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Wed, 31 Mar 2021 09:13:00 GMT
Brazil needs to appoint new brass after mass resignation
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Tuesday accepted the resignations of the current heads of the three armed forces – General Edson Pujol (Army), Admiral Ilqes Barbosa (Navy) and Brigadier Antonio Carlos Bermudes (Air Force) j...

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 09:22:00 GMT
Bolsonaro reshuffles Brazil's cabinet, apparently to take on Covid-19 from a different angle
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Monday ordered a sizeable reshuffle of his cabinet by accepting resignations from six top aides and appointing their successors. The most significant changes involved Foreign Affairs, Defense a...

Sun, 28 Mar 2021 08:53:00 GMT
Mercosur has no raison d’être if members go rogue according Argentine Foreign Ministry top official
In the aftermath of Friday's presidential clash between Alberto Fernández and Uruguay's Luis Lacalle Pou over the Mercosur's alleged lack of “flexibility,” Argentine Foreign Ministry's Cabinet Chief Guillermo Chaves said ...

Sat, 27 Mar 2021 10:23:00 GMT
Presidents of Uruguay, Argentina clash during Mercosur online summit
Argentine President Alberto Fernández told his Uruguayan counterpart Luis Lacalle Pou his country did not want to be “a burden on anyone” when the latter called for signs of “flexibilization” on the part of Mercosur t...

Sat, 27 Mar 2021 09:03:00 GMT
Butantan develops 100% Brazilian covid vaccine
The Butantan Institute in Sao Paulo has reportedly developed a vaccine of its own against covid-19 and is awaiting clearance from the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) to start clinical trials in humans.

Fri, 26 Mar 2021 10:48:00 GMT
Argentina halts all flights to/from Brazil, Chile and Mexico
Starting this coming Saturday, no passenger flights will be allowed into Argentina from covid-ridden Brazil, Chile and Mexico, in a move to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, particularly the Amazon or P1 strain as we...

Fri, 26 Mar 2021 10:03:00 GMT
Brazil: over 100,000 new Covid-19 infections detected in just one day
More than 100,000 Sars-CoV-2 infections in a 24-hour period were reported Thursday in Brazil for the first time since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic which has already killed over 300,000 people nationwide.

Fri, 26 Mar 2021 09:59:00 GMT
Brazil's Foreign Minister hangs on to his job as pressure for his departure mounts
Ernesto Araújo's days as Foreign Minister of Brazil seemed to be counted Thursday as he made what was perceived to be the last effort to stay on the job, while advisers to President Jair Bolsonaro already deem his departure in...

Thu, 25 Mar 2021 08:58:00 GMT
Bolsonaro appoints committee of experts as Covid-19 kills over 3,000 daily in Brazil
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Wednesday announced the creation of a committee of experts which is to convene weekly to guide the government's fight against the Covid-19 pandemic as it spreads rapidly causing over 3,000 deat...

Thu, 25 Mar 2021 07:14:00 GMT
Sergio Moro's ruling on Lula was biased, says Brazil's Supreme Court
In a 3-2 split ruling, Brazil's Supreme Court Tuesday determined that Judge Sergio Moro's sentencing of former President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva (2003-2011) on corruption charges in the Lava Jate case was biased.



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