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Trafficking wild animals to China endangers Latin America’s endemic species
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - China has become the largest importer and main market for endangered species, said Rodrigo Medellín Legorreta, researcher at the...
Unemployment and hunger have forced more Mexicans into sex work
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The coronavirus pandemic has forced thousands of women and youg men in Mexico City into sex work, including many...
Canadian gay couple kissing on Mexico´s Tulum beach arrested by homophobic cops
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Heavily armed policemen detained a Canadian gay couple for kissing. They were put in a patrol car and the...
Portugal keeps flights from and to Brazil and UK suspended
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Portugal has maintained travel restrictions to and from Brazil and the United Kingdom, the government has announced, according to...
Paraguay records second consecutive week high in daily Covid-19 cases
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Paraguay this Friday, February 26th, registered a new record of daily infections of Covid-19, with a total of 1,414...
Chilean court admits corruption charges filed against President Piñera
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A court in Santiago admitted an accusation of corruption against President Sebastian Piñera and other former high-ranking officials of...
Risk perception looms large in Brazil as IBOVESPA sinks 4% in February
RIO DE JANEIRO BRAZIL - Obstacles to share price increases were many and the last one was rumors of Banco do Brasil's CEO resignation....
Spain to help Colombia taking care of legalized Venezuelan migrants
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Arancha González, signed on Friday, February 27th, together with her Colombian counterpart Claudia...
Economic climate improves in Brazil in first quarter, says FGV
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil's Economic Climate Indicator climbed 5.1 points from the last quarter of 2020 to the first quarter this year...
Bloomberg ranks Latin American nations last on “best countries to be in the pandemic” list
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Bloomberg has ranked the best and worst countries to be in this "coronavirus era". One year after the start...
Singapore to help Chile become one of world’s leading hydrogen-producing economies
RIO DE JANEIRO BRAZIL - Chile’s Energy Minister Juan Carlos Jobet and Singapore’s Trade and Industry Minister Dr. Tan See Leng inked a Memorandum...
Emergency aid: Fitch sees room for Brazil to implement modest-sized benefit
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil has room to implement a modest-sized new emergency aid, Fitch Ratings' co-head of sovereigns for the Americas, Shelly...
Unprecedented: Argentina experience a ‘mosquito hurricane’
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Mosquito hurricane does not exist as a phenomenon. What happened was a big hurricane. Only a cloud of mosquitoes...
Paraguay registers unprecedented increase in coronavirus infections
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Paraguay currently registers a never before seen peak of community infections of Covid-19, when observing a higher average of...