Latin America is becoming a battleground of government spending extremes, drawing calls from smaller nations to tighten the belt before the consequences spill across borders.

From its headwaters in Brazil, the Paraguay River flows hundreds of miles south to where it joins the Parana River to form a single 2,100-mile waterway that carries much of the agricultural and mineral wealth of South America to the Atlantic.

Authorities in Paraguay have arrested 26 individuals, and they have identified two criminal networks and 12 companies suspected of illegal deforestation and the trafficking of native tree species from the South American country.

The Paraguay-Paraná waterway was designed as a major artery for commercial goods It’s now a primary route for trafficking record amounts of cocaine to Europe.

The payment institution license allows Paysafe, which also recently joined the Brazilian Association of Fintechs (ABFintechs), to expand its presence in Latin America’s regulated iGaming space.

VILLA GOBERNADOR GALVEZ, Argentina (AP) — From its headwaters in Brazil, the Paraguay River flows hundreds of miles (kilometers) south to where it joins the Parana River to form a single 2,100 ...

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Starting Jan. 8, travelers who do not need a visa to enter post-Brexit UK for leisure will still be required to get an Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) from the Foreign Office's website. This new permit allows foreign visitors to stay up to six months in the country as nonresidents (not allowed to work or study) and costs 10 pounds sterling.

THE January transfer window is now well underway – and some huge moves appear to be in the pipeline. Manchester United would reportedly consider selling homegrown players, such as Kobbie

THE January transfer window is now well underway – and some huge moves appear to be in the pipeline. West Ham are reportedly eyeing up a shock move for Manchester United outcast Marcus

Paysafe has secured a payment institution (PI) licence by the Central Bank of Brazil (BCB), expanding into the Brazilian iGaming market.