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Uruguay’s first crypto ATM a success: over 1,000 transactions in just hours
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In addition to crypto exchange platforms, users can perform several transactions through an ATM. While there are still relatively...
Novartis’ Covid treatment shows positive trial results
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis announced today, January 10, positive results in Phase 2 trials of a new antiviral treatment against...
Brazil: Vale suspends part of its operations in Minas Gerais state due to heavy rains
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Monday, the mining company Vale said it has partially halted production in the Southeast and South Systems to...
Bolivia, Chile and Argentina enter lithium dispute
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - This comes at a time when political disputes are raging in Chile after the government announced a national and...
Wave of deadly piranha attacks in Paraguay: 4 dead and 20 injured so far this year
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Taking a refreshing dip can be deadly in some areas of Paraguay, where in the first days of 2022,...
Uruguay: Montevideo tourism loses cruisers and seeks to retain Brazilians
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Some 50 tourists from the United States and Canada disembarked from the Viking Cruise ship to give stores on...
Mexican cartels’ activities put Brazil on alert
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) list of ten most wanted criminals includes four heads of two of the...
Brazilians’ savings showed a negative balance in 2021 for the first time in five years
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazilians' savings, after reaching a record high in 2020 due to the uncertainties generated by the pandemic, registered its...
Colombian Ombudsman’s Office confirms 27 deaths, contradicts Attorney General’s Office’s version
RIO DE JANEIRO; BRAZIL - The Colombian Ombudsman's Office confirmed on Thursday the death of 27 people during the violent events in the departments...
This is how the Colombian, Chilean and Peruvian stock exchanges that seek to integrate are valued
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The idea of an integrated market seeks to gain strength with the approval of the assemblies of the stock...
Peruvian generators accelerate the transition to renewable energies in view of a possible shortage in 2026
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Eduardo Herrera, general manager of Compañía Eléctrica El Platanal S.A. (Celepsa), explains that in recent years there have not...
Bolivia champions direct lithium extraction; assures it will expedite its industrialization
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Deputy Minister of High Energy Technologies Álvaro Arnez said that with DLE it will be possible to "accelerate the...
Bolivia suspends vaccination certificate requirement until January 26
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The last minute announcement was made by Health Minister Jeyson Auza, after a meeting with the National Strategic Council...
Aid to producers and debt financing: Paraguay’s response to drought
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Paraguay's president Mario Abdo Benítez held a press conference to announce the measures, after a meeting held with his...