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The Metaverse: New frontier of the Internet where former Facebook wants leading role
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The term metaverse has become a tech buzzword this year, with companies and investors keen to be a part...
Peru adds US$6 billion in projects managed by other countries
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Peru has accumulated close to 24 billion soles (about US$6 billion) in committed investment for infrastructure projects managed and...
Avianca will add three new air routes in Ecuador
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - According to the Ministry of Tourism, Ecuador will have three new air routes operated by the Colombian airline Avianca,...
Water crisis in Brazil: National agency foresees increase of 21% in electricity bills in 2022
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The National Electric Energy Agency (Aneel) foresees an average 21% increase in the energy bill price in 2022.
"Our estimates...
Amid escalating Mapuche conflict, Chile evaluates reopening its southern land border with Argentina
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Despite the new outbreak of Covid-19 and the tensions due to the Mapuche conflict that led to the militarization...
54% of Brazilian survey respondents say that Senate Covid CPI was useless
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A survey conducted by the Quaest research company and Genial Investimentos shows that, for 54% of Brazilians, the Covid...
Argentina and Russia agree to strengthen bilateral relations
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The President of Argentina, Alberto Fernández, and the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, held a telephone exchange on Thursday (11)....
Argentina government enters election campaign with currency and economic key data out of control
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Since the beginning of the year, almost everything that could have gone wrong for the government in the run-up...
Santa Cruz, Bolivia’s economic engine, leads the strike against government measures
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Bolivian region of Santa Cruz, the most populous and the productive engine of the country and bastion of...
Record deforestation in Brazil’s Legal Amazon in October – Inpe
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Around 876.5 square kilometers (km²) of the Legal Amazon were under deforestation alert in October, revealed data from the...
Uruguay displaces Argentina as second largest supplier of beef to China
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - According to Juan Manuel Garzón, Argentina's share of this market's demand fell from 23% to 11%; Uruguay increased its...
Covid-19: 75% of Brazilians feel safer with vaccination advance
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Most Brazilians (75%) feel "very safe" or "safe" with the advance of vaccination against Covid-19 in the country, reveals...
Brazil national soccer team declines in market value of players, is now world’s 4th most expensive soccer team
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil has just achieved early qualification for the World Cup-2022. But, in the international scenario of the Ball Market,...
Brazil: LATAM recovers, significantly increases its domestic flight offer
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In total, there are 541 LATAM domestic flights per day in Brazil. Overall, the increase will enable the company...