IBOV 177,261.94 ▼ 0.41% IPSA 10,986.47 ▼ 0.28% IPC MEX 66,935.53 ▼ 0.58% MERVAL 3,273,672 ▼ 0.54% COLCAP 2,382.96 ▼ 0.38% BVL PERÚ 57,378.30 — — USD/BRL5.09▲ 0.24% USD/MXN17.33▲ 0.12% USD/CLP925.29▼ 0.62% USD/COP3,238▲ 1.09% USD/PEN3.38▼ 0.33% USD/ARS1,493▲ 0.47% USD/UYU40.27▲ 0.17% USD/PYG5,936▲ 0.08% USD/BOB12.07▼ 0.25% USD/DOP58.00▲ 0.02% USD/CRC448.42— 0.00% USD/GTQ7.62▼ 0.08% USD/HNL26.78▲ 0.07% USD/NIO 36.62 — 0.00% USD/VES746.91▼ 0.13% USD/PAB1.00— 0.00% USD/BZD2.00— 0.00% USD/JMD156.98▼ 0.13% USD/TTD6.74▲ 0.40% EUR/BRL5.85▼ 0.17% BRENT 83.61 ▼ 7.22% WTI 80.06 ▼ 5.44% IRON ORE 161.91 — — COPPER 6.53 ▲ 1.41% GOLD 4,091 ▲ 1.03% SILVER 57.87 ▲ 0.48% SOY 1,194 ▲ 1.83% CORN 471.75 ▲ 7.03% WHEAT 652.75 ▲ 2.11% COFFEE 320.90 ▼ 3.37% SUGAR 15.01 ▲ 2.39% ORANGE JUICE 158.90 ▲ 2.55% COTTON 81.39 ▲ 1.11% COCOA 5,892 ▲ 9.17% BEEF 227.33 ▼ 1.91% CATTLE 342.88 ▼ 1.48% LITHIUM 69.20 ▼ 0.03% PETR4 42.78 ▼ 1.47% VALE3 74.38 ▼ 2.49% ITUB4 42.98 ▲ 0.25% BBDC4 18.49 ▲ 0.43% ABEV3 15.88 ▼ 0.69% BBAS3 21.22 ▼ 0.61% B3SA3 15.64 ▼ 0.57% WEGE3 48.04 ▲ 1.78% PRIO3 58.70 ▼ 3.53% SUZB3 43.35 ▲ 0.07% RENT3 38.09 ▲ 1.28% AZZA3 16.28 ▼ 0.85% CSAN3 4.08 ▲ 0.25% RAIZ4 0.26 — 0.00% PCAR3 2.70 ▲ 4.25% GMAT3 4.00 ▼ 0.74% PSSA3 54.40 ▼ 0.55% CVCB3 1.43 ▲ 9.16% POSI3 3.55 — 0.00% SLCE3 13.43 ▲ 0.37% NATU3 8.47 ▲ 1.07% BRKM5 5.87 ▼ 1.68% RANI3 8.38 ▲ 3.33% CSNA3 4.58 ▼ 5.37% CMIN3 5.66 ▼ 0.88% USIM5 7.52 ▲ 2.17% GGBR4 25.27 ▲ 1.16% ENEV3 26.88 ▲ 2.17% CPFE3 45.81 ▼ 0.72% CMIG4 11.14 ▼ 1.76% EQTL3 38.78 ▲ 0.31% LREN3 13.93 ▲ 2.43% VIVT3 32.34 ▼ 0.89% RAIL3 14.18 ▼ 1.80% KLABIN 18.28 ▲ 0.16% RAIA DROGASIL 18.64 ▲ 0.87% RDOR3 34.17 ▼ 1.36% HAPV3 11.76 ▲ 4.26% FLRY3 17.28 ▲ 0.82% SMTO3 14.44 ▼ 0.55% UGPA3 32.90 ▼ 0.45% VBBR3 36.18 ▲ 0.36% BBSE3 41.52 ▲ 0.63% BPAC11 57.07 ▲ 0.48% CURY3 31.41 ▲ 4.39% AERI3 2.17 ▲ 0.93% VIVARA 22.77 ▲ 2.66% COMPASS 24.89 ▲ 0.20% VAMOS 3.31 ▼ 0.90% SANB11 28.66 ▲ 0.14% ASAI3 8.50 — 0.00% SBSP3 27.23 ▼ 1.70% WALMEX 49.88 ▼ 0.74% GMEXICO 212.37 ▲ 2.24% FEMSA 216.80 ▼ 2.10% CEMEX 20.68 ▲ 0.83% GFNORTE 198.24 ▼ 1.17% BIMBO 61.47 ▼ 0.79% TELEVISA 9.69 ▼ 1.22% AMX 21.62 ▼ 2.04% GAP 374.18 ▼ 0.62% ASUR 277.40 ▲ 0.65% OMA 231.65 ▲ 0.14% KOF 185.55 ▼ 0.91% GRUMA 263.17 ▲ 1.91% KIMBER 40.04 ▼ 0.40% SQM-B 61,740 ▼ 1.53% COPEC 6,298 ▼ 0.82% BSANTANDER 79.94 ▼ 1.30% FALABELLA 6,270 ▲ 0.88% ENELAM 87.84 ▼ 0.17% CENCOSUD 1,947 ▼ 0.40% CMPC 1,065 ▲ 0.96% BANCO CHILE 190.73 ▼ 1.54% LATAM AIR 25.26 ▲ 2.10% YPF 8,145 ▼ 1.75% GGAL 7,960 ▲ 0.99% PAMPA 5,500 ▼ 0.99% TXAR 654.00 ▼ 0.83% ALUAR 967.50 ▼ 1.02% TGS 9,915 ▼ 1.34% CEPU 2,366 ▼ 1.25% MIRGOR 1,710 ▼ 89.54% COME 43.51 ▼ 1.18% LOMA NEGRA 3,568 ▼ 1.45% BYMA 293.00 ▼ 0.85% TELECOM ARG 4,380 ▼ 0.62% ECOPETROL 16.58 ▼ 1.16% BANCOLOMBIA 91.12 ▼ 1.51% GRUPO AVAL 5.17 ▼ 2.08% CREDICORP 396.55 ▼ 1.01% SOUTHERN COPPER 184.63 ▲ 1.05% BUENAVENTURA 30.20 ▼ 0.26% MERCADOLIBRE 1,900 ▲ 1.17% NUBANK 14.44 ▲ 0.77% XP 17.03 ▼ 0.18% PAGSEGURO 9.66 ▲ 0.16% STONE 11.28 ▼ 0.84% GLOBANT 37.51 ▲ 2.47% TECNOGLASS 45.63 ▲ 5.04% GAP AIRPORT 216.33 ▼ 0.47% ASUR 277.40 ▲ 0.65% OMA AIRPORT 106.91 ▲ 0.01% AMX ADR 24.80 ▼ 2.17% FEMSA ADR 124.90 ▼ 2.41% CEMEX ADR 11.90 ▲ 0.63% PETROBRAS ADR 19.03 ▼ 1.93% VALE ADR 14.57 ▼ 3.25% ITAU ADR 8.45 ▼ 0.12% SANTANDER BR 5.68 ▲ 0.18% AMBEV ADR 3.07 ▼ 1.29% CSN 0.93 ▼ 6.15% GERDAU 4.99 ▲ 0.50% LATAM ADR 54.46 ▲ 3.21% BTC 63,835 ▲ 0.56% ETH 1,868 ▼ 0.75% SOL 73.66 ▲ 0.29% XRP 1.08 ▼ 0.30% BNB 591.69 ▲ 0.70% ADA 0.19 ▲ 1.13% DOGE 0.07 ▼ 0.54% AVAX 6.53 ▼ 0.18% LINK 8.24 ▼ 1.55% DOT 0.83 ▲ 3.67% LTC 44.17 ▼ 1.04% BCH 214.10 ▲ 0.74% TRX 0.33 ▲ 0.81% XLM 0.17 ▼ 1.40% HBAR 0.07 ▲ 1.12% NEAR 1.74 ▲ 1.31% ATOM 1.35 ▲ 6.73% AAVE 93.38 ▲ 1.50% SELIC 14.25% EMBRAER 90.09 ▲ 3.68% EMBRAER ADR 70.89 ▲ 3.75% JBS 13.83 ▼ 1.39% JBS BDR 70.23 ▼ 0.66% MBRF3 17.70 ▲ 0.91% MBRFY 3.42 ▼ 0.58% INTER 5.58 ▼ 0.45% IBOV 177,261.94 ▼ 0.41% IPSA 10,986.47 ▼ 0.28% IPC MEX 66,935.53 ▼ 0.58% MERVAL 3,273,672 ▼ 