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Mon, 11 Oct 2021 08:55:00 GMTBolsonaro banned from Brazilian football stadium for not being vaxxed
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was not allowed to enter a football stadium to watch Gremio's match against Santos because he was not vaccinated against COVID-19.
Mon, 11 Oct 2021 08:52:00 GMTArgentine FM hold a successful meeting with Brazil's Economy Minister as part of his mission rebuilding Mercosur ties
Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero, Ambassador Daniel Scioli and Productive Development Minister Matías Kulfas Saturday met in Brasilia with Brazilian Economy Minister Paulo Guedes to deepen the new economic ties betw...
Sun, 10 Oct 2021 19:41:00 GMTUS will not release strategic reserve and Brent oil climbs to US$ 83 the barrel
By Julianne Geiger for Oilprice.com - The Unite States Department of Energy is walking back previous comments that it was considering a release of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and a ban on crude oil exports, Bloomberg’s Ja...
Sun, 10 Oct 2021 19:30:00 GMTWorld food prices rose 1,2% in September and 32,8% year to year, FAO
World food commodity prices rose in September, led by tightening supply conditions and robust demand for staples such as wheat and palm oil, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported. FAO's Food...
Sat, 09 Oct 2021 23:03:00 GMTNo more time restrictions for circulation of people imminent in Paraguay
Paraguayan authorities are considering lifting sanitary restrictions nationwide in view of the low level of contagion of COVID-19 recorded over the past few days.
Sat, 09 Oct 2021 22:26:00 GMTChile lodges criminal complaint against Mapuche Resistance Group
Following a video release in which a group of hooded and heavily armed individuals calling themselves the Mapuche Territory Resistance, who occupied by force the administration offices of a Chilean National Park, the government...
Sat, 09 Oct 2021 22:17:00 GMTUN recognizes that a clean, healthy, sustainable environment is a human right
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Friday called on States to take bold actions to give prompt and real effect to the right to a healthy environment, following a UN Human Rights Council’s landmark deci...
Sat, 09 Oct 2021 22:03:00 GMTBeef produceres agree with Argentine gov't to keep popular cuts at affordable prices
The administration of Argentine President Alberto Fernández Friday reached an agreement with meat producers to keep the retail price of "popular cuts" unchanged.
Sat, 09 Oct 2021 21:58:00 GMTChile eliminates five-day quarantine for travelers arriving to Punta Arenas by air
Given the favorable results that the Magallanes Region, extreme south of Chile is showing in its battle against the Covid 19 pandemic, Chilean authorities have decided to lessen the restrictions both for incoming domestic and i...
Sat, 09 Oct 2021 09:55:00 GMTAgreement reached between Argentina, Brazil to cut down common external tariffs by 10%
The Governments of Argentina and Brazil Friday agreed to cut down the common external tariffs (CET) by 10% “in a very wide universe of products” after months of tensions among members of Mercosur on the issue.