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A girl along with other people participates in a religious event in memory of two young women murdered days ago in the town of La Mision in the state of Portuguesa, Venezuela on February 27, 2021.

Venezuelans protest femicide after three women murdered in a week

Yesterdat 07:41 Hundreds of Venezuelans protested Saturday following the murders of three young women last week, in a rally against femicide in the troubled nation.

VIP VACCINATIONS

Latin America’s vaccine scandal claims third health minister

Yesterdat 07:09 Ecuador health minister resigned Friday, becoming the third top Latin American health official forced out in two weeks as outrage grows over the ability of the region’s richest and most powerful to obtain vaccinations before the rest of the population.

MERCOSUR BLOC

Brazil again pushes for loosening of Mercosur trade deal rules

27-02-2021 08:21 Bolsonaro set to visit Buenos Aires for trade bloc’s next summit; Brazilian foreign minister accuses ‘interest groups’ using the environment as ‘pretext’ to block ratification of EU-Mercosur deal.

US pharma giant accused of “bullying” Latin American governments in Covid vaccine negotiations, even asking Argentina and Brazil to put up sovereign assets as guarantees against any future legal costs.

CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

‘Held to ransom’: Pfizer demands governments gamble with state assets to secure vaccine deal

27-02-2021 07:41 US pharma giant accused of “bullying” Latin American governments in Covid vaccine negotiations, even asking Argentina and Brazil to put up sovereign assets as guarantees against any future legal costs.

by MADLEN DAVIES, IVÁN RUIZ, JILL LANGOIS & ROSA FURNEAUX, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism

Handout file photo taken on June 24, 2019 and released by the National Copper Corporation of Chile (CODELCO) showing the construction of the underground operations of the Chuquicamata mine in Calama, Chile. The price of copper doubled on February, 2021 compared to March, 2020 and reached its highest price in a decade due to China's purchases, a situation which opens a "unique" opportunity for the economy of Chile, the main producer of the mineral, experts pointed out to AFP.

MINING

China's appetite for copper provides Chile with opportunity

26-02-2021 13:08 With the price of copper reaching a 10-year high thanks in no small part to China's insatiable appetite, Chile faces a "unique" opportunity, according to experts.

Handout photo released by the Venezuelan Presidency showing President Nicolás Maduro, during a televised announcement in Caracas, on November 8, 2020.

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

Venezuela expels EU ambassador over fresh sanctions

24-02-2021 16:38 Venezuela on Wednesday expelled the European Union's ambassador to Caracas in response to new sanctions, giving the Portuguese envoy 72 hours to leave the country and raising the bloc's renewed ire.

Mayla Rezende (left) and Sofia Albuquerck (right).

TRANS RIGHTS

Brazil trans twins undergo gender confirmation surgery together

24-02-2021 11:14 Growing up as identical twins, Mayla and Sofia always did everything together, and their decision to undergo sex reassignment surgery is no exception. Now, they have made the transition they long dreamed of together, in what their doctor calls a first.

Guayaquil

At least 62 inmates dead in Ecuador prison riots

23-02-2021 21:52 At least 62 inmates died Tuesday and several were injured in riots blamed on gang rivalry at three jails in Ecuador's overcrowded prison system, authorities said.

Sports journalists Andrea Guerrero from Colombia and Juan José Buscaglia from Argentina present the draw of the Copa América 2020 football tournament at the Convention Centre in Cartagena, Colombia, on December 3, 2019. The Copa América 2020 football tournament will be hosted jointly by Argentina and Colombia next year, from June 12 to July 12. Asian champions Qatar and previous winner Australia will participate as invited guest teams.

International football

Australia, Qatar pull out of 2021 Copa América

23-02-2021 21:01 Australia and Qatar have pulled out of the 2021 Copa América starting in June, South American football's governing body CONMEBOL confirms.

President Alberto Fernández met with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrado at the National Palace.

