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Wed, 24 Aug 2022 09:00:00 GMT
Brazilian law enforcement seize cocaine attached to the hull of a vessel in Santos bound for the Netherlands
In recent articles, MercoPress has informed on the seizure of several significant drug shipments to European ports from Mercosur countries, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. It seems policing has become more efficient or drug smugg...

Tue, 23 Aug 2022 19:09:00 GMT
Bolsonaro showed up for an interview with a cheat sheet written in one hand
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro affirmed Monday that he will respect the result of the October elections if the polls are held in a “clean and transparent” manner.

Tue, 23 Aug 2022 17:39:00 GMT
Bolsonaro will respect the elections' outcome provided they are clean
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro said Monday evening in a TV interview that he will accept the election's outcome provided they are clear, and warned he was being pressured into becoming a dictator.

Tue, 23 Aug 2022 10:10:00 GMT
Brazil consolidates as China's main supplier of agriculture produce
A new agreement to facilitate exports from the Brazilian agribusiness sector to China has been described by market experts in Sao Paulo as crucial to inaugurating the “biggest era of market openness in the last ten years” b...

Tue, 23 Aug 2022 10:02:00 GMT
Brazil prepares to celebrate 200 years of independence with the embalmed heart of its first emperor
The embalmed heart of Brazil's first emperor, Dom Pedro I, has arrived in the capital Brasilia to mark 200 years of independence from Portugal to be celebrated next 7 September. The heart, which lies preserved in a flask filled...

Tue, 23 Aug 2022 09:35:00 GMT
Monkeypox awareness campaign launched in Brazil
Brazil's Health Ministry Monday launched an awareness campaign on monkeypox, to inform the population about transmission, contagion, and symptoms of the malady.

Mon, 22 Aug 2022 13:39:00 GMT
Argentina categorically rejects students competition to visit the Falkland Islands
It's official. The Argentine government categorically rejects ”the competition organized by the British Embassy in Buenos Aires with the purpose of inviting university students to a paid trip to the Falklands/Malvinas Islands...

Mon, 22 Aug 2022 09:55:00 GMT
Malvinas Question incursion to Brazil: Carmona returns with the book, “Brazil and the Malvinas war: between two fires”
The Malvinas Question, Antarctica and Oceans Cooperation, and the revitalization of the Peace and Cooperation Zone in the South Atlantic, ZPCAS, forum were the main points of the agenda addressed by Argentina's special secretar...

Mon, 22 Aug 2022 09:33:00 GMT
Santos outperforms other Brazilian ports, despite a drop in overall throughput
As a lingering consequence of the covid-19 pandemic and a slowdown of the Chinese economy, cargo throughput in Brazilian ports fell by 3.3% in the first half of the year compared to the same period of 2021. On the other hand, t...

Sat, 20 Aug 2022 09:54:00 GMT
Pfizer files for emergency clearance of bivalent C-19 vax in Brazil
Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) has received a request for the emergency use of Pfizer's newest vaccine against COVID-19 which would be active against both the original and the Ômicron strain, subvariant ...



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