Stories for February 2021

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Thursday, February 25th 2021 - 10:37 UTC
Bolsonaro praises Economy minister Guedes trying to overcome the Petrobras controversy

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro praised his Economy Minister Paulo Guedes as the “anchor” of his government, in an attempt to quash speculation of a deepening division between the two after Bolsonaro last week ousted Petrobras CEO triggering a plunge in markets.
Thursday, February 25th 2021 - 10:22 UTC
Argentina: the icon of Kirchners' business friends sentenced to 12 years in jail for money laundering

Argentine justice despite its disrepute has inflicted a mighty blow to the dominant force of the country's political system since 2003, the Nestor and Cristina Kirchner couple, currently headed by the widow Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
Thursday, February 25th 2021 - 10:20 UTC
Optimistic forecast in coming months for Argentina's economic activity

Argentina’s economic activity was down 10% during 2020 after falling 2.2% in December versus a year earlier, but better than the average fall analysts forecasted and that the initial government projections.
Thursday, February 25th 2021 - 10:19 UTC
The Venturer leaves Brazil and is sailing for the Falklands

Following four weeks docked in Bahia, northeast Brazil, because of a Covid 19 outbreak on board, the Red Ensign flagged trawler Venturer left on Tuesday night for the Falkland Islands.
Thursday, February 25th 2021 - 10:15 UTC
Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine proves 94% effective in a study with 1,2 million in Israel

AFP – The Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine has proven 94% effective in a study involving 1.2 million people in Israel, the first peer-reviewed real world research confirming the power of mass immunization campaigns to bring the pandemic to a close.