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Chile at risk of losing another high season due to bureaucracy – HOSTELTUR
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Chile's tourism industry could lose US$1.2 billion (US$ 10 million per day) and thousands of jobs "if the sector's...
Major companies announce 4 commitments to Chile, call on Constituent Assembly to act responsibly
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - During the National Meeting of Business 2021 (Enade), the president of the Production and Commerce Confederation (CPC), Juan Sutil,...
Unprecedented in the world, 3D crypto-art exhibition opens in Brazil’s Florianópolis
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - With investments of R$12.5 (US$2.3) million, the exhibition has works of great names of the world's digital art that...
Activists in the U.S. develop ‘off-grid’ text messaging for autonomous communities
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Internet and cellular networks are robust and widespread, but they cannot be relied upon. When we need it most,...
Pandemic changed coffee consumption, industry experts say; Brazil’s coffee market is world’s largest
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The gloomy forecast is from James T. McLaughlin Jr, president of Intelligentsia Coffee, an American company focused on innovation...
Brazil: Small business confidence remained stable in October
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Confidence Index for Micro and Small Companies (IC-MPE), which aggregates the indexes of the 3 main economic sectors...
Tourism rebounds in Brazil and should generate 81,700 jobs in the high season
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The sector is expected to hire 478,100 formal workers between November 2021 and February 2022. Of this total, 81,700...
IBGE: Number of cities in Brazil affected by fires up 43% between 2017 and 2020
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Among other indicators, the survey presents the impact of environmental devastation in the country.
In the main data on this...
Brazil Rio de Janeiro may maintain mandatory mask use in enclosed spaces
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Rio de Janeiro City Hall expects to reach 75% of the population vaccinated by next Saturday. This is...
Loan interest uses up almost 12% of household income in Brazil – FecomercioSP
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Total interest paid was R$233.5 (US$43) billion in the period. In comparative terms, the amount is equivalent to 73%...
A Rússia planeja lançar seu protótipo de rublo digital emitido pelo Banco Central em janeiro de 2022
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRASIL - Autoridades da Federação Russa planejam começar a testar um protótipo de rublo digital emitido pelo Banco Central em janeiro...
Covid-19: Australia’s Queensland state can seize savings, homes and driver’s licenses from people with unpaid Covid fines
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Australians have amassed so many fines for violations of Covid 19 mandates, described as authoritarian in this country by...
BioNTech shares plummet after report of alleged irregularities in COVID vaccine trials
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Shares in German biotech BioNTech, which co-developed the Covid-19 vaccine with U.S.-based Pfizer, plunged nearly 20% since Friday following...
More than 12,000 visitors from 50 countries entered Uruguay in first 5 days of open borders
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Uruguay received a total of 12,081 foreigners in the five days following the opening of borders. Among the people...