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Brazil shines with 357 thousand new business startups in March, monthly record since 2010
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In Brazil, 357,294 new companies were opened in March. The figure is a record for the month since Serasa...
Argentina’s unconventional oil and gas production reached a record in May
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Shale oil and gas production reached a record level in Argentina in May, informed on Tuesday, June 21, the...
Paraguay’s central bank raises its benchmark rate to 7.75%
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Paraguay's Central Bank raised its benchmark rate to 7.75% as rising food and energy prices keep inflation in double...
Brazil: Airplane carrying soccer star Neymar made emergency landing
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Tuesday, June 21, the private plane carrying the Brazilian PSG striker Neymar and several family members had to...
Russian airstrikes on U.S. base – Is the situation in Syria escalating?
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Because the Russian military and Syrian government forces are now attacking bases of the US-led "international coalition" in the...
2 billion insects every year: World’s largest cricket farm for human consumption completed in Canada
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Aspire Food Group announced a couple of weeks ago that it had completed the construction of its alternative protein...
Brazilian government discusses ways to reign in defiant state-owned Petrobras
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Latin America's largest oil company, Petrobras, is majority-owned by the Brazilian state but regularly defies the explicit wishes of...
Brazil and Uruguay signed a zero-tariff agreement
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On June 20, Uruguay and Brazil signed, in Montevideo, a trade agreement to establish a zero tariff for products...
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru: Most sought-after destinations for winter vacations
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - For this winter break, according to data from Sky Airlines, it is expected that the warmer Brazilian destinations will...
Brazil has three theme parks in the world’s top 10 list -Tripadvisor
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil has three parks on the list of the ten best in the world.
Beto Carrero World, located in the...
Lithuania is playing a dangerous game with a possible Kaliningrad blockade
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Lithuania has imposed its own sanctions against Moscow and is blocking transit through its territory to the Russian exclave...
WHO chief said to privately believe Covid came from Wuhan lab -newspaper
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The controversial WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus now considers the laboratory theory, i.e., the artificial production of the coronavirus...
De-russification: Zelensky’s government orders the destruction of 100 million books
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - According to Ukrainian news agency Interfax, the Ukrainian Ministry of Culture and Information Policy Oleksandra Koval instructed the Ukrainian...
Ecuador: Protesters defy emergency state
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The national strike, called by the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE), continues this Sunday in a context...