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Sat, 06 Aug 2022 05:13:00 GMT
Small party adds key votes to Lula's campaign
Presidential candidate Andrés Janones of the moderate Avante party Thursday stepped down from the race in order to support former President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva's bid to succeed the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro.

Sat, 06 Aug 2022 05:07:00 GMT
Deforestation of Brazilian Amazon still high despite ongoing decline
According to satellite imagery data released Friday, deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon remained high despite a slight decline.

Fri, 05 Aug 2022 10:02:00 GMT
Joint bid to host 2030 football World Cup launched
Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay, and Chile have announced a joint bid to co-host the 2030 football World Cup finals under the motto "Together 2030." The intended 2030 tournament will feature 48 teams and some 80 matches will be p...

Fri, 05 Aug 2022 09:28:00 GMT
Peruvian Congress keeps Castillo from attending Petro's inauguration
Peru's one-house Congress Thursday denied President Pedro Castillo Terrones permission to attend the inauguration of Colombia's new President Gustavo Petro in Bogota on Aug. 7. Castillo had filed for clearance to be out of the ...

Fri, 05 Aug 2022 09:07:00 GMT
International reports cast doubts on Argentine peso's exchange rate
Despite Superminister Sergio Massa's announcement that he would not moot for a devaluation of the Argentine peso, banking entities have issued separate reports raising doubts as to the newly-appointed official's strategy, with ...

Fri, 05 Aug 2022 08:54:00 GMT
Falklands Conservation 2-year project to eliminate invasive species from New Island
Falklands Conservation (FC) has announced the launching of its new Darwin Plus-funded project for long-term restoration work on New Island Nature Reserve. New Island is one of the remotest islands in the Falklands archipelago, ...

Fri, 05 Aug 2022 08:47:00 GMT
Brazil soybean exports down 8,87% in first half of 2022 compared to 2021
Brazil shipped 55.1 million tons of soybeans in the first half of 2022, which is 8.87% less than in the same period of 2021 (60.5 million tons), according to the National Association of Cereal Exporters. (Anec).

Fri, 05 Aug 2022 08:36:00 GMT
COVID-19 infections on the rise in Chile
Some schools in Antofagasta were reported to have suspended on-site classes as the number of COVID-19 cases nationwide continues to grow.

Fri, 05 Aug 2022 08:23:00 GMT
Applications for UK Chevening Scholarships are open in Chile
The British embassy in Santiago has announced that applications for United Kingdom Chevening Scholarship for the 2023/24 academic year opened on August 2 until November first 2022, via chevening.org.apply

Fri, 05 Aug 2022 08:13:00 GMT
US Congressional team meets with Paraguayan Defense Minister
Lawmakers from the United States met Thursday in Asunción with Paraguay's Defense Minister Bernardino Soto Estigarribia to discuss matters of mutual interest, one day ahead of their encounter with President Mario Abdo Benítez...



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