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Venezuela: Guaidó, 37 parties Reject Congressional Election, Call for More International Pressure

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido on Monday, September 7th, announced a “unitary pact” supported by a coalition of parties calling...

September 8, 2020

Brazilian Congress Pardons R$1 Billion in Churches’ Debts

A bill passed by Congress may annul churches' tax debts accumulated after inspections and fines charged by the Federal Revenue.

September 8, 2020

Covid-19: Brazil Counts 126,900 Deaths and 4.14 Million Cases (September 7th)

There is a total of 4,147,794 cumulative cases of Covid-19 in Brazil. In the past 24 hours, another 10,273 people...

September 8, 2020

Republicanos Party Confirms Rio Mayor Crivella as Candidate for Re-election

The current mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Marcelo Crivella, was officially announced as a candidate for re-election by the Republicans...

September 8, 2020

S&P Global Upgrades Argentina’s Rating From SD to CCC+; Stable Outlook

S&P Global risk agency raised Argentina's rating from SD (selective default) to CCC+. The outlook is stable.

September 8, 2020

Magnitude 6.6 Earthquake Recorded at Sea, North of Ceará State

A magnitude 6.6 earthquake was recorded in the Atlantic Ocean, north of the state of Ceará, yesterday. The quake was...

September 8, 2020

Opinion: Bolsonaro, Trump and the Centrão – a Curmudgeonly Conspiracy Theory

(Opinion) In a recent column, we posited that the resurgent “Centrão” bloc in Brazil’s Congress has supplanted the “300 Picaretas”...

September 8, 2020

Survey Shows 79 Percent of Rio Residents Favor Governor Witzel’s Impeachment

The image of governor Wilson Witzel is definitively worn out among the population of the city of Rio.

September 7, 2020

Rio de Janeiro Covid-19 Deaths Trend Downward for Fourth Consecutive Day

Data released on Sunday, September 6th by the State Health Secretariat show that the state of Rio de Janeiro has...

September 7, 2020