Tag: pandemic

• Tuesday, November 17th 2020 - 09:34 UTC

  Brazil is emerging as the world's leading offshore oil producer

  

  By Matthew Smith for Oilprice.com – Sharply weaker oil prices, the COVID-19 pandemic, and heightened geopolitical uncertainty have done little to blunt Brazil’s epic offshore oil boom. By September 2020 Brazil had soared to be the third-largest supplier of crude oil to China, the world’s second-largest economy.

• Friday, November 13th 2020 - 09:01 UTC

  Measles cases the highest in 23 years: countries aren't vaccinating

  

  Measles cases reached the highest level in 23 years in 2019 and health authorities warned that many countries aren’t vaccinating enough people amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

• Thursday, November 12th 2020 - 09:00 UTC

  Vaccines trials in Chile and the UK’s role to tackle the pandemic

  

  On 11 November 2020 Chile’s Deputy Minister for International Economic Relations, Under-Secretary Rodrigo Yáñez and the UK’s Minister for the Americas, Wendy Morton MP hosted the virtual seminar “Access to Vaccines – Finance, Delivery and Distribution in Latin America and the Caribbean” bringing together policymakers and scientific experts from across the region and the world to discuss the urgent work of ensuring equitable access to Covid-19 vaccines.

• Monday, November 9th 2020 - 09:30 UTC

  US pandemic cases over 10 million; Biden will announce a 12 scientific task force Monday

  

  The United States became the first nation worldwide since the pandemic began to surpass 10 million coronavirus infections, as the third wave of the COVID-19 virus surges across the nation. The grim milestone came on the same day as global coronavirus cases exceeded 50 million.

• Friday, November 6th 2020 - 08:00 UTC

  Covid-19 overshadowing emergency action to avert measles and polio epidemics, WHO and UNICEF

  

  UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) issued an urgent call to action to avert major measles and polio epidemics as COVID-19 continues to disrupt immunization services worldwide, leaving millions of vulnerable children at heightened risk of preventable childhood diseases.

• Tuesday, November 3rd 2020 - 08:50 UTC

  Chile's economy activity drops 5,3% in September year on year, but grows 5,1% from August

  

  Chile’s economic activity sank 5.3% in September year-on-year but grew 5.1% from the previous month, the central bank said on Monday, as the world’s no. 1 copper producer emerged from the worst period of the coronavirus pandemic.

• Monday, November 2nd 2020 - 09:15 UTC

  Machu Picchu, crown jewel of Peru's tourist sites has reopened

  

  The Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, the crown jewel of Peru's tourist sites, reopened on Sunday with an ancient ritual after a nearly eight-month lockdown due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

• Thursday, October 29th 2020 - 09:10 UTC

  Brazilian government borrowing jumped to second highest record in September

  

  Brazilian government borrowing jumped to its second-highest on record in September, Treasury figures showed, meaning Brazil issued more debt in the first nine months of this year than the whole of last year.

• Thursday, October 29th 2020 - 08:28 UTC

  Petrobras cutting losses as Brazilian economy and fuel demand are increasing

  

  Brazil's state-run oil giant Petrobras announced on Wednesday it reduced its losses in the third quarter of the year, the company's third negative result in a row due to the global economic meltdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

• Tuesday, October 27th 2020 - 09:30 UTC

  Argentina calls for “solidarity multilateralism” at UN meeting

  

  Argentine Foreign Affairs Minister Felipe Sola on Monday called on Latin American and Caribbean countries to embrace “solidarity multilateralism” to overcome the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.