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Brazil currency slide not all justified by fundamentals – Central Bank president
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil’s real has suffered more than other emerging currencies as investors adjust to changing liquidity conditions globally, but some...
Brazil registers single-day record of 1,641 COVID-19 deaths (March 2nd)
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil on Tuesday, March 2nd, posted a single-day record for COVID-19 deaths with 1,641 people dying from the disease,...
Brazil Senate approves bill to speed up COVID-19 vaccine purchases
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil’s Senate approved legislation on Tuesday, March 2nd, that will accelerate vaccine purchases for the country’s slow COVID-19 inoculation...
Colombia, Peru may centralize purchase of gold to combat crime, environmental destruction
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The governments of Colombia and Peru are studying the possibility of centralizing gold purchases, in an effort to combat...
Outgoing Petrobras CEO calls bio jet fuel key for de-carbonizing
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The chief executive of Brazil’s state-run oil company Petrobras, Roberto Castello Branco, whose term in office will not be...
Thirteen die in collision of truck, crowded SUV near U.S.-Mexico border
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - At least 13 people were killed on Tuesday, March 2nd, when a tractor-trailer slammed into a Ford Expedition crammed...
Brazil’s oil production up 5.4% between December and January
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazilian oil production reached an average daily production of 2.87 million barrels in January this year, according to data...
Will Brazil see a 75 basis-point Selic hike in March?
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Bloomberg) Brazil traders have begun to bet the central bank may deliver the most aggressive interest rate hike since...
Chile resumes in-person classes after a year’s absence
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Chilean President Sebastian Piñera inaugurated the 2021 school year on Monday, after more than a year without in-person classes...
Brazil’s financial market maintains economic growth forecast at 3.29% in 2021
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazilian financial analysts maintained their 2021 economic growth forecast at 3.29 percent of expansion in gross domestic product (GDP),...
In Peru, forcible sterilization case against Fujimori goes to court
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is on trial for his role in a 1990s government program in which many...
Bolsonaro suspends tax on diesel to appease truckers, but raises tax on banks
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday, March 2nd, he would suspend a tax on diesel fuel, to try...
Ecuador links deadly prison riots to transnational crime groups
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Ecuadorean officials said on Monday, March 1st, prison riots that left 79 inmates dead last week were linked to...
Ecuador names new health minister after vaccine program criticism
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno on Monday, March 1st, named an experienced surgeon as the Andean country’s health minister, following...