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Record deforestation in Brazil’s Legal Amazon in October – Inpe
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Around 876.5 square kilometers (km²) of the Legal Amazon were under deforestation alert in October, revealed data from the...
Uruguay displaces Argentina as second largest supplier of beef to China
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - According to Juan Manuel Garzón, Argentina's share of this market's demand fell from 23% to 11%; Uruguay increased its...
Covid-19: 75% of Brazilians feel safer with vaccination advance
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Most Brazilians (75%) feel "very safe" or "safe" with the advance of vaccination against Covid-19 in the country, reveals...
Brazil national soccer team declines in market value of players, is now world’s 4th most expensive soccer team
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil has just achieved early qualification for the World Cup-2022. But, in the international scenario of the Ball Market,...
Brazil: LATAM recovers, significantly increases its domestic flight offer
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In total, there are 541 LATAM domestic flights per day in Brazil. Overall, the increase will enable the company...
São Paulo Grand Prix: Brazil’s unstable weather could affect Mercedes-Red Bull dispute
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Max Verstappen secured a 19-point lead over Lewis Hamilton in the fight for the Formula 1 drivers' championship by...
Rio de Janeiro is the second most posted World Heritage Site on Instagram
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The city of Rio de Janeiro ranked as the second most popular destination among the 145 places listed as...
Dollar down to R$5.40, lowest level in 40 days, in expectation of Selic rise
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The commercial dollar closed Thursday, November 11, selling at R$5,404, down R$0,096 (-1.74%).
At the day's minimum, at around 2:15...
Armed Forces begin third phase of largest military training operation in Brazil in 2021
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Under the Ministry of Defense's coordination, approximately 5,000 military personnel, 1,000 vehicles, airplanes and helicopters from the Navy, Army,...
Ativistas nos EUA desenvolvem mensagens de texto “fora da rede” para comunidades autônomas
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRASIL - A Internet e as redes celulares são robustas e bem difundidas, mas não são confiáveis. Quando mais precisamos, o...
Brazil investigates 2 suspected human cases of mad cow disease
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Municipal Health Office of Rio de Janeiro received from the National Institute of Infectology Evandro Chagas, of Fiocruz,...
59% of Uruguayans approve administration of President Lacalle Pou
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - 59% of Uruguayans approve the administration of the country's president, the center-right Luis Lacalle Pou, according to the last...
Argentina’s financial condition deteriorated sharply in October
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Local financial conditions deteriorated sharply in October in a context of electoral uncertainty and the widening of the exchange...
Brazil approved transgenic wheat developed by Argentina’s Bioceres
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Brazilian government approved for sale the drought-tolerant transgenic wheat, HB4, developed by the Argentine company Bioceres. It is...