‘At the limit’: Chile’s world-leading copper industry rejects lawmaker bid to hike taxes
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Chile’s sprawling copper industry has hit its limit in terms of tax burden, a senior...
March 17, 2021Topic
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Brazilians are world’s 2nd-most rejected tourists; see which countries apply restrictions
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil has become the top global center of new Covid-19 deaths, and Brazilians rank 2nd...
March 17, 2021
Pandemic accelerates in half of the Americas – PAHO director
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - New coronavirus cases are picking up again in half of the countries in the Americas,...
March 17, 2021
New health minister says Brazil will begin the country’s largest immunization program against Covid-19
The nominee for the Health portfolio, physician Marcelo Queiroga, said earlier that Brazil "will begin the largest immunization program against...
March 17, 2021
Peru presidential election front-runner vows to spread mining wealth, cut natural gas prices
Peru’s populist presidential front-runner Yonhy Lescano plans to renegotiate a fairer distribution of mining wealth if elected to lead the...
March 17, 2021
Brazil faces the greatest health and hospital collapse in its history – Fiocruz report
Brazil's Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), considered one of the world's main public health research institutions, on Tuesday released a study...
March 17, 2021
Argentina Minister Guzmán signals faster than expected economic recovery in 2021
Argentina’s gross domestic product will grow at least 7% this year, Economy Minister Martin Guzman said on Tuesday, March 16th,...
March 17, 2021
Brazil economy ministry raises 2021 inflation forecast to 4.4%
Brazil’s economy ministry raised its inflation outlook for this year to 4.4% on Wednesday, March 17th, the same day the...
March 17, 2021
President Bolsonaro faces rising disapproval rating over COVID-19 – Datafolha poll
Brazilians’ disapproval of President Jair Bolsonaro’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic has hit a record high, according to a new...
March 17, 2021