0.54% COLCAP 2,382.96 ▼ 0.38% BVL PERÚ 57,378.30 — — USD/BRL 5.09 ▲ 0.24% USD/MXN 17.33 ▲ 0.12% USD/CLP 925.29 ▼ 0.62% USD/COP 3,237 ▲ 1.06% USD/PEN 3.38 ▼ 0.33% USD/ARS 1,493 ▲ 0.47% USD/UYU 40.27 ▲ 0.17% USD/PYG 5,936 ▲ 0.08% USD/BOB 12.07 ▼ 0.25% USD/DOP 58.00 ▲ 0.02% USD/CRC 448.42 ▲ 0.00% USD/GTQ 7.62 ▼ 0.08% USD/HNL 26.78 ▲ 0.07% USD/NIO 36.62 — 0.00% USD/VES 746.91 ▼ 0.13% USD/PAB 1.00 — 0.00% USD/BZD 2.00 — 0.00% USD/JMD 156.98 ▲ 0.24% USD/TTD 6.74 ▲ 1.26% EUR/BRL 5.85 ▼ 0.17% BRENT 83.61 ▼ 7.22% WTI 80.06 ▼ 5.44% IRON ORE 161.91 — — COPPER 6.53 ▲ 1.41% GOLD 4,091 ▲ 1.03% SILVER 57.87 ▲ 0.48% SOY 1,194 ▲ 1.83% CORN 471.75 ▲ 7.03% WHEAT 652.75 ▲ 2.11% COFFEE 320.90 ▼ 3.37% SUGAR 15.01 ▲ 2.39% ORANGE JUICE 158.90 ▲ 2.55% COTTON 81.39 ▲ 1.11% COCOA 5,892 ▲ 9.17% BEEF 227.33 ▼ 1.91% CATTLE 342.88 ▼ 1.48% LITHIUM 69.20 ▼ 0.03% PETR4 42.78 ▼ 1.47% VALE3 74.38 ▼ 2.49% ITUB4 42.98 ▲ 0.25% BBDC4 18.49 ▲ 0.43% ABEV3 15.88 ▼ 0.69% BBAS3 21.22 ▼ 0.61% B3SA3 15.64 ▼ 0.57% WEGE3 48.04 ▲ 1.78% PRIO3 58.70 ▼ 3.53% SUZB3 43.35 ▲ 0.07% RENT3 38.09 ▲ 1.28% AZZA3 16.28 ▼ 0.85% CSAN3 4.08 ▲ 0.25% RAIZ4 0.26 — 0.00% PCAR3 2.70 ▲ 4.25% GMAT3 4.00 ▼ 0.74% PSSA3 54.40 ▼ 0.55% CVCB3 1.43 ▲ 9.16% POSI3 3.55 — 0.00% SLCE3 13.43 ▲ 0.37% NATU3 8.47 ▲ 1.07% BRKM5 5.87 ▼ 1.68% RANI3 8.38 ▲ 3.33% CSNA3 4.58 ▼ 5.37% CMIN3 5.66 ▼ 0.88% USIM5 7.52 ▲ 2.17% GGBR4 25.27 ▲ 1.16% ENEV3 26.88 ▲ 2.17% CPFE3 45.81 ▼ 0.72% CMIG4 11.14 ▼ 1.76% EQTL3 38.78 ▲ 0.31% LREN3 13.93 ▲ 2.43% VIVT3 32.34 ▼ 0.89% RAIL3 14.18 ▼ 1.80% KLABIN 18.28 ▲ 0.16% RAIA DROGASIL 18.64 ▲ 0.87% RDOR3 34.17 ▼ 1.36% HAPV3 11.76 ▲ 4.26% FLRY3 17.28 ▲ 0.82% SMTO3 14.44 ▼ 0.55% UGPA3 32.90 ▼ 0.45% VBBR3 36.18 ▲ 0.36% BBSE3 41.52 ▲ 0.63% BPAC11 57.07 ▲ 0.48% CURY3 31.41 ▲ 4.39% AERI3 2.17 ▲ 0.93% VIVARA 22.77 ▲ 2.66% COMPASS 24.89 ▲ 0.20% VAMOS 3.31 ▼ 0.90% SANB11 28.66 ▲ 0.14% ASAI3 8.50 — 0.00% SBSP3 27.23 ▼ 1.70% WALMEX 49.88 ▼ 0.74% GMEXICO 212.37 ▲ 2.24% FEMSA 216.80 ▼ 2.10% CEMEX 