Costa Rica’s Prosecutor General retires from office after attacks on her administration
The Attorney General of Costa Rica, Emilia Navas, informed this Friday that she is leaving her position to take her...
June 25, 2021Topic
Latin America
Brazil’s Petrobras recovered more than US$1.2 billion diverted by corruption
Brazil's state-owned oil company Petrobras has already recovered more than R$6 billion (US$1.224 billion) of the total amount of resources...
June 25, 2021
Batch of 3 million doses of Janssen vaccine donated by the U.S. arrives in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Three million doses of Covid Janssen vaccine, donated by the U.S. government, landed at Viracopos...
June 25, 2021
Brazil’s second phase tax reform bill proposes tax cuts for individuals, taxes on dividends
Brazil's second phase tax reform bill proposes tax cuts for individual. Brazil tax reform Senate coverage and expert analysis from...
June 25, 2021
Transgender job quota law seen ‘changing lives’ in Argentina
A law reserving 1% of Argentina’s public sector jobs for transgender people will transform everyday life for the country’s trans...
June 25, 2021
Unemployment drops to 10.2% in Argentina’s first quarter
The rate fell partly because of the Argentinian government's stimulus and employment protection measures to mitigate the effects of the...
June 24, 2021
U.S. company begins installation of bitcoin ATMs in El Salvador
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The U.S. company Athena Bitcoin began installing ATMs in El Salvador on Thursday, which can...
June 24, 2021
Brazilian man remained with coronavirus in his organism for 218 days
Last November, the case of a 45-year-old man attracted the attention of the scientific community. This patient, who was treated...
June 24, 2021
Brazilian banks invested US$5billion in technology in 2020 – Febraban survey
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Febraban Bank Technology Survey, released Thursday morning, shows that banks in Brazil invested R$25.7...
June 24, 2021