Ecuador reaches pre-agreement with Thailand’s PTT to renegotiate oil-for-loan deal
Ecuador has reached a preliminary agreement with a unit of Thailand’s state-run PTT PCL to extend to 2024 the payment...
March 12, 2021Topic
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Argentine soy, corn crop estimates cut due to dry conditions, exchange says
Argentina is expected to harvest 44 million tonnes of soy and 45 million tonnes of corn this season, below the...
March 12, 2021
Brazil’s alarmingly slow planting pace raises flags for second corn crop
Yield risks arise whenever Brazil’s heavily exported second corn crop is planted late, but this year the delays are the...
March 12, 2021
Brazil retail sales fall in January for third month in a row
Brazilian retail sales fell in January for a third consecutive month, official figures showed on Friday, largely in line with...
March 12, 2021
Reuters Exposé: In Brazil, organized crime siphons billions from gas stations
Travel across Brazil and you’ll spot signs almost everywhere for BR Distribuidora, the owner of South America’s largest gas station...
March 12, 2021
Uruguayan female diplomatic officials denounce harassment, verbal abuse and discrimination
Uruguayan female diplomatic officials denounced that they have been victims of "different situations of harassment, verbal abuse and discrimination for...
March 12, 2021
Brazil exported US$6.5 billion in agricultural products in February
Brazilian agribusiness exported US$6.47 billion in February this year, which represents a 2.8% increase compared to the same month last...
March 12, 2021
Presidential insults and innuendo spark controversy between Ecuador and Argentina
The president of Ecuador, Lenín Moreno, on Thursda, March 11th, described his Argentine counterpart, Alberto Fernández, as an "international mafioso"...
March 12, 2021
Government says Brazil’s agriculture feeds the world and can boost country’s image abroad
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Ministers of Environment, Ricardo Salles, and Agriculture, Tereza Cristina, met with several productive sector representatives...
March 12, 2021