Alberto in Mexico

Fernández, López Obrador demand fairer access to Covid-19 vaccines

23-02-2021 16:49 Alberto Fernández and Andrés Manuel López Obrador call for fairer distribution of Covid-19 vaccines in Latin America and across the world, with both in agreement that rich nations are monopolising jabs.

Delays in deliveries have sent countries that relied heavily on particular vaccines, such as Mexico and Colombia, running to ink last-minute contracts with competitors. Argentina is trying to produce more locally.

Global pandemic

Vaccine delays threaten economies hardest hit by pandemic

23-02-2021 12:24 Latin America and the Caribbean, the region where the coronavirus caused the worst economic destruction and more than a quarter of the world’s deaths, is now falling victim to a slow inoculation campaign.

The Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Friday, February 19, 2021.

BRAZILIAN FIRM

Oil giant Petrobras sheds US$19 billion in value over two days

22-02-2021 20:45 A sell-off in Brazil’s state-controlled oil firm Petrobras picked up on Monday after a group of analysts downgraded the stock within 24 hours, following Jair Bolsonaro's decision to replace the company’s chief executive officer.

Alberto Fernández arrives in Mexico on Monday 22 February, 2021, for an official visit.

ALBERTO IN MEXICO

President arrives in Mexico for talks on business, vaccines

22-02-2021 14:05 Alberto Fernández landed in Mexico City today for an official visit geared towards “strengthening commercial ties” between two countries. President set to meet Mexican counterpart Andrés Manuel López Obrador, billionaire businessman Carlos Slim and visit an AstraZeneca vaccine laboratory.

Ecuadorean Presidential candidate Guillermo Lasso.

Ecuador election 2021

Arauz, Lasso advance to Ecuador presidential run-off

22-02-2021 12:30 Leftist economist Andrés Arauz will face conservative Guillermo Lasso in the upcoming second round of Ecuador's presidential election, officials confirmed Sunday. Third-place finisher, indigenous leader Yaku Pérez, vows to appeal.

BLOOMBERG – ANALYSIS

Bolsonaro calls for more changes after general goes to Petrobras

21-02-2021 08:25 Brazil leader says that more changes are underway after naming a former general to head Petrobras. Experts say Bolsonaro has chosen "economic populism."

Joaquim Silva e Luna, pictured in a file photo.

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Bolsonaro appoints Army reserve general to head Petrobras

21-02-2021 08:12 Brazil's far-right president appoints Army reserve general Joaquim Silva e Luna to lead state-owned energy giant Petrobras, after criticising several successive increases in the price of fuel.

Adriana #14 of Brazil celebrates her goal against Romina Nunez #18 of Argentina during the SheBelieves Cup at Exploria Stadium on February 18, 2021 in Orlando, Florida.

WOMEN’S FOOTBALL

Covid-ravaged Argentina slump to defeat in SheBelieves Cup

20-02-2021 07:19 Albiceleste women’s side loses 4-1 to Brazil in opener. Preparations for the game were rocked just hours before kick off after four players tested positive for Covid-19.

The “special contribution” will trigger an “exodus of investments, because it punishes the local investor when the foreign investor is not covered by this norm.

Poverty and taxation

Wealth tax: inequality solution for Latin America?

19-02-2021 12:52 The income chasm between the rich and poor in Latin America has led to efforts to tax the wealthy – though the reception has been uneven across various countries.

Venezuelan airport workers place in a refrigerated truck packages containing 100,000 doses of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine against the COVID-19 virus at the Simon Bolivar international airport in La Guaria, Venezuela on February 13, 2021.

Global Pandemic

Venezuela to begin Covid immunisation programme with Sputnik V

18-02-2021 12:44 President Nicolás Maduro announces healthcare workers, legislators, members of the Armed Forces and authorities will start to receive Covid-19 vaccines, with mass immunisation campaign is planned for April.

Ecuadorean presidential candidate Yaku Pérez.

Ecuador election 2021

Ecuador suspends recount in presidential election

17-02-2021 13:36 Ecuador's National Electoral Council suspends recount in first round of the presidential election requested by left-wing indigenous candidate Yaku Pérez, who has alleged fraud denied him a place in the run-off.

