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Thu, 04 Feb 2021 09:32:00 GMT
Brazil ends the Car Wash anti corruption unit, which sent top politicians and business leaders to jail
Brazil’s Car Wash anti-corruption unit has officially been disbanded putting an end for a team of prosecutors that sent dozens of Brazilian and regional political and business leaders to jail, including several former preside...

Wed, 03 Feb 2021 09:20:00 GMT
Brazil industrial production down 4,5% last year, auto and clothing worst hit
Brazil’s industrial output plunged by 4.5% last year as the coronavirus pandemic battered Latin America’s largest economy, particularly the auto and clothing industries, the national statistics institute reported on Tuesday...

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 09:40:00 GMT
Uruguayan president will share lunch with Bolsonaro in Brasilia on Wednesday
Uruguayan president Luis Lacalle Pou will be flying to Brasilia on Wednesday to share an informal lunch with his peer Jair Bolsonaro, his first overseas trip since taking office, but also a clear balancing act of the country's ...

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 09:16:00 GMT
Brazilian teamsters strike to protest fuel prices fizzles out
Brazil independent truckers strike got off on Monday to a weak start because of internal divisions on how to protest fuel prices. The government said traffic was flowing freely on all of the country's highways far from fears of...

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 09:11:00 GMT
Falklands Latam's links to Chile and Brazil suspended until June
The Falkland Islands Government can confirm that commercial air links with both Chile and Brazil will remain suspended for a further three months until 29 June 2021.

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 08:54:00 GMT
Petrobras strikes oil in the pre-salt Campos Basin offshore Rio de Janeiro
Brazil's oil and gas giant Petrobras announced a hydrocarbon discovery in the pre-salt Campos Basin offshore Rio de Janeiro state, some 200 kilometers from the coast and at a depth of 2,950 meters.

Sat, 30 Jan 2021 09:34:00 GMT
One for Bolsonaro: Brazil almost broke; primary deficit reaches 10% of GDP
Only a week ago, President Jair Bolsonaro said Brazil was “broke” and the latest Treasury numbers have come close to backing the statement. Last year the country reported a record primary budget deficit of 743.1 billion rea...

Thu, 28 Jan 2021 09:42:00 GMT
Brazil on the brink of financial default, points out the Financial Times
Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has been s skeptical of the coronavirus pandemic and the effectiveness of different vaccines to contain it, arguing that the economy, jobs and activity, were the priority above sanitary recomm...

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 20:39:00 GMT
Director of Sinovac's intermediary institute said it did not close a deal with Uruguay for vaccine
The Director of the Butantan Institute on Tuesday contradicted the words of Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou, assuring that there is not yet a closed agreement between the Uruguayan government and the Chinese laboratory Sin...

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 09:00:00 GMT
Maersk appoints commercial director for Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay
A.P.Moller-Maersk announced the arrival of Douglas Piagentini as its new commercial director for the East Coast of Latin America made up of Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay.



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