Brazil’s unemployment rate stands at 14.6%, reaching 14.8 million Brazilians – IBGE
The unemployment rate was 14.6% in the quarter ended in May (March, April, and May), virtually unchanged from the quarter...
July 30, 2021Topic
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Frost hits coffee plantations in Minas Gerais: up to 30% of areas affected
Flying over the Varginha coffee-growing area in southern Minas Gerais, brown spots can be seen on a large part of...
July 30, 2021
Chinese investors to begin crypto mining in Paraguay, pending favorable legislation
Paraguay is to receive large investments from installing 500,000 Bitcoin miners. At least eight Chinese economic groups have expressed their...
July 30, 2021
Neoenergía starts operations of wind power complex in northeastern Brazil
Neoenergía, the second-largest energy distributor in Brazil and controlled by the Spanish company Iberdrola, started on Thursday the commercial operation...
July 30, 2021
Brazil’s favelas will have mass vaccination against Covid-19 for the first time
Hope has taken hold of Maré. The largest complex of favelas in Rio de Janeiro had this Thursday the first...
July 30, 2021
France reaffirms its commitment to cooperate with Brazil’s northeastern states
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The French government on Thursday reiterated its commitment to cooperate with the 9 states of...
July 29, 2021
President Pedro Castillo appoints hard-liner as Peru’s prime minister
The congressman of Peru Libre Guido Bellido is the one chosen by Pedro Castillo to lead his government as prime...
July 29, 2021
Colombian town of Necocli, collapsed by migration crisis
The Colombian municipality of Necoclí, which is part of Antioquia (northwest), is collapsed by a recent unprecedented migratory crisis, with...
July 29, 2021
Government says Mexico’s economy is almost 100% of pre-pandemic level
Mexico's Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP) said Thursday that economic activity is at 99.6 % of the pre-pandemic...
July 29, 2021