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Brazil’s infrastructure will receive US$49 billion in investments by 2022 – Minister
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - During a presentation on Wednesday, May 25, at the 22nd CEO Conference Brazil, an event promoted by BTG Pactual...
Brazil’s Federal Police fight illegal migration on French Guiana border
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Federal Police (PF), on May 26, launched Operation Catraia, in the municipality of Oiapoque, state of Amapá, on...
‘The U.S. will not donate vaccines to Brazil’ – Brazil’s Health Minister
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga commented on U.S. President Joe Biden's statement on the intention to donate vaccines against Covid-19...
Brazil expected to export up to 14.9 million tons of soy in May – ANEC
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazilian soybean exports should close May between 14 and 14.92 million tons, according to the weekly survey of the...
Brazil’s machinery and equipment sector’s turnover up 72% in April
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Brazilian machine and equipment industry's turnover increased 72.2% in April compared to the same month last year, totaling...
Study shows that 15% of Brazilians have Covid-19 antibodies
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A new epidemiological study on the spread of Covid-19 across Brazil has found that by the end of April...
Brazil’s Atlantic forest lost 13,000 hectares of vegetation between 2019 and 2020 – report
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Atlantic Forest, the most ravaged biome in Brazil, lost the equivalent of 18,000 soccer fields between 2019 and...
Brazil records 2,398 new Covid deaths and total reaches 454,429 (May 26)
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil on Wednesday reported 2,398 new deaths from Covid-19, bringing the total number of fatalities from the disease in...
Bogotá Mayor submits report to the UN, defends police actions during protests
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Mayor of Bogotá, Claudia Lopez, delivered today a report to the representative of the Office in Colombia of...
The Brazilian who invested millions in “vegetable” chicken in Singapore
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Serving a soy-based chicken at the table that offers the same flavor and versatility as chicken thigh seems quite...
Potential Cuban Covid-19 vaccine Soberana 02 ends last phase of clinical trials
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The third and last phase of the clinical trials of the Cuban vaccine candidate Soberana 02 against the coronavirus...
Colombian Ecopetrol warns of risk of fuel shortages due to refinery blockades
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Colombian state-owned oil company Ecopetrol warned on Wednesday, May 26, of the risk of fuel shortages due to...
El Salvador accumulates 2,229 Covid deaths (May 25)
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The number of people who died in El Salvador due to covid-19, from mid-March 2020 to May 25, 2021,...
Labor unions demand aid for the poor and halt to privatizations in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazilian labor unions protested this Wednesday against the privatizations promoted by the government of President Jair Bolsonaro and demanded...