Investments

• Friday, April 23rd 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  Canadian bitcoin producer picks Argentina for new development

  

  Canadian bitcoin miner Bitfarms has announced its plans to start operations in Argentina in early 2022, with a total of 55,000 machines, it was reported. The country emerged as a logical choice due to its relative low expenses in local pesos with all profits in bitcoin, analysts said.

• Thursday, April 22nd 2021 - 20:44 UTC

  Argentine version of Google falls into “wrong” hands leading to search engine's temporary collapse

  

  An Argentine internet user claimed realized ownership of the google.com.ar domain had expired Wednesday, April 21 and since it was available, he decided to purchase it for reportedly AR $ 540 (around the US $ 3.85 at the unofficial exchange rate) leading to a temporary shutdown of the search engine ending in “.ar”.

• Thursday, April 22nd 2021 - 09:15 UTC

  Uruguay tops Latin American transition to environment friendly energy sources

  

  Uruguay continues to be Latin America's leading country regarding energy transition towards renewable sources, according to an index released jointly this week by the World Economic Forum and the Accenture consultancy firm.

• Wednesday, April 21st 2021 - 09:35 UTC

  Anvisa asks STF for more time to decide on the use of Sputnik V in Brazil

  

  While Argentina has already started trials to produce the Russian Sputnik V vaccine against covid-19, Brazil’s National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) has filed a petition before the Federal Supreme Court (STF) for additional time to evaluate a registration request for the very same immunization shot.

• Tuesday, April 20th 2021 - 15:02 UTC

  Big Pharma companies gross 152bn dollars since the beginning of the pandemic

  

  Despite setbacks with patients dying or suffering from undesired side effects which led to the suspension of some vaccines in various countries, the market value of pharmaceutical companies continues to rise, having amassed 152 billion US dollars in profits since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, it was reported.

• Tuesday, April 20th 2021 - 10:45 UTC

  Brazil's Anvisa green-lights studies of new Chinese covid-19 vaccine

  

  Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) has given the green light to clinical trials on volunteers of a potential anti-Covid-19 vaccine produced by the Chinese laboratory Sichuan Clover Biopharmaceuticals, it was announced.

• Tuesday, April 20th 2021 - 10:24 UTC

  Chile's SQM to supply lithium to Johnson Matthey for electric car batteries

  

  The Chilean Chemical and Mining Society (SQM), one of the world's largest lithium producers, will supply lithium hydroxide to the British firm Johnson Matthey, at least until 2028, according to a new contract signed on Monday, it was announced.

• Thursday, April 15th 2021 - 09:26 UTC

  Argentine laboratory seeks to manufacture Sputnik V vaccine locally

  

  The Argentine firm Laboratorios Richmond Wednesday launched the Financial Trust “Project V.I.D.A. (Project and Immunization for Argentine Development),” to seek financing for the development of the plant where the Russian-designed Sputnik V vaccine is to be manufactured locally.

• Saturday, April 10th 2021 - 10:58 UTC

  Brazil's Anvisa to check Russian Sputnik V manufacturing plant as need for vaccines soars

  

  Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) will be sending a delegation to Russia next week to conduct an onsite review of the facilities where the Sputnik V vaccine is manufactured, it was announced Friday.

• Wednesday, April 7th 2021 - 09:01 UTC

  Rio de Janeiro lawmakers now against renaming Maracana stadium after Pele to focus on covid-19 fight

  

  The Legislative Assembly of the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro (Alert) Tuesday decided to go back on its steps and drop the initiative to rename the iconic Maracana stadium after football legend Pelé.