MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for April 10th 2026
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Friday, April 10th 2026 - 17:54 UTC
Argentina permanently revokes licenses of laboratories implicated in contaminated fentanyl case
Argentina's National Administration of Drugs, Foods and Medical Devices (Anmat) permanently revoked the operating licenses of laboratories HLB Pharma and Laboratorios Ramallo, linked to the production of contaminated fentanyl that caused the deaths of at least 111 people between late 2024 and the first half of 2025, in one of the worst health tragedies in the country's recent history.
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Friday, April 10th 2026 - 15:26 UTC
Brazil's inflation rises to 4.14% in March driven by higher fuel and food costs
Annual inflation in Brazil accelerated to 4.14% in March, pushed higher by rising fuel and food prices, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) reported on Friday. The figure reverses the slowdown recorded in February, when the index had eased to 3.81%.
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Friday, April 10th 2026 - 02:18 UTC
Venezuelan parliament passes law opening mining sector to private capital amid rapprochement with US
Venezuela's National Assembly unanimously approved on Thursday a new 131-article Organic Mining Law that opens the door to private and foreign investment in the mining sector, on a day also marked by police repression of thousands of workers who marched to demand an increase in the minimum wage, frozen since 2022.
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Friday, April 10th 2026 - 02:09 UTC
Tourism accounted for nearly half of Uruguay's GDP growth in 2025, generating $2.04 billion in exports
Tourism accounted for nearly half of Uruguay's gross domestic product growth in 2025 and represented 6.2% of the country's economic activity, according to the first monitor produced by the Uruguayan Chamber of Tourism together with the Center for the Study of Economic and Social Reality (Ceres), presented on Thursday in Punta del Este.
