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Brazilians seek right to travel to France for university studies

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazilian students and researchers launched a campaign this week urging the re-evaluation of the ban preventing them from traveling...

Analysis: How and why counterfeit products are so common in Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - With a high economic power concentration, São Paulo is the largest distribution center for counterfeit goods in Brazil. Every week,...

Red Cross warns of impending pandemic health collapse in Latin America

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The International Federation of Red Cross Societies (IFRC) warned Friday that the pandemic "is far from over in the...

Mourning Latin America’s highest proportional number of daily Covid-19 deaths to population

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Latin American and Caribbean region tops Thursday's dismal world ranking for the number of daily coronavirus deaths per...

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...

Brazil’s Covid-19 strain detected in 16 Latin American countries

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Scientists are still unsure if the virus strain is more aggressive, but it is indirectly leading to more deaths...

Four countries in the Americas have defaulted during the coronavirus pandemic

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Sovereign bond defaults have grown at a dizzying pace in Latin America since the beginning of the pandemic. First...

Brazil’s oil giant Petrobras plans to drill off the Amazon river mouth in 2022 

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Brazilian oil company Petrobras plans to start drilling oil wells next year in the controversial concessions it was...

Soy and copper surge boosts South America, but bonanza unlikely to repeat super boom of 2000s

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Finally some good news, something reasonably solid to hold on to. The pandemic took a particularly heavy toll on Latin...

India in talks with Guyana for long-term crude oil supply contract – minister

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - India, the world's third-largest crude oil consumer and importer, has approached Guyana's government about a possible long-term deal to...

Interpol operations in 13 Latin American countries seized 200,000 weapons, made 4,000 arrests and dismantled drug labs

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Interpol dealt a "major blow" to arms trafficking in Latin America in an operation that led to the seizure...

Covid-19 variant identified in Brazil spreads through South America

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Some 40% of the coronavirus cases detected recently in Lima, Peru, is associated with the variant. In Uruguay, the...

UN warns of possible default by Brazil and other developing countries

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - According to the UN, 42 economies that borrowed in capital markets have suffered sovereign downgrades since the beginning of...

Industry leaders in Mercosur call for strenghtening of the bloc and more trade agreements

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On the 30th anniversary of Mercosur, the Southern Common Market, leaders of Brazilian industry, and that of the other...

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