MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for August 5th 2021
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Thursday, August 5th 2021 - 08:44 UTC
Brazilian farmers plan to expand soybean area; protein producers short of corn import from Argentina
Brazilian farmers are planning to expand their soy area for the 15th consecutive year, according to a survey by consulting firm Datagro. The world’s largest soybean producer and exporter will increase the area sown by 4%, to 40.57 million hectares in the 2021/2022 season.
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Thursday, August 5th 2021 - 08:36 UTC
Buenos Aires children's hospital receives first batch of medicinal cannabis for patients with epilepsy
Argentine health authorities have delivered the first batch of medical cannabis for pediatric patients with epilepsy at the Buenos Aires National Children's Garrahan Hospital.
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Thursday, August 5th 2021 - 08:04 UTC
Nicaraguan regime reportedly arrests opposition VP candidate
The Nicaraguan regime headed by former Sandinista guerrilla leader Daniel Ortega Wednesday has reportedly placed vice-presidential opposition candidate Berenice Quezada under arrest in an unprecedented streak of political persecutions as the November 7 elections loom over.
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Thursday, August 5th 2021 - 07:47 UTC
Chinese lab Sinovac lands in Chile to pack and manufacture vaccines locally
Chinese laboratory Sinovac Wednesday announced it will build a plant in Chile to locally distribute 60 million yearly doses of the Coronavac vaccine against COVID-19 with which to supply other Latin American countries.
