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Tue, 16 Mar 2021 08:53:00 GMT
Argentina industrial output forecasted to increase 6% this year over 2020
Argentina's Ministry of Development and Production anticipated that the country's industrial output should grow more than 6% this year compared to 2020. Economist Matias Kulfas said he expected Argentina's economy as a whole to...

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 08:40:00 GMT
First US native from the Laguna Pueblo tribe to lead the Secretary of Interior
United States Representative Deb Haaland was confirmed on Monday as Secretary of the Interior, becoming the first Native American to lead a cabinet agency and securing a central role in President Joe Biden's sweeping plans to f...

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 08:40:00 GMT
Britain's Johnson to announce review of defense and foreign policy: more nukes and military presence worldwide
Britain is to announce an increase to its nuclear weapons stockpile as part of a wide-ranging review of security, defense, and foreign policy, two newspapers anticipated on Monday. The Guardian and The Sun said in their online ...

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 08:40:00 GMT
Bolsonaro appoints his fourth Health minister, a cardiologist
With Covid-19 infections and deaths seeing in Brazil, President Jair Bolsonaro confirmed on Monday that he will appoint cardiologist Marcelo Queiroga as the replacement to health minister Eduardo Pazuello. This would be the thi...

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 09:55:00 GMT
Arrest of former Bolivian interim president, escalates hostilities in the country
Bolivia's former interim President Jeanine Añez landed behind bars in La Paz after the new government arrested her on claims she participated in a 2019 coup to seize power. Supporters warned her arrest could lead to civil unre...

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 09:50:00 GMT
Mercosur 26th March summit to be held on line, because of sanitary situation in the region
The Mercosur face-to-face presidential summit scheduled for 26th March originally planned to take place in Argentina that currently holds the rotating chair of the block, will be held online because of the sanitary situation in...

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 09:29:00 GMT
Argentine president attacked and stoned while visiting areas devastated by Patagonia forest fires
Argentina is not an easy country to manage, particularly when institutions are weak and governments lack credibility. Such was the experience of president Alberto Fernandez during a visit to Patagonia to announce support for re...

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 09:24:00 GMT
A no deal of Argentina with IMF this year, not so bad after all according to Morgan Stanley
International Investment Bank Morgan Stanley has shifted its long-held view on Argentina sovereign credit to “like,” as risks were flexed upside after a lot of bad news had been priced into bonds, including, increasingly, a...

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 09:06:00 GMT
Brazil becomes second worst Covid-19 country; a time bomb for neighboring countries, WHO reports
Brazil has surpassed India to become the second worst-hit country from the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic. With 11,483,370 cases and 278,327 deaths, Brazil is now one spot behind the United States, which is the worst-a...

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 08:53:00 GMT
UK, Gibraltar/Spain international agreement of Taxation has entered into force
The UK has ratified the International Agreement on Taxation and the Protection of Financial Interests between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Kingdom of Spain regarding Gibraltar.



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