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Trucks crash in Brazil after leaving access loops on Belo Horizonte ring road
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - At least two accidents occurred on the Belo Horizonte ring road on Friday, June 18. In both cases, the...
Bolsonaro urges entrepreneurs to hold down food prices
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - President Jair Bolsonaro appealed to entrepreneurs to hold down the price of food. The request occurred during a meeting...
Brazilian Bar Association partially approves use of marketing by law firms and attorneys
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Federal Council of the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB), on Thursday, June 17, approved some limited use of marketing...
Shooting registered in woods as searches for Brazil’s Ceilândia slayer continue
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A task force with over 200 police officers has been on the hunt for the suspect for 9 days....
Covid-19 situation in Brazil critical and may worsen in winter – Fiocruz
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Covid-19 pandemic situation in Brazil remains critical and may worsen in the coming weeks with the onset of...
New political party affiliation is “quite advanced” – Bolsonaro
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday, June 17, said over his weekly live stream on social networks that negotiations to...
Brazil administers record 2.2 million Covid vaccine doses in a day (June 17)
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil administered a record 2,220,845 Covid-19 vaccine doses on Thursday, June 17, according to data gathered and released by...
Brazil’s Wiz to invest US$116 million in joint venture with BRB
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Wiz Soluções has signed a contract to offer over-the-counter insurance products at Banco de Brasília (BRB). The agreement had...
Argentina and Paraguay to launch local currency payments system
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Central Bank of Argentina announced on Thursday that it would start operating next week, together with Paraguay, a...
AliExpress announces international deliveries to Brazil in up to 7 days
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Online retailer AliExpress has reduced the time it takes to deliver to Brazil products purchased from different manufacturers and...
Brazil may miss deadline to buy 100 million Covishield vaccine doses
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Since April 28, Jair Bolsonaro's government has had on the table a proposal for the immediate delivery of 100...
New cases drop 11% in Chile and authorities speak of “stabilization”
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Chilean health authorities said on Thursday, June 17, that the number of Covid-19 infections has "stabilized" after reporting that...
Brazil surpasses 496,000 deaths, closing in on half a million victims (June 17)
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil registered 2,311 deaths from covid-19 in the last 24 hours and surpassed 496,000 deaths, while the number of...
Castillo’s economic guru: “There will be no nationalizations, expropriations, or price controls” in Peru
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Pedro Castillo has caused uneasiness among Peru's economic elite. The populist leftist candidate, who won the most votes in...