Signage stands outside the state-owned Agropatria agricultural supply store in the town of Turen, Portuguesa state, Venezuela, on Saturday, November 11, 2017. In western Portuguesa state, which was the nation's breadbasket, hundreds of arable acres were lost after seeds didn't arrive until the rainy season. As Venezuelans in cities scavenge for food, once-fertile farmlands are barren as well.

BLOOMBERG

Bankrupt Venezuela cedes control of companies

16-02-2021 18:14 Dozens of confiscated firms have been transferred – but not sold – to private operators in so-called strategic alliances.

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Bolsonaro further relaxes gun laws in Brazil

16-02-2021 14:49 Four decrees, issued late Friday, increase the number of firearms Brazilians can own from four to six – or up to 60, for those who practice recreational sport shooting – and authorise them to carry up to two guns in public.

Health workers wait to administer doses of Coronavac vaccine to elderly patients at a drive-thru vaccination point at the Sambadrome Rio Carnival venue, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on February 13, 2021.

Coronavirus Pandemic

Vaccine shortage forces Rio to suspend Covid jabs

15-02-2021 16:44 Brazilian city Rio de Janeiro is forced to suspend its vaccination programme due to shortages, fuelling further frustrations with President Jair Bolsonaro's government.

A newsstand in Lima displays on February 15, 2021 newspapers highlighting an early vaccination scandal involving politicians and top officials, amid the novel coronavirus COVID-19, pandemic.

Coronavirus Pandemic

Two Peruvian top officials resign amid Covid-19 vaccine scandal

15-02-2021 16:15 Public resentment over officials receiving vaccinations — despite there being no date for a wider immunisation drive — has seen at least two government officials resign.

Supporters of Ecuadorean presidential candidate Yaku Pérez demonstrate outside the National Electoral Council (CNE) in Quito, on February 12, 2021.

ELECTION IN ECUADOR

Two presidential candidates in Ecuador demand election recount

13-02-2021 09:38 Guillermo Lasso, a career banker who wants close ties with Washington, holds a razor-thin margin over Yaku Pérez, an environmentalist who opposes big mining projects.

Godoy Cruz striker Santiago 'Morro' García.

FOOTBALL

Uruguayan striker Santiago García’s death confirmed as suicide

13-02-2021 09:35 Godoy Cruz striker Santiago 'Morro' García was found dead last Saturday at his home; Courts confirm Uruguayan, a fan’s favourite, took his own life.

Coronavirus Pandemic

Pandemic has hit LatAm women's employment hard, says report

11-02-2021 16:43 According to a UN report published on Wednesday, the pandemic could set women back ten years in terms of employment rate.

Covid-19 vaccine

Argentina approves Indian Covishield coronavirus vaccine

10-02-2021 10:46 Argentina announces it has approved the emergency use of the Indian-made Covishield jab, as Peru begins vaccination programme.

Handout picture released by the Mexican Presidency showing President-elect Alberto Fernández and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador talking during a meeting at the National Palace in Mexico City, on November 4, 2019.

bilateral relations

Fernández to visit AMLO in Mexico later this month

09-02-2021 21:44 President Fernández will travel to Mexico to visit counterpart Andrés Manuel López Obrador this month.

Argentine scientists detected variants of the coronavirus in samples taken in the city and province of Buenos Aires.

Coronavirus Pandemic

New coronavirus strains enters Argentina from Brazil

09-02-2021 17:19 Argentina has detected two new coronavirus variants brought into the country by passengers arriving from Brazil, announced Health Minister Ginés González García has revealed.

Citizens line up to vote in Ecuador's 2021 election.

BLOOMBERG

IMF’s woes in Latin America set to grow after Ecuador vote

09-02-2021 17:01 IMF risks having to renegotiate its second multi-billion dollar loan in Latin America in as many years following Ecuador’s presidential election.

