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Fri, 26 Feb 2021 09:17:00 GMT
Final approval for Delta-Latam "trans-American Joint Venture Agreement"
The final approval for the Delta-LATAM joint venture has been given this week by Brazil. The agreement, which has also been given the nod from Uruguay, still needs approval in some other jurisdictions. The news was released by ...

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 09:17:00 GMT
Brazil's death toll in twelve months of coronavirus, 250,000
One year ago on Thursday, Brazil confirmed its first case of coronavirus. The same day it recorded a quarter of a million deaths from the disease the virus causes and more than 10 million cases since the beginning of the pandem...

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 09:14:00 GMT
Brazil's share of Electrobras will fall to 45% from 61% under the privatization deal
Brazil’s government will cut its stake in power company Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA , or Eletrobras, to 45% from its current 61% in a planned privatization process, a senior official in the Energy Ministry announced on ...

Thu, 25 Feb 2021 10:37:00 GMT
Bolsonaro praises Economy minister Guedes trying to overcome the Petrobras controversy
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro praised his Economy Minister Paulo Guedes as the “anchor” of his government, in an attempt to quash speculation of a deepening division between the two after Bolsonaro last week ousted Pe...

Thu, 25 Feb 2021 10:22:00 GMT
Argentina: the icon of Kirchners' business friends sentenced to 12 years in jail for money laundering
Argentine justice despite its disrepute has inflicted a mighty blow to the dominant force of the country's political system since 2003, the Nestor and Cristina Kirchner couple, currently headed by the widow Cristina Fernandez d...

Thu, 25 Feb 2021 10:20:00 GMT
Optimistic forecast in coming months for Argentina's economic activity
Argentina’s economic activity was down 10% during 2020 after falling 2.2% in December versus a year earlier, but better than the average fall analysts forecasted and that the initial government projections.

Thu, 25 Feb 2021 10:19:00 GMT
The Venturer leaves Brazil and is sailing for the Falklands
Following four weeks docked in Bahia, northeast Brazil, because of a Covid 19 outbreak on board, the Red Ensign flagged trawler Venturer left on Tuesday night for the Falkland Islands.

Thu, 25 Feb 2021 10:15:00 GMT
Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine proves 94% effective in a study with 1,2 million in Israel
AFP – The Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine has proven 94% effective in a study involving 1.2 million people in Israel, the first peer-reviewed real world research confirming the power of mass immunization campaigns to bring the pandem...

Thu, 25 Feb 2021 10:05:00 GMT
Venezuela declares EU's head of delegation persona non grata and gives her 72 hours to leave the country
Venezuela announced on Wednesday that the head of the European Union's delegation in Caracas had 72 hours to leave the country and declared her persona non grata after the bloc imposed new sanctions on Venezuelan officials this...

Thu, 25 Feb 2021 09:37:00 GMT
German Customs seize 23 tons of cocaine (from Paraguay) in biggest ever haul
Investigators uncovered a total of 23 tons of cocaine with a street value of billions of Euros in a cross-European drugs bust, German customs said Wednesday. The cocaine was uncovered in Germany and Belgium.



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