Italy's Ministry of Education banned gender-neutral symbols like the asterisk and schwa in schools on March 21, 2025. The ministry calls them ungrammatical and unclear, reversing a short trend pressed by progressive activists.Under Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who took office in 2022, Italy moves back to conventional standards after years of pressure

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Rodrigo Fiszman and Patricia Stille, former financial executives, launch Bee4 in 2021 to help small and medium enterprises access capital.

They spot a gap while working in Brazil’s financial sector: firms earning R$ 10 million ($1.8 million) to R$ 300 million ($53 million) yearly struggle to fund growth. Traditional IPOs on Brazil’s B3 exchange cos

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Guillermo Tolosa, Uruguay's new reserve bank president, announced on March 24, 2025, a push to lower inflation to 4.5%. Speaking at his inauguration, the 49-year-old economist described a plan to build on recent gains.Uruguay's inflation hit 5.49% in 2024, its lowest since 2005, but Tolosa called it still high. Uruguay tamed decades of price surge

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Peru's President Dina Boluarte selected Julio Díaz Zulueta as Interior Minister on March 24, 2025, charging the retired authorities basic with tackling an unrelenting rise in crime.The swearing-in, held at Lima's Government Palace, followed Congress's censure of Juan José Santiváñez on March 21, ousting him with 78 votes for stopping working to stem a tide of 2

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The Electoral Tribunal of Ecuador delivers a pivotal ruling on March 24, 2025, suspending Vice President Verónica Abad’s political rights for two years.

Three of five judges uphold the decision, fining her $14,100 and demanding a public apology to Foreign Minister Gabriela Sommerfeld. The tribunal cites gender-based political violence, sparking a

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Brazil's Vice President Geraldo Alckmin, dealing with a São Paulo workshop on March 24, 2025, calls for the Central Bank to leave out food and energy rates from its rate of interest formula.He argues that these volatile sectors distort the Selic rate, now at 14.25%, and impede economic stability. His plan echoes the U.S. Federal Reserve's focus on core i

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