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Santiago opens its doors to the public after month-long quarantine due to Covid-19
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - With a hangover from more than a month in total quarantine, Chileans in several capital neighborhoods returned to the...
European Parliament demands release of Jeanine Áñez in Bolivia
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Thursday, April 29th, the majority of the European Parliament condemned the detention of ex-interim president of Bolivia Jeanine...
Peru presidential election: Castillo’s health status puts first debate with Fujimori on hold
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The debate to which the Peruvian presidential candidates Pedro Castillo and Keiko Fujimori challenged each other, scheduled for May...
Internalization is hope for over 50,000 Venezuelans in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Selling all her things and leaving the country was the reaction of Venezuelan Keila Ruiz Yepez when she found...
Protests in Colombia against new taxes leave at least 2 deaths, 44 injuries and 26 arrests
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The protests in Colombia on Wednesday, April 28, which brought to the streets tens of thousands of people unhappy...
Lamborghini plant in Brazil? Not quite… understand the story
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The latin American division has pledged investments in the country, as it has also done with Argentina, Uruguay and...
Wealth tax returns twice as much revenue as expected in Bolivia
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Bolivian President Luis Arce announced on Tuesday, April 27, his country's tax bureau had collected twice as much as...
Brazil’s mining giant Vale S.A. is most valuable company in Latin America
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Vale S.A., Brazil's giant mining company, surpassed the US$100 billion mark in market value, expanding its position as the...
Political future of Chilean President increasingly uncertain
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Chile's Constitutional Court (TC) rejected on Tuesday a request by the government of Sebastián Piñera seeking to disapprove of...
Singapore’s GIC leads US$55 million funding round in Brazil fintech Warren
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC is leading a R$300 million (US$54.95 million) funding round in Brazilian financial startup Warren,...
Cargill’s profits in Brazil rise to US$385 million in 2020
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The net income of commodities trader Cargill Inc in Brazil reached R$2.1 billion (US$385.2 million) in 2020, the company...
Brazil’s Senate opens pandemic probe, adding to pressure on Bolsonaro
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A Senate inquiry into the Brazilian government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic kicked off on Tuesday, April 28, with...
Paraguay ‘took off’ from Brazil and contained economic damage from pandemic – Paraguayan Finance Minister
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Paraguay's economy shrank the least in Latin America in 2020; BBC News Brazil spoke with Paraguay's Finance Minister Oscar...
MERCOSUR gets into thorny trade debate
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - At a high-level MERCOSUR meeting on Monday, April 26, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay got fully involved in the...