Stories for August 2020

Thursday, August 13th 2020 - 06:52 UTC
Ecuador expects shrimp exports to China to resume soon after Covid-19 dispute

Ecuador expects a quick resolution to a trade dispute with China over traces of coronavirus in a container of exported shrimp that led Beijing to suspend imports from three companies, Ecuador’s production and trade minister said on Tuesday.
Thursday, August 13th 2020 - 06:44 UTC
Record debt in Brazil, but only 3% is in foreign currency and government trusts rock bottom rates global

Brazil is amassing a record debt that has evoked memories of crises past in South America's largest economy, but some economists say rock-bottom interest rates and low foreign debt mean the government can continue to spend its way out of recession.
Thursday, August 13th 2020 - 06:42 UTC
Sao Paulo governor tested positive for the coronavirus

The governor of Sao Paulo, the state with the highest COVID-19 death toll in hard-hit Brazil, said on Wednesday he had tested positive for the new coronavirus and would continue working from quarantine.
Thursday, August 13th 2020 - 06:24 UTC
Ambassador Kent praises UK/Argentine cooperation in combating Covid-19

This is a clear example of the kind of cooperation needed to battle the Covid-19 pandemic globally, UK Ambassador Mark Kent said following the Wednesday announcement of the agreement for the production in Argentina of the vaccine currently being developed by the AstraZeneca lab and the University of Oxford.
Thursday, August 13th 2020 - 06:24 UTC
Britain lowers pandemic death toll with a new counting method

Britain's official death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic was lowered by over 5,000 on Wednesday as the government adopted a new way of counting fatalities after concerns were raised that the old method overstated them.
Wednesday, August 12th 2020 - 09:59 UTC
Investors are now focused on the IMF and Argentina’s fiscal policy, “which has been hard to come by”

After reaching a US$ 65 billion restructuring agreement in principle with its creditors earlier this month, Argentina must now turn to relief from the International Monetary Fund to free up cash in the near term, the Institute of International Finance, IIF said on Tuesday.
Wednesday, August 12th 2020 - 09:58 UTC
Brazilian Parana state abattoirs facing repeated outbreaks of Covid-19

A single BRF SA unit accounted for about 29% of COVID-19 cases at slaughterhouses in Brazil’s Parana state, according to the most recent data available, underscoring the challenges for stemming outbreaks at meat plants.
Wednesday, August 12th 2020 - 09:58 UTC
Bolsonaro denies fires in the Amazon rainforest and calls reports a “lie”

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday angrily denied the existence of fires in the Amazon rainforest, calling it a “lie”, despite data produced by his own government showing that thousands of fires are surging across the region.
Wednesday, August 12th 2020 - 09:55 UTC
“Delighted to be the new ambassador to Uruguay, one of UK's oldest friends”

Mrs. Faye O'Connor who has been appointed as ambassador before the Uruguayan government is in Montevideo and will soon start in office, as the successor of the previous ambassador, Ian Duddy, who has been reappointed to Chile.
Wednesday, August 12th 2020 - 09:54 UTC
Senator Kamala Harris completes the Democrat ticked with Biden and could be decisive for black voters

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden picked Kamala Harris as his running mate on Tuesday, a landmark pick that puts the senator in contention to become United States' first female and first black vice-president.