By Patrick Gillespie and Jonathan Gilbert Argentina’s record drought is worsening inflation and driving the peso to new lows, undermining the ruling party ahead of October’s presidential elections. This could represent a dramatic change in the country’s political direction. The International Monetary Fund cut its growth outlook for South America’s second-largest economy on Tuesday (11), […]
By Horst Teubert and Dr. Peer Heinelt With his current visit to Nairobi, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is participating in U.S. efforts to tie Kenya more closely to the West again. The East African country, once a fairly close cooperation partner of the transatlantic powers, has greatly intensified its economic cooperation with China in recent […]
President Alberto Fernández's visit to Brazil had one main objective above all others: to ask for resources and gifts from his lefitst peer Lula da Silva. And although the Government left empty-handed regarding direct credit lines, it did manage to make progress in confirming a bilateral trade agreement that could be officially announced next week. […]
The economic crisis in Cuba has reached the most violent proportions since the “special period” of the 1990s, where the only “special” thing was that thousands of people died of hunger. Now, the communist regime responded to the inflationary outbreak by tightening all price and wage controls in force, generating the largest generalized shortage crisis […]
The privatization process of TAP is generating a lot of problems for the Portuguese government. The scandals at the Portuguese public airline have put the prime minister, António Costa, in check on more than one occasion. The Minister of Infrastructures, João Galamba, was the latest to tender his resignation, which Costa rejected. Last Saturday, the […]
By Carlos Esteban* They can close slaughterhouses in Spain at an alarming rate, they can tell you that the cows’ windy breath is accelerating climate change and that our carnivorous obsession contributes to the deforestation of the Amazon, vegans can insist that eating animals is an atrocity and the European Union, at the request of […]
Tension continues in Paraguay due to the allegations of fraud in the last general elections, in which Santiago Peña was elected as the country’s new president. Peña, the Colorado Party candidate, will succeed Mario Abdo Benítez on August 15 and govern for five years until 2028. More than 100 people have been arrested due to […]
The Bolivian Government informed that on Wednesday night, the Brazilian Foreign Minister, Mauro Vieira, landed in the country’s capital to begin an official visit to discuss issues of the bilateral agenda and regional integration. According to the head of Brazil’s foreign policy agenda, Mauro Vieira will meet this Thursday with his Bolivian counterpart, Rogelio Mayta, […]
Brazil's Landless Rural Workers Movement (MST) occupied during the day on Wednesday the workshop of the Ligas da Bahia Iron Company (Ferbasa) in Maracás, in the state of Bahia. The protest and force took place after some of the families occupying land owned by the company in the municipality of Planaltino, in the Chapada Diamantina […]
In the late afternoon of Wednesday (3), Justice of the Supreme Court (STF) Alexandre de Moraes ordered the seizure of the passport of former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL). The decision was released after the outbreak of a Federal Police (PF) operation that resulted in the arrest of six people and search and seizure against 16 […]
Drunkenness is one of the main factors leading to serious accidents on highways. According to a survey by the Legal Medical Institute of São Paulo, about 40% of traffic fatalities register the presence of alcohol in the blood. This scenario makes the prevention of accidents focus on the responsible consumption of alcoholic beverages. Noting the […]
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva confirmed the name of General Marcos Antônio Amaro dos Santos to assume the command of the Institutional Security Cabinet (GSI). The official invitation was made this Wednesday, November 3, during a meeting with the Minister of Defense, José Múcio Monteiro, and General Amaro himself. The military man, who had […]
By Gabriela Erbetta Whether for the need to travel for work or the desire to book a house to spend that dream vacation, marking an address as a favorite on the Airbnb property rental platform is common practice among Brazilians. Based on the choices made by users, the site has prepared a list of the […]
By Alexandre Garcia (Opinion) The bodies of eight miners were found in the Yanomami region. An indigenous health agent was killed in a confrontation with miners. There are two wounded, who, according to official information, were chasing a canoe of escaped miners and retaliated with rifle fire. Dead garimpeiros are thrown into the water and […]
The Wednesday morning's (3) raid on Bolsonaro, who is accused of falsifying his Covid vaccination certificate, diverted the focus of public opinion for a few hours from the news of the week, namely the heated debate over Brazil's Fake News Law (PL 2630, also called Censorship Law), or Law on Internet Freedom, Accountability and Transparency. […]
By Roberto Caiafa The Brazilian Navy (MB) and the strategic defense company Sistemas Integrados de Alto Teor Tecnológico (Siatt) successfully launched the fifth National Anti-Ship Surface Missile (Mansup) in the region south of Cabo Frio (RJ) on the morning of April 26. The firing operation was carried out by the Liberal and União frigates and […]
A target of the PF (Federal Police) operation that investigates the insertion of false data in vaccination cards, former President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) already accumulates at least 25 ongoing investigations. The former president is the target of actions in the Electoral Justice and the STF (Federal Supreme Court), besides pending investigation requests in the 1st […]
The Brazilian government has made official the resumption of visa requirements for tourists from the United States, Australia, Canada, and Japan. Decree 11,515 was published in the Official Gazette of the Union this Wednesday (3/5) and revoked a previous decision by the Jair Bolsonaro government. The new rule goes into effect on October 1, 2023. […]
In the late afternoon of Wednesday (3), a helicopter crashed while traveling to the Agrishow fair, between São Carlos and Ribeirão Preto, in the interior of São Paulo. The pilot and the copilot died. Luiz Ricardo Lazarini was flying the aircraft, and along with him was a businessman identified as Eber Carvalho Guilhen, owner of […]
By Yaroslav Lissovolik (Opinion) In 2023 South Africa is chairing the BRICS grouping and has declared that it intends to work towards a closer BRICS-Africa partnership. As a member of the BRICS core South Africa has been among the most active proponents of advancing BRICS as an open platform that reaches out to Africa and […]
The devastation of the Amazon would cause losses of R$ 920 (US$184) billion to Brazil by 2050, says the World Bank's Climate and Development Report. The study presented on Thursday (4) says that the damage will come if the forest reaches a point of "savannization" with no return. There is disagreement among scientists who study […]
The Copom (Monetary Policy Committee) announced the maintenance of the basic interest rate, the Selic, at 13.75% per year for the 6th consecutive meeting. The financial market expected the decision, despite the displeasure of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT, progressive-globalist) and his allies. The Central Bank (BC) published the statement on Wednesday (3). […]
Brazilian President Luis Inácio Lula da Silva signed a decree yesterday, Wednesday, to provide more resources and expand the Amazon Bio-Business Center (CBA) activities to add value and boost new businesses based on the region's natural resources. At the signing, Lula was accompanied by the Vice President and Minister of Development, Industry, Trade, and Services, […]
The Brazilian Federal Police reported that yesterday carried out an inspection operation at the home of former President Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2022), in the city of Brasilia, as part of an investigation for allegedly inserting false data on vaccination against the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19). According to the Federal Police, the operation were seized the mobile […]
The unemployment rate of the foreign population in Chile stood at 7.3 percent during the January-March 2023 mobile quarter, which meant an increase of 1.9 percentage points in 12 months, the National Statistics Institute (INE) reported yesterday, Wednesday. According to the National Employment Survey presented by INE, the 12-month labor force grew by 1.1 percent, […]