20.68 ▲ 0.83% GFNORTE 198.24 ▼ 1.17% BIMBO 61.47 ▼ 0.79% TELEVISA 9.69 ▼ 1.22% AMX 21.62 ▼ 2.04% GAP 374.18 ▼ 0.62% ASUR 277.40 ▲ 0.65% OMA 231.65 ▲ 0.14% KOF 185.55 ▼ 0.91% GRUMA 263.17 ▲ 1.91% KIMBER 40.04 ▼ 0.40% SQM-B 61,740 ▼ 1.53% COPEC 6,298 ▼ 0.82% BSANTANDER 79.94 ▼ 1.30% FALABELLA 6,270 ▲ 0.88% ENELAM 87.84 ▼ 0.17% CENCOSUD 1,947 ▼ 0.40% CMPC 1,065 ▲ 0.96% BANCO CHILE 190.73 ▼ 1.54% LATAM AIR 25.26 ▲ 2.10% YPF 8,145 ▼ 1.75% GGAL 7,960 ▲ 0.99% PAMPA 5,500 ▼ 0.99% TXAR 654.00 ▼ 0.83% ALUAR 967.50 ▼ 1.02% TGS 9,915 ▼ 1.34% CEPU 2,366 ▼ 1.25% MIRGOR 1,710 ▼ 89.54% COME 43.51 ▼ 1.18% LOMA NEGRA 3,568 ▼ 1.45% BYMA 293.00 ▼ 0.85% TELECOM ARG 4,380 ▼ 0.62% ECOPETROL 16.58 ▼ 1.16% BANCOLOMBIA 91.12 ▼ 1.51% GRUPO AVAL 5.17 ▼ 2.08% CREDICORP 396.55 ▼ 1.01% SOUTHERN COPPER 184.63 ▲ 1.05% BUENAVENTURA 30.20 ▼ 0.26% MERCADOLIBRE 1,900 ▲ 1.17% NUBANK 14.44 ▲ 0.77% XP 17.03 ▼ 0.18% PAGSEGURO 9.66 ▲ 0.16% STONE 11.28 ▼ 0.84% GLOBANT 37.51 ▲ 2.47% TECNOGLASS 45.63 ▲ 5.04% GAP AIRPORT 216.33 ▼ 0.47% ASUR 277.40 ▲ 0.65% OMA AIRPORT 106.91 ▲ 0.01% AMX ADR 24.80 ▼ 2.17% FEMSA ADR 124.90 ▼ 2.41% CEMEX ADR 11.90 ▲ 0.63% PETROBRAS ADR 19.03 ▼ 1.93% VALE ADR 14.57 ▼ 3.25% ITAU ADR 8.45 ▼ 0.12% SANTANDER BR 5.68 ▲ 0.18% AMBEV ADR 3.07 ▼ 1.29% CSN 0.93 ▼ 6.15% GERDAU 4.99 ▲ 0.50% LATAM ADR 54.46 ▲ 3.21% BTC 63,835 ▲ 0.56% ETH 1,868 ▼ 0.75% SOL 73.66 ▲ 0.29% XRP 1.08 ▼ 0.30% BNB 591.69 ▲ 0.70% ADA 0.19 ▲ 1.13% DOGE 0.07 ▼ 0.54% AVAX 6.53 ▼ 0.18% LINK 8.24 ▼ 1.55% DOT 0.83 ▲ 3.67% LTC 44.17 ▼ 1.04% BCH 214.10 ▲ 0.74% TRX 0.33 ▲ 0.81% XLM 0.17 ▼ 1.40% HBAR 0.07 ▲ 1.12% NEAR 1.74 ▲ 1.31% ATOM 1.35 ▲ 6.73% AAVE 93.38 ▲ 1.50% SELIC 14.25% EMBRAER 90.09 ▲ 3.68% EMBRAER ADR 70.89 ▲ 3.75% JBS 13.83 ▼ 1.39% JBS BDR 70.23 ▼ 0.66% MBRF3 17.70 ▲ 0.91% MBRFY 3.42 ▼ 0.58% INTER 5.58 ▼ 0.45%
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German MEP on vaccine passports, mandates: “Never take anything any government tells you at face value”

