Politics

Friday, November 5th 2021 - 18:14 UTC
Argentine President Fernández praises Brazil's STF

Argentine President Alberto Fernández praised Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) for its recent rulings involving opposition politicians, something which his own country had lacked.
Friday, November 5th 2021 - 09:45 UTC
Environment top priority as Falklands elect new Legislative Assembly

Falkland Islands voters yesterday elected a new Legislative Assembly with a clear mandate to put the environment front and center of the coming legislature.
Friday, November 5th 2021 - 09:45 UTC
Vizzotti pledges to lift test requirement for residents of bordering cities

Argentina's Health Minister Carla Vizzotti Thursday announced in Puerto Iguazú that PCR testing for people living in “mirror cities” will no longer be required for border neighbourhood transit.
Friday, November 5th 2021 - 09:30 UTC
Third month of Chinese ban on Brazilian beef; speculations as to commercial or technological motives

Brazil's beef exports plummeted during October as a consequence of the ban on purchases from its main client, China. Last October sales dropped to 82,180 tons compared to 162.880 a year ago, according to Secex, Brazil's foreign trade secretariat.
Friday, November 5th 2021 - 09:29 UTC
Argentine Central Bank takes action to keep exchange rate under control

Argentina's Central Bank (BCRA) Thursday ordered banking institutions nationwide not to increase their holdings in foreign currency until the end of the month, amid a market pressure on the exchange rate.
Friday, November 5th 2021 - 09:03 UTC
Brazilian livestock producers will have to deal with manure differently to meet Glasgow's goals

Following Glasgow's declaration whereby the world -Brazil's delegation included- has agreed to reduce the emission of methane gas by 30% by 2030, Brazilian livestock producers have realized they will need to adjust their work so that the country can fulfil such a commitment.
Friday, November 5th 2021 - 08:55 UTC
UK green-lights use of Merck's COVID-19 pill

The United Kingdom Thursday became the first country in the world to authorize the use of molnupiravir, a pill developed by US laboratories Merck, to treat COVID-19.
Friday, November 5th 2021 - 08:46 UTC
Brazilian Air Force will receive several SAAB J-39 fighters later this month

By the end of the year, the Brazilian Air Force will have received several J-39 Gripen combat fighters from Sweden's SAAB aerospace, avionics and defense consortium, part of the agreement signed in 2014 by Brazil for the purchase of 36 of these jets, following a complicated bidding process.
Thursday, November 4th 2021 - 09:55 UTC
Argentina's trade balance with Brazil ends up positive for 2nd straight month

Argentina's trade balance with Brazil yielded positive results for the second straight month in October 2021. However, numbers for the first 10 months of the year are still in the red.
Thursday, November 4th 2021 - 09:55 UTC
Two dead and three injured in a gun battle with Mapuche radical groups in southern Chile

Chilean Home Secretary Rodrigo Delgado confirmed on Wednesday the death of two members of the Mapuche community following a shoot out with Marines and Carabineros in the Biobío Region which is under an exceptional emergency state precisely because of continued acts of violence.