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Automotive sector is crucial for the industry's good performance

Sales of cars and light commercial vehicles are expected to grow 3% in 2026

Licensing of cars and light commercial vehicles, such as pickup trucks and vans, is expected to grow by around 3% this year, with the sale of more than 2.6 million units, projects

January 13, 2026

Brasil

Cuban objectors call on the Armed Forces not to repress the population

Former Cuban soldiers call on the Armed Forces not to repress the population

Havana/In the midst of the prolonged social and energy crisis that the country is going through, aggravated by the possible loss of Venezuelan oil, after the arrest of Nicolás Maduro, the Cuban

January 13, 2026

Ecuador

Petroperú clarifies that it is not subject to any bankruptcy process before Indecopi

The Left does not want improvements in Petroperú and points to interpellations

In a joint session of the Energy and Mines and Andean Peoples commissions of Congress, left-wing parliamentarians showed their interest in the repeal of emergency decree 010-2025, which proposes the reorganization of

January 13, 2026

Peru

IACHR expresses concern about attacks on Venezuela and asks for respect for international law

The Commission expresses its concern about the conditions of the political prisoners, urges the authorities to release them immediately and reiterates its willingness to visit Venezuela with the objective of directly evaluating

January 13, 2026

Venezuela

Brazilian tourism has record revenue of R$185 billion in 2025

Brazilian tourism earned R$185 billion from January to October 2025 and broke a record in values already recorded in the sector. According to the most recent survey by the Federation of Commerce,

January 13, 2026

Brasil

They demand the release of political prisoners in Cuba, as in Venezuela and Nicaragua

Havana/Activists, independent journalists and relatives of prisoners are calling on the Cuban regime to “immediately and unconditionally” release “all” people who are in prison for political reasons in the country, replicating what

January 13, 2026

Ecuador

Another crazy idea from Gustavo Petro that affects Peru

The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petropublished in X a false map of what was once Gran Colombia, a State created by Simón Bolívar that existed between 1819 and 1831. The erroneous representation

January 13, 2026

Peru

Venezuela seizes 7,148 kilos of drugs so far in 2026

The sectoral vice president of Politics, Citizen Security and Peace, Diosdado Cabello, reported that in the first days of 2026 a total of 7,148 kilograms of drugs have been seized, the most

January 13, 2026

Venezuela

Copom Minutes Indicates Selic to 15% "for a very prolonged period"

Central Bank withdraws appeal against TCU inspection in Master case

The Central Bank (BC) withdrew this Tuesday (13) from the embargoes for declaration filed against the decision of minister Jhonatan de Jesus, of the Federal Court of Auditors (TCU), which authorized the

January 13, 2026

Brasil

Private companies save pork production in Cuba

Madrid/Even when there is good news in Cuba, something tarnishes it when it does not blacken. The official press celebrates this Tuesday that the Granma Pig Company managed to close the year

January 13, 2026

Ecuador

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