REMITTANCES

Mexican president demands suspension of US blockade against Cuba

Published on: May 13, 2024
13:22

Mexico, May 13 (Prensa Latina) Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Monday reiterated his call to the United States to suspend the economic, commercial and financial blockade against Cuba, and celebrated a recent decision on remittances to the Caribbean island.

International migration increased remittances contribution

Published on: May 7, 2024
12:57

Geneva, May 7 (Prensa Latina) International remittances increased from 128 billion in 2000 to 831 billion in 2022, which denotes the role of migration as a driving agent of economic growth, the United Nations confirmed today.

About 19 percent of Dominicans live abroad

Published on: December 26, 2023
00:30

Santo Domingo, Dec 26 (Prensa Latina) About 19 percent of Dominicans live abroad, mainly in the United States and Europe, while the immigrant population in the country accounts four percent of the total, it was reported on Monday.

Not even remittances can save El Salvador from poverty

Published on: July 21, 2023
00:45

San Salvador, Jul 21 (Prensa Latina) At least two of ten Salvadoran families who receive remittances from the United States and other countries are in a state of poverty, El Salvador's Multipurpose Household Survey (EHPM) reported.

Attempted theft of valuables aborted at Santiago’s airport

Published on: March 8, 2023
11:26

Santiago de Chile, Mar 8 (Prensa Latina) Agents of the General Direction of Civil Aeronautics (DGAC) prevented today the assault on a securities truck in the international airport Arturo Merino Benítez, of this capital, which left a balance of two dead.

Western Union resumes remittances to Cuba with pilot program

Published on: January 11, 2023
15:00

Washington, Jan 11 (Prensa Latina) After a two-year halt, Western Union (WU) has quietly resumed family remittance to Cuba through a pilot program with the hope of expanding its operations in the future, the company says, a much-anticipated step that provides Cuban-American families with a more reliable way to aid their families in Cuba.

Remittances are main support for Lebanon’s families

Published on: June 30, 2022
13:11

Beirut, Jun 30 (Prensa Latina) Remittances from the Lebanese diaspora amounted to 6.6 billion dollars and they are currently one of the main supports for the families, WorldRemit spread on Thursday.

BCC denies contract with RevoluGROUP on sending family remittances

Published on: March 4, 2022
19:18

Havana, Mar 4 (Prensa Latina) Cuba´s Central Bank (BCC, in Spanish) on Friday announced that no domestic financial institution has contract or formal relation with the Canadian RevoluGROUP Company, which included Cuba as recipient for sending family remittances.

India received 87 billion dollars in remittances in 2021

Published on: November 19, 2021
01:00

New Delhi, Nov 19 (Prensa Latina) India received 87 billion dollars in remittances in 2021, thus becoming the largest recipient of these funds worldwide, it was reported in this capital.

Remittance flows register robust 7.3% growth in 2021

Published on: November 18, 2021
18:05

Washington, Nov 18 (Prensa Latina) Remittances to low- and middle-income countries are projected to have grown a strong 7.3% to reach billion in 2021, the World Bank (WB) reported Thursday.

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