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Brazil may have its first transgenic wheat crop
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Thursday, June 10, could be a landmark for Brazil: the vote to decide approval for the first transgenic wheat...
Copa America overcomes judicial hurdles and starts on Sunday in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Copa America will finally start this Sunday in Brazil, after the Federal Supreme Court (STF) rejected on Thursday...
Bolsonaro reiterates printed ballot proposal and attacks Electoral Court president
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - President Jair Bolsonaro again advocated the approval of an Amendment to the Constitution that guarantees the printing of proof...
Over 90% Covid ICU occupancy in 10 Brazilian state capitals
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The pressure on demand for beds for patients with Covid-19 led the number of capitals in a critical situation...
Brazil’s Q1 registers highest number of mergers and acquisitions in 20 years – KPMG
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In the first quarter 2021, 375 mergers and acquisitions were registered, the majority of which - 244 - among Brazilian...
Brazil again surpasses India in daily Covid deaths
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The last time Brazil was the country registering the highest number of deaths in 24 hours was a month...
Castillo leads the Peruvian elections with 100 % of the precincts processed
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - With 100 % of the precincts processed and 99.295 % counted, Pedro Castillo, is the candidate with the most...
EMBRAER stock soars 15% after confirming Eve merger talks with Zanite
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - EMBRAER (EMBR3) shares soared 15% to R$19.94 on Thursday, June 10, the highest rise on the Ibovespa exchange, after...
Wife of Mexican “El Chapo” pleads guilty in the U.S.to drug trafficking-related charges
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Emma Coronel, the wife of Mexican drug trafficker Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, pleaded guilty on Thursday, June 10, to...
Vale denies risk of imminent collapse of Brazil’s Xingu tailings dam, in Mariana (MG)
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Vale (VALE3) denied that the risk is imminent of a collapse of the Xingu dam, part of the Alegria...
Brazilian documentary “Amazonia 4.0” wins prize at New York Film Festival
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In the month in which we celebrate World Environment Day (June 5), "Amazônia 4.0" is highlighted in another international...
Moderna requests emergency authorization from the U.S. to vaccinate adolescents
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - U.S. laboratory Moderna announced Thursday, June 10, that it has applied to US regulators for emergency use authorization of...
Prosecutor requests preventive detention for Peruvian candidate Keiko Fujimori
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Public Prosecutor José Domingo Pérez, a member of the Lava Jato special team, requested this Thursday to revoke the...
Brazil’s Bolsonaro mocks Fernández and Maduro: “there is no vaccine for them”
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Thursday, June 10, the Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, scornfully commented on a statement made by the Argentine president,...