Today, the ANPG - Angolan National Agency for Oil, Gas, and Biofuels estimated investments of US$200 million to drill the first exploration well in the Namibe basin, starting in 2024. For drilling the first exploration well in the unexplored Namibe basin, ANPG, the Angolan state company Sonangol and ExxonMobil (US) signed today in Luanda a […]
The President of the Republic of Angola, João Lourenço, wants more Japanese businessmen to invest in the country, mainly in the agro-industrial sector. He assured that the country has an environment of "greater transparency" today, good governance, and with clear actions to fight corruption and impunity. Angola, assured the head of state, is implementing important […]
The Presidents of Cape Verde and São Tomé and Príncipe agreed on the need to implement agreements that are still pending and on Cape Verde's support to São Tomé's application to become a Middle Income Country. Visiting Cape Verde until Thursday (16), the President of São Tomé and Príncipe, Carlos Vila Nova, believes that his […]
International donations received by Cape Verde fell by almost half in 2022 to less than €20 million, according to data from the Ministry of Finance. According to a report on budget execution from January to December 2022 by the Ministry of Finance, these transfers - which involve food aid, direct donations, and support from governments […]
According to experts at the Central American Population Center of the University of Costa Rica, Costa Rica has the lowest fertility rate in the Americas, with 1.3 children per woman, and even lower if migrant women are excluded. “This level of 1.3 children is called ultra-low fertility, and if you calculate this rate only for […]
Colombia is one of the countries in Latin America with the highest adoption of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. It is, therefore, logical that exchanges such as Binance have decided to expand their product offering in the South American country, in this case with a prepaid card that can be used to purchase digital assets from more […]
The ALMA radio telescope, the largest in the world, located 5,000 meters above sea level in the Atacama Desert (Chile), celebrated its tenth anniversary. It revealed numerous sky secrets during this time, such as the first photograph of a black hole. On a dry, brown plateau surrounded by rocky peaks, dozens of white, metallic giants […]
The troubled waters through which cruise ships seem to be sailing in Panama, after complaints from shipping companies about a possible monopoly in the bunkering service to vessels in the ports, in addition to the alleged poor conditions of these facilities, returned to its level this Sunday when 7,254 tourists arrived in the country on […]
Chile has opened the door to further modifications to proposed tax increases on copper producers, which could ease concerns that threaten to hold back investment in the industry. The government - which suffered a major setback last week with the rejection of a sweeping tax reform bill - is now willing to study further changes […]
Latin America's largest airline plans to return to the US capital markets after eliminating nearly US$4 billion in debt during a restructuring that spanned several years. Latam Airlines Group S.A. intends to re-list its American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) on the New York Stock Exchange this year after they were suspended during bankruptcy, Chief Financial Officer […]
Federal congresswoman Chris Tonietto (PL-RJ) denounced the institutionalization of gender ideology by the Lula government through the creation of the "National Program of Gender Equity, Race and Valuing of Women Workers" in the Unified Health System (SUS). The Ministry of Health (MS) Ordinance establishing the Program was published in the Official Gazette of the Union […]
The MobizapSP application, created by the São Paulo City Hall to compete with companies like Uber and 99, will go live between March 22 and 24. According to the Municipal Transportation Secretariat, 9,845 drivers and 10,000 users have already been registered until Monday, March 13. According to the City Hall, one of the differentials of […]
The National Supply Company (Conab) estimated that by the end of the 2023 harvest, rice production in Brazil would be below 10 million tonnes. This is the lowest level in 25 years. The production of beans should remain at levels similar to those of the last three decades, with almost 3 million tonnes. According to […]
A Paraná State System of Agriculture team met with local producers to instruct them on how to deal with avian influenza. The meeting took place last week. Paraná is the largest Brazilian chicken meat producer, so the authorities fear the damage caused by the disease. During the meeting, representatives from the Secretariat discussed with Paraná […]
Federal Supreme Court (STF) Justice Alexandre de Moraes said on Monday, 13, that social network companies should be held responsible for user-generated content. For the magistrate, the big techs should not be considered only technology platforms. The statement was made during the seminar "Freedom of Expression, Social Networks and Democracy", promoted by the Getúlio Vargas […]
Two measures of Lula's government are generating fear in the oil sector, especially for the independent companies, called junior oil companies, which have planned investments of R$40 billion (US$7.65 billion) until 2029, according to an estimate by the Brazilian Association of Independent Oil and Gas Producers (Abpip). One of the measures is the return of […]
The Ibovespa closed the trading session this Monday, 13, at the year's lowest quotation, worth just over 103,000 points. Ibovespa is the main indicator of the Brazilian Stock Exchange (B3). At the same time, the dollar ended the day up 1%, trading at R$5.27. Three consecutive trading sessions of fall occurred until the Ibovespa reached […]
Brazilian account holders have already recovered nearly R$275 million (US$52.64) through the Central Bank's System of Receivables (SRV) reopening in 2023. The monetary authority released the balance this Monday, 13. The sum involves withdrawals since the platform returned to operation on March 7. In 2023, the highest individual withdrawal made by a Brazilian account holder […]
The far-left Workers' Cause Party (PCO) said on Monday, 13 that the crime of LGBTphobia is a "legal aberration." The issue came up again after federal congressman Nikolas Ferreira (PL-MG) criticized the occupation of biological women's spaces by trans people. "It was not approved by the National Congress, which is the only institution that has […]
President Lula will start handing out second-level positions this week to bar the Mixed Parliamentary Inquiry Commission (CPMI) of January 8, reported the newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo on Tuesday, 14. The CPMI wants to get to the authors of the vandalism acts at Three Powers Square. The list of seats benefits União Brasil, […]
The financial crisis in the United States, with the bankruptcy of Silicon Valley Bank, influenced the Ibovespa drop on Monday. The commercial dollar closed 1.16% higher, at R$5.2683, after reaching a maximum of R$5.2823 and reaching a minimum of R$5.2121. The U.S. dollar futures contract for April advanced 1.06% to R$ 5.289 around 5:10 pm. […]
Uruguay’s manufacturing industry production increased 0.6 percent year-on-year in January, boosted by pharmaceutical production, the National Statistics Institute (INE) reported yesterday, Monday. With an advance of 41.1 percent and a weight in the total of 1.6 percentage points, the manufacture of pharmaceutical products was in January the division with the highest positive impact on the […]
The President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, promised yesterday, Monday, to accelerate the demarcation of Brazilian indigenous lands and remove all illegal miners. The statement was made during the 52nd General Assembly of the Indigenous Peoples of Roraima, in the north of the country, after being informed by local leaders about the sanitary […]
The central Chilean zone reached last February the warmest temperatures recorded in the country in the previous century, which could aggravate water shortages and affect food security, according to an expert. “The rise in temperatures and the water shortages that have lasted more than 15 years put agricultural production at risk and damage future food […]
According to a report released yesterday, the Brazilian Amazon rainforest recorded fires that affected 487,000 hectares in the first two months of the year, which warns that fires destroyed 536,000 hectares throughout Brazil during the first t year. The Monitor do Fogo presented the data on Monday, an initiative of the Annual Mapping Project of […]
