Stories for 2023

Friday, May 12th 2023 - 10:45 UTC
Brazilian FM says EU's proposal too demanding for Mercosur-EU FTA

Brazil's Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira Thursday said during an appearance before his country's Senatorial Foreign Relations Committee that the European Union's (EU) new environmental requirements for the Mercosur-EU agreement could cause “enormous damage” to the South American bloc.
Friday, May 12th 2023 - 10:42 UTC
Paraguayan Court rules out international audit of voting machines

Paraguay's Superior Electoral Court (TSJE) of Paraguay Thursday decided not to accept the request of several political sectors to submit to an international audit the computer system software and the voting machines used in the general elections of last April 30 on the grounds that it could produce a “breach” of the control mechanisms.
Friday, May 12th 2023 - 10:37 UTC
Brazil: De Moraes orders Torres' release from jail

Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexander De Moraes Thursday ordered former Justice Minister Anderson Torres released from jail where he was under pre-trial detention for his alleged involvement in the Jan. 8 uprising in Brasilia.
Friday, May 12th 2023 - 10:30 UTC
Despite fears of recession and bank failures, US economy manages 4,9% inflation and unemployment stands at 3,4%

Inflation in the US has fallen to 4,9%, in the twelve months to April, according to official figures. That was down from 5% in March and marks the tenth month in a row that price rises have slowed.
Friday, May 12th 2023 - 10:16 UTC
Ecuador and China reach FTA

Ecuador and China signed a free trade agreement (FTA) whereby the South American country will have access to a market of 1.4 billion people, it was reported in Quito on Wednesday. It was the second such pact signed under the administration of President Guillermo Lasso, following the one reached with Costa Rica.
Friday, May 12th 2023 - 10:12 UTC
WHO declares end of monkeypox emergency

Monkeypox, or MPOX, is no longer a global health emergency, the World Health Organization declared Thursday after a nearly one-year-long alert for the disease that resulted in 87,000 confirmed cases in 111 countries, and 140 deaths recorded worldwide.
Friday, May 12th 2023 - 09:56 UTC
Brazil's Minerva Foods profits sustained with shipments from Uruguay and Argentina

Minerva Foods, South America’s largest animal protein exporter, ended the first quarter of this year with a net income of R$ 114 million, (Some five Reais to the US dollar).The result was only 0.5% lower than in the same period of 2022, despite the temporary interruption of shipments of Brazilian beef to its leading buyer, China.
Thursday, May 11th 2023 - 10:55 UTC
Brazilian envoy meeting Ukrainian officials to devise a peace plan

Ukrainian diplomat Andrij Melnik Wednesday said Brazil can “play an important role” in stopping the war with Russia ahead of his meeting with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's envoy Celso Amorim in Kyiv.
Thursday, May 11th 2023 - 10:54 UTC
Brazil to begin dredging channel linking Merín and Los Patos lagoons this year

Brazilian authorities have pledged to start dredging the Merín-De los Patos lagoons waterway later this year, most likely in the spring, Uruguayan Undersecretary of Transport and Public Works, Juan José Olaizola said. The initiative is part of the agreements reached by presidents Luis Lacalle Pou and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva during their meeting in January in Montevideo.
Thursday, May 11th 2023 - 10:41 UTC
Colombian president wants compulsory military service to end

Colombian President Gustavo Petro wants his country to have more professional armed forces and thus bring the compulsory military service to an end, it was reported Wednesday in Bogota. The head of state also insisted on further funding the activity. In September last year, then Interior Minister Alfonso Prada had spoken about the government's plan to replace mandatory military service with a voluntary one. In the last five years, 460,113 young people between 18 and 24 years of age served compulsorily in the Armed Forces.