Day: November 17, 2017
Central Bank of Chile leaves basic interest rate at 2.5%
SANTIAGO – At its monetary policy meeting on Thursday, The Board of the Central Bank of Chile avoided surprising the market and agreed for the sixth consecutive month to keep the monetary policy interest rate […]
Ex-Argentina official commits suicide amid FIFA corruption case (VIDEO)
BUENOS AIRES – A former Argentine government official threw himself in front of a train and killed himself after being accused of taking bribes in testimony during a U.S. trial looking into corruption in world […]
Obesity, a key driver of diabetes
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Obesity is one of the main risk factors for diabetes. In the Americas, the percentage of adults who are obese is more than twice the world average, with more women affected than […]
Bachelet signs new Public Education Law
SANTIAGO – Chile now has a public education law that will transfer the administration of 6,500 schools and kindergartens to the government, based on the #NuevaEducaciónPública initiative of President Michelle Bachelet. In a ceremony held […]