MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for February 26th 2021
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Friday, February 26th 2021 - 09:40 UTC
Brazil's share of Electrobras will fall to 45% from 61% under the privatization deal
Brazil’s government will cut its stake in power company Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA , or Eletrobras, to 45% from its current 61% in a planned privatization process, a senior official in the Energy Ministry announced on Wednesday.
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Friday, February 26th 2021 - 09:30 UTC
President Xi announces end of poverty in China, on Communist Party's 100th anniversary
China's President Xi Jinping officially declared Thursday that the country has completed its “arduous task” of eradicating extreme poverty, saying 98.99 million people have been lifted out of poverty over the past eight years.
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Friday, February 26th 2021 - 09:17 UTC
Final approval for Delta-Latam “trans-American Joint Venture Agreement”
The final approval for the Delta-LATAM joint venture has been given this week by Brazil. The agreement, which has also been given the nod from Uruguay, still needs approval in some other jurisdictions. The news was released by Simple Flying, an air industry specialized news agency.
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Friday, February 26th 2021 - 09:17 UTC
Brazil's death toll in twelve months of coronavirus, 250,000
One year ago on Thursday, Brazil confirmed its first case of coronavirus. The same day it recorded a quarter of a million deaths from the disease the virus causes and more than 10 million cases since the beginning of the pandemic.
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Friday, February 26th 2021 - 09:10 UTC
Peruvian justice makes exception and authorizes euthanasia to psychologist
Peru authorized for the first time to respect the decision of a psychologist to end her life when she deems it convenient and ordered the medical authorities to elaborate a protocol for the fulfillment of her wish.
