copper obtains a quality seal for guaranteeing “responsible production”
The Huelva company Atlantic Copper has been recognized with the seal Copper Mark, a new worldwide accreditation that guarantees responsible copper production and the industry’s contribution to the implementation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It is the first mining-metallurgical company in the EU to obtain this recognition. This accreditation, also obtained by […]
Repsol launches its ‘profitable decarbonisation’: it will invest 5.5 billion in ‘green’ from crude oil
Repsol has presented its new 2021-2025 strategy with which it intends to accelerate its transformation towards a more sustainable business model without losing sight of profitability. With this objective in mind, the group will invest in the next five years a total of 5.5 billion euros in renewable energy to double its generating power to […]