The majority of new recruitments are still temporary, while specialists and unions maintain that the challenge lies not just in creating positions, but in guaranteeing stability, sufficient income, and employment protection. The generation of quality employment continues to be one of the main challenges today for the Panamanian Government, […]
Latin America
New allegations of democratic breakdown in Ecuador
Lack of electoral guarantees, suspension of political organisations, lawsuits against opposition leaders and complaints of violation of rights constitute a scenario of institutional deterioration. This is maintained by the president of the Citizen Revolution (RC) movement. Her name is Gabriela Rivadeneira and she has affirmed that the South American […]
Peru: The environmental price of the green transition (I)
A British mining company is contaminating the drinking water of over 100,000 people in the south of Peru. The Prisma documents how the extraction of metals needed by developed countries to achieve fossil-free energy leads to environmental degradation in the southern hemisphere and questions the sustainability of UN Development Goals for 2030.
Employment challenges for immigrants in Uruguay
This Latin American country needs foreign labour but thousands of workers are facing low salaries, a lack of job security, difficulties in having their qualifications recognised and barriers to obtaining employment appropriate to their training. Orlando Oramas Uruguay practises an open door policy to immigration in the context […]
Bolivia: Growing pressure due to drug trafficking cases
Delays to investigations into shipments of wood with cocaine seized in Chile and other recent cases are feeding uncertainty in the forestry sector and reviving question marks over the Bolivian government’s institutional response to drug trafficking. Business is demanding that the investigations are accelerated. Jorge Petinaud Members […]
















