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Global commercial insurance prices increased 9% and in second quarter2022 (versus an 11% increase in Q1 2022), according to the Global Insurance Market Index, continuing a trend of moderating rate increases that began in first quarter 2021.

Huawei is launching the Latin America and Caribbean edition of its global flagship event, the Huawei Developer Contest. The company announced that the winning team of the 2022 version could get up to USD$15,000 in this competition.

According to this month's report from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the faltering recovery of 2021 has been followed by an increasingly dismal evolution in 2022, due to the risks that began to materialize, such as inflation, rising rates, the war in Ukraine, COVID 19, among others.

The IDB Group, through its private sector arm, IDB Invest, and its innovation lab, IDB Lab, has joined forces with the Government of Israel to empower climate-smart agribusiness in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).

During the LATAM ICT 2022 Congress, Fang Xiang, vice president of Huawei's 5G product line, delivered a keynote address titled "Innovation for the golden decade of 5G in LATAM." "Simplified and green 5G networks that deliver a cross-generational experience are critical to the commercial success of 5G.

For the 19th consecutive year, Citi has been recognized with the Best Sub-Custodian Bank 2022 Award in Latin America by Global Finance Magazine. In addition, Citi was also recognized as the Best Sub-Custodian Bank in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Panama, Peru and Chile (Banco de Chile*).

Millicom, a leading provider of fixed, mobile and digital services in Latin America through its Tigo brand, announced the launch of a web application for its Maestr@s Conectad@s program across the region, which offers online learning modules on digital literacy to school teachers.

Unicorn Hunters, the innovative business series that connects entrepreneurs in search of expansion capital with millions of potential investors around the world, announced that it is now available on Claro Video, the leading platform in Latin America with presence in 15 countries and whose users will be able to enjoy the first 12 episodes of the series in their original language with spanish subtitles.

Citi's CEO in Latin America, Ernesto Torres Cantú, in his participation in the CEO Summit of the Americas, organized by the State Department in conjunction with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, highlighted the key points for Latin America's progress.

This year's International Menstrual Hygiene Day has as its main agenda - defined by WASH United, the organization that establishes and coordinates the date globally - to make menstruation a normal fact of life, to promote a conversation about a topic that still generates discrimination and exclusion of girls and women.