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Economy Minister: Market underestimates Brazil growth potential in 2022
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Guedes argues that despite the pandemic, Brazil has a strong fiscal base and projects already contracted that foresee R$700...
Exchange Crypto.com launches Visa cryptocurrency card in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com on Thursday, November 11, launched its debit card in Brazil that allows users to spend cryptocurrencies...
Brazil September household consumption down 1.13%
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - According to ABRAS Administrative and Institutional vice-president Marcio Milan, despite the drop in the month, the association maintains its...
Brazil: Salvador da Bahia airport to host direct flights to country’s southern capitals
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Run by VINCI Airports, the new routes are a testament to Salvador's attractiveness for airlines and for the consolidation...
Taiwan suspends Pfizer’s second dose Covid vaccine for adolescents over heart risks
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Taiwan health authorities have suspended the administration of second doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine for 12- to 17-year-olds,...
The Metaverse: New frontier of the Internet where former Facebook wants leading role
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The term metaverse has become a tech buzzword this year, with companies and investors keen to be a part...
Peru adds US$6 billion in projects managed by other countries
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Peru has accumulated close to 24 billion soles (about US$6 billion) in committed investment for infrastructure projects managed and...
Avianca will add three new air routes in Ecuador
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - According to the Ministry of Tourism, Ecuador will have three new air routes operated by the Colombian airline Avianca,...
Water crisis in Brazil: National agency foresees increase of 21% in electricity bills in 2022
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The National Electric Energy Agency (Aneel) foresees an average 21% increase in the energy bill price in 2022.
"Our estimates...
Amid escalating Mapuche conflict, Chile evaluates reopening its southern land border with Argentina
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Despite the new outbreak of Covid-19 and the tensions due to the Mapuche conflict that led to the militarization...
54% of Brazilian survey respondents say that Senate Covid CPI was useless
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A survey conducted by the Quaest research company and Genial Investimentos shows that, for 54% of Brazilians, the Covid...
Argentina and Russia agree to strengthen bilateral relations
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The President of Argentina, Alberto Fernández, and the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, held a telephone exchange on Thursday (11)....
Argentina government enters election campaign with currency and economic key data out of control
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Since the beginning of the year, almost everything that could have gone wrong for the government in the run-up...
Santa Cruz, Bolivia’s economic engine, leads the strike against government measures
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Bolivian region of Santa Cruz, the most populous and the productive engine of the country and bastion of...