Cape Verde collected more than €16 million in 2022 with the Cape Verdean Airport Security Fee, introduced in 2019 to end mandatory tourist visas, twice as much as expected. According to data compiled today by Lusa from the report on budget execution from January to December 2022 from the Ministry of Finance, this fee earned […]
In a statement, the STF reported that the judge rapporteur for the investigations, Alexandre de Moraes reviewed all requests for provisional release by the women arrested in the acts considered terrorist, anti-democratic, and destruction of public buildings on January 8 and decided to release 149 from prison. Preventive measures such as house arrest at night […]
Angolan activists said today that the right to demonstrate in Angola is in question and that the regime tends to intensify repression in scenarios of weakening power to protect itself against threats. In the auditorium of the Pauline Sisters in Luanda, dozens of young activists reflected on the right to demonstrate, with the theme of […]
"The history they show us in books is something else; what we are going to present is between formal history and cultural history," Chiziane stressed at a press conference. The play is based on the work of poetry "The Song of the Slaves", written six years ago by Paulina Chiziane. Still, it took a long […]
The African Development Bank, in its new report, estimates that the continent's average Gross Domestic Product will stabilize at 4% in the next two years, up from 3.8% in 2022. African economies remain resilient and with a stable outlook this year and next, despite tight global financial conditions, predicts the African Development Bank (AfDB). In […]
The Bolivian city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (east) approved in its Municipal Council the purchase of vaccines to combat the worst dengue fever epidemic in the last 15 years, councilman Manuel Saavedra, told Sputnik on March 7. “The first thing for it (the purchase of vaccines) to become effective is that the authorities […]
Booming shale oil production from Vaca Muerta will generate energy trade surpluses for Argentina on the order of US$8 billion in a few years, Energy Secretary Flavia Royón said in an interview. Drilling is recovering rapidly in Vaca Muerta after a series of false dawns over the past decade, while the oil major, state-owned YPF […]
In the premises of the former National Congress in Santiago, the 24 experts appointed by the Parliament began their work to draft the preliminary draft of the new constitution. Sputnik was present at the site and spoke with the protagonists of this process. "It seems to me that it was an installation session that leaves […]
The French president abandoned moderation and launched the “anti-inflation quarter” program, a package of extreme left-wing measures similar to the “Fair Prices” applied in Argentina and Venezuela. Far away was the figure of the moderate leader once shown by French Emmanuel Macron. This Monday, the president of the Fifth Republic announced a package of extreme […]
On Tuesday, former Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno said that he is weighing the possibility of seeking asylum in Paraguay after learning that the Justice of his country has ordered him to appear every two weeks while he is being prosecuted for allegedly committing the crime of bribery. Moreno - who preceded Guillermo Lasso in office […]
The 15-Silver Line of the São Paulo Monorail was paralyzed shortly before 7 am this Wednesday, 8, due to a head-on collision between trains between Sapopemba and Jardim Planalto stations, in the east zone of São Paulo. The accident happened before the beginning of the commercial operation, according to the Metro, during the positioning of […]
A bill to be presented on Wednesday (8) by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) foresees that companies that pay different salaries to men and women performing the same functions can be fined. Planning Minister Simone Tebet gave the information to Rádio Eldorado, and excerpts were published by Estadão newspaper. According to the minister, […]
By Luiz Philippe Orleans e Bragança* Who wins and who loses with the Tax Reform in Brazil, whose proposals are being evaluated by the Working Group (PEC 110 and PEC 45)? All the advantages go to the banks, the big industries, and the Union government. The ones who will bear the losses of the measures […]
A spider, considered the most lethal species in the world, was captured in the city of Vitor Meireles, in Santa Catarina, on Saturday 4. According to the Fire Department, an individual sought the corporation and reported that the animal was in his residence. The arachnid was 8 centimeters long - twice the standard size. According […]
Pedro I of Brazil (Dom Pedro IV of Portugal) has recently gained a new facial representation. The image results from a multidisciplinary team that processed about 20,000 computerized tomography images. But that's not all. Medical and dental studies were also used in the graphic work, which also recreated the faces of Empress Leopoldina and Amelia. […]
By Daniela Gschweng* People in pesticide-polluted areas of Argentina have a 2.5 times higher risk of dying from cancer than the population average. That's what researchers at the University of Rosario's Institute of Social Environmental Health (InSSA) in Argentina found. According to the study, the cancer rate in eight villages in the Santa Fe region […]
By Vandré Kramer After the restrictions to fight the Covid-19 pandemic, which led China to two years of weak growth (2020 and 2022), expectations are for a resumption of economic expansion. After a 3% increase in GDP last year, the intention is to grow around 5% this year. Analysts point out that these expectations may […]
By Glau Gasparetto and Thaís Lopes Aidar In Transylvania, the famous region of Romania, what draws attention are not only the gothic legends - did someone mention Dracula? -but also the resignation of the spaces. There, a disused underground salt mine was transformed into a park with several attractions. The Salina Turda attracts visitors from […]
(Opinion) One of our staff members had his car insured with online insurtech Onsurance in Brazil some time ago. He found the business model and prices interesting at the time. Everything went "well" or seemed to go well until after more than a year, he suffered a first incident, where his car had to be […]
The Chilean Army has deployed around 4,000 troops to support the Law Enforcement and Security Forces in the Northern and Southern Macro-zone and combat tasks in the forest fires that have affected the regions of Ñuble, Biobío, and La Araucanía. According to the newspaper La Tercera, in the State of Constitutional Emergency Exception in force […]
The Ibovespa, the main index of the Brazilian Stock Exchange (B3), ended the day on Tuesday down 0.45%, at 104,000 points. On the other hand, the dollar closed this Tuesday's trading session with a high of 0.44%, quoted at R$ 5.19. Among the movements that affected the Ibovespa's performance is the declaration of the Fed's […]
On Tuesday (Mar. 7), Brazil's National Health Regulator (Anvisa) temporarily suspended the authorization for emergency use of the drug Evusheld, produced by the pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca to treat the disease early. According to Anvisa, the drug will be suspended "until data proving its efficacy against the variants of Sars-CoV-2 circulating in the country are presented." […]
The water system that feeds Mexico City and municipalities in the central state of Mexico is affected by the “severe” drought in the center of the country, warned on Tuesday the head of government of the Mexican capital, Claudia Sheinbaum. The local governor warned that at least until next May, the metropolitan area of the […]
The Bolivian Prosecutor’s Office decided Tuesday to expand the criminal proceedings against former interim President Jeanine Áñez (2019-2020) for the crimes of genocide, murder, and severe injury committed in the so-called “Sacaba massacre” case. The massacre occurred in the city of Cochabamba in November 2019 after the resignation of former President Evo Morales (2006-2019). “Your […]
The Government of Argentina agreed on a credit with the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF) for US$840 million destined to finance the “President Néstor Kirchner” gas pipeline. This project aims to expand the production and transportation of gas and unconventional hydrocarbons from the Vaca Muerta formation located in the southwest of the country, informed […]
