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One of Brazil’s wealthiest men to invest on São Paulo Football Club
With a fortune valued at over US$15.4 billion, Brazilian economist and businessman Jorge Paulo Lemann may be moving into Brazilian soccer.
In 2019, Forbes magazine...
How is smuggling saving the corn deficit in Bolivia?
Bolivia prohibits transgenics in its laws, but the corn that the state grain company collects is transgenic according to tests carried out by the...
Brazil elections 2022: Bolsonaro’s party has more competitive candidates in the Senate
The Liberal Party (PL), the party of President Jair Bolsonaro, leads or is tied for first place in the polls for the Senate in...
Brazilian economy drops 0.8% in May, says FGV
The Brazilian economy shrank 0.8% in May against April, considering the seasonally adjusted series - a kind of compensation to compare different months of...
Brazil’s Bolsonaro and Ukraine’s Zelensky talk about grain exports
On Monday, July 18, Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelensky, said the export of grains was the subject of conversation with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro (Liberal...
Ecuador’s country risk doubled in 45 days
Ecuador's country risk indicator doubled in 45 days. It went from 796 on June 1 to 1,600 points at the close of Friday, July...
Peru votes to legalize betting and igaming
Peru's Congress has voted to legalize online gambling and sports betting in the country, establishing a new regulated framework for the sectors.
The approval came...
Brazil increases imports from BRICS partner Russia, ensuring food and energy security for its people
Brazil, the largest economy in Latin America, increased its imports from Russia, its BRICS partner. It continues to maintain a solid trade, like many...
Sri Lanka crisis is just a harbinger, other countries with high debt might follow – IMF
The IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva made these straightforward remarks at the G20 Finance Ministers, and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) held in Indonesia, which kicked...
US hospital workers mock resurgent Covid-19 scaremongering as ‘media hype’
In an eye-opening press conference Thursday (14), the chief medical officer of Los Angeles County, Brad Spellberg, along with epidemiologist Paul Holtom, threw a...
Chinese banks fear for US$646 billion, is the real estate bubble bursting?
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Mounting signs of stress this week in an industry that accounts for about a quarter of the world's second-largest...
Brazilian royal family descendant dies in São Paulo at 84
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Luiz de Orleans e Bragança died on July 15, in São Paulo, at 84 years old. He is a...
16 more Brazilian cities in state of emergency because of weather extremes
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Friday (15), the federal government recognized the emergency situation in 16 more cities affected by natural disasters. According to...
Ecuador’s mining exports rise 46% in one year
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - According to Ecuador's Central Bank, US$1.101 billion worth of mining products were exported between January and May 2022, a...