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Brazil industrial output rises in January, but at slowest pace in nine months
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Industrial production in Brazil rose in January for a ninth straight month, figures showed on Friday, but it was...
Argentine YPF reports swing to profit in fourth-quarter, ending dire year on brighter note
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Argentine state-owned oil company YPF on Thursday, March 5th, reported a 2020 fourth quarter net profit that reversed a...
Latin America increasingly falling behind worldwide transition to clean energy
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - As oil majors and developed nations push for a faster transition to clean energy, much of Latin America is...
Sinovac vaccine may not trigger sufficient antibody response to Brazil variant: study
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Sinovac Biotech’s COVID-19 vaccine may not trigger sufficient antibody responses against a new variant identified in Brazil, a small-sample...
Brazil in talks for 63 million Moderna COVID-19 shots by January 2022: document
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil’s Health Ministry is in talks to receive 13 million doses of Moderna Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine in 2021, plus...
Brazilians withdraw US$1 billion from savings accounts in February
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazilian savings accounts shrank by R$5.83 billion (US$1.04 billion) in February, figures showed on Thursday, March 4th, the second...
Brazil Senate approves more pandemic aid for poor families
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil’s Senate passed on Thursday, March 4th, a constitutional amendment letting the government extend emergency pandemic aid to poor...
U.S. Senator wants to trace agricultural products associated with illegal deforestation
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Two days ago, Brian Schatz, democratic U.S. senator for Hawaii, revealed plans to introduce legislation that would put in...
Duke professor predicts 3,000 daily Covid-19 deaths in Brazil, invokes “genocide”
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Physician, neuroscientist and full professor at Duke University (USA), Miguel Nicolelis coordinated the Scientific Committee of the Northeast Consortium...
Rio de Janeiro announces curfew as Brazil battles COVID tsunami
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil’s second biggest city of Rio de Janeiro will be the latest to adopt new COVID-related restrictions on Friday,...
Make-up artist and trained Milicia sniper is prepared to die for Bolivarian Venezuela
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Dressed in camouflage, her face covered in mud, Ismaira Figueroa holds her position on a hill, rifle in hand,...
Brazil airline Azul narrows pandemic losses to US$57 million in Q4
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazilian airline Azul (Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras) on Thursday, March 4th, reported a net loss of R$317.4 million (US$56.56...
Lithium giant Albemarle slams Chile over “unjust” non-disclosure of impact study
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - North Carolina-based Albemarle Corp, the world's top lithium producer, has accused a Chilean regulator of "unjust" discrimination for refusing...
Ecuador’s largest city seeks direct purchase of COVID-19 vaccines
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Authorities in Ecuador’s largest city of Guayaquil said on Wednesday, March 3rd, that they will negotiate the direct purchase...