By · November 3, 2021 · 2 min read

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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – When you have an MP saying “don’t trust your government” then something has drastically gone wrong.

“I will not be vaccinated with anything that has not been properly vetted and tested and has shown no sound scientific evidence that the benefits outweigh the disease itself and possible long-term side effects, which to this day we don’t know anything about,” said Christine Anderson of Germany’s rightwing AfD party on Thursday from the floor of parliament in Brussels, Belgium.

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“I will not be reduced to a mere guinea pig by being vaccinated with an experimental drug,” she said.

“And I will most assuredly not get vaccinated because my government tells me to and promises in return I will be granted freedom.

“Let’s be clear about one thing,” Anderson said. “No one grants me freedom. For I am a free person.”

She was joined by five other MEPs in protest of the implementation of a Covid digital pass. Beginning next week, any parliament member or staffer entering the building in Brussels must present a valid pass proving they either are fully vaccinated, recently recovered, or can show a negative PCR result within the previous 48 hours.

A few days earlier, other MEPs have already expressed their criticism and concern about the totalitarian tendencies in Europe.

Anderson dared the German government and the European Commission to throw her in jail.

“Lock me up and throw away the key, for all I care,” the lawmaker said. “But you will never coerce me into being vaccinated if I, the free citizen that I am, choose not to be vaccinated.”

She warned that it’s not the goal of a government’s policy that “renders a system oppressive, it is always the methods by which the goal is pursued.” “Whenever a government claims to have the people’s interests at heart, you need to think again,” Anderson said.

“In the entire history of mankind, there has never been a political elite sincerely concerned about the wellbeing of regular people,” she said. “What makes any of us think that it is different now?”

She said it should be clear in this modern age that you should never “take anything any government you tell at face value.” People should always question any claim or agenda, asking who benefits?

Another MEP who spoke, Cristian Terhes of Romania, told reporters the parliament is stripping people’s “right to decide as they want to do with their bodies.”

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