Opinion: Brazil´s Angra 3 nuclear power plant – a web of bribes awakens from the dead
In 2019 the Brazilian government decided to resume work at Angra 3, a nuclear reactor where construction has been essentially...
February 16, 2021Topic
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Massive consolidation wave looms in Brazil’s private healthcare system
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil’s public health system has been pushed to the breaking point by one of the...
February 16, 2021
Bolivia´s largest solar plant goes online
The 100MW Oruro solar plant in the Bolivian Andes is ready to enter commercial operation with the inauguration of the...
February 16, 2021
Biggest GDP drop for Peru in decades due to lockdown
Peru's economy shrank in 2020 by its biggest margin in three decades on the back of a months-long lockdown to...
February 16, 2021
Brazilian meat giant and Saudi investment firm enter into partnership to expand jointly into Australia
The Saudi Agricultural and Livestock Investment Co. (SALIC), a joint stock company owned by the Public Investment Fund, has entered...
February 15, 2021
Despite Brazil government’s criticisms, China´s hunger for Brazil’s products hit a record
In a year, sales to China rose from US$63.4 billion to US$67.8 billion (up 7% in nominal terms), according to...
February 15, 2021
Portugal’s tourism sector slumps back to 1980s levels amid pandemic
NewPortugal’s once-booming tourism sector suffered its worst results since the mid-1980s last year as the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdowns...
February 15, 2021
France’s largest bank to stop financing firms farming deforested land in the Amazon
France’s largest bank BNP Paribas pledged on Monday, February 15th, to stop financing firms producing or buying either beef or...
February 15, 2021
Governments and industry seek solution for Troller, Brazil´s iconic off-road vehicle
Efforts are being made to save the Brazilian brand producing the Troller T4, a four-wheel drive vehicle with a fleet...
February 15, 2021