Brazil’s Votorantim launches property arm as part of post-Covid rebound strategy
Votorantim SA, one of Brazil’s biggest diversified holding companies, is launching a real estate arm, its chief executive said in...
April 8, 2021Topic
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Chile’s lithium watchdog agency to cut red tape seen as crimping sector
Chile’s top lithium regulator is preparing to slash the red tape that investors have long said stymies output and new...
April 8, 2021
Ecuadorians will go to the polls Sunday amid apathy and distrust
residential candidates Andres Arauz and Guillermo Lasso, in their second to last day of campaigning for the runoff, will have...
April 7, 2021
Amazon deforestation rose 17% in ‘dire’ 2020, data shows
Deforestation in the Amazon, the world’s largest rainforest, rose by 17% last year, with wildfires, beef production and logging causing...
April 7, 2021
Jair Bolsonaro rules out imposing shutdown after new record of daily deaths in Brazil
Brazil's president, Jair Bolsonaro, ruled out Wednesday imposing a shutdown in the country after health authorities confirmed on Tuesday a...
April 7, 2021
CoronaVac first dose is effective against Manaus Covid-19 variant – preliminary study
Preliminary results of a research conducted by the Vebra Covid-19 group released on Wednesday, 7, pointed out that CoronaVac -...
April 7, 2021
South African virus variant is identified for the 1st time in Brazil – unpublished report
The discovery was made by a group of researchers gathered in a genomic surveillance network that monitors the dissemination of...
April 7, 2021
Peruvian court confirms ex-president Vizcarra, facing charges, can remain at liberty
Former Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra will remain at liberty while under investigation on charges that he received bribes when he...
April 7, 2021
Venezuela asks UN to facilitate communication with Colombia
Venezuela will ask the United Nations to establish communication with Colombia about a conflict on the countries’ southern borders where...
April 7, 2021