Brazil’s chemicals trade sets new record deficit of US$18.6 billion in first semester 2021
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The strong increase in chemical imports, in both dollar value and volume, in the first...
July 19, 2021Topic
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A scandal cost Brazil billionaire banker Andre Esteves his job as CEO, but not control
Twenty-three days in a Rio de Janeiro jail and getting stripped of his chief executive role were enough to make...
July 19, 2021
Brazilian unicorn QuintoAndar starts registration of properties in North region
Although QuintoAndar, one of Brazil's largest real estate platforms, began operations in the North region earlier this month, the company...
July 19, 2021
Real estate funds in Brazil collect US$5.4 billion in first half of 2021
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Despite facing headwinds that range from the cycle of high-interest rates to the proposed tax...
July 19, 2021
Indigenous back new armed civilian self-defense group in Mexican state of Chiapas
Thousands of indigenous Tzotzil and Tzeltal people from Pantelho gathered this Sunday to show their support for the new group...
July 19, 2021
Moderates win: Sichel and Boric are presidential candidates for Chile’s November elections
The former independent minister Sebastián Sichel and the deputy and former student leader Gabriel Boric became this Sunday, the presidential...
July 18, 2021
Trade barriers from South Africa, Nigeria and Taiwan worry Brazil
Brazil presented "trade concerns" at the World Trade Organization (WTO) with barriers to entry of Brazilian meat and other Brazilian...
July 18, 2021
Joint venture between Gerdau and Shell Brazil brings solar energy to Minas Gerais state
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - As far as Gerdau and Shell Brazil are concerned, Minas Gerais will have a solar...
July 18, 2021
Chile’s right- and left-wing blocs hold primary elections for presidential election today
Chileans will go to the polls tomorrow, Sunday, for the fifth time this year, this time to elect the presidential...
July 17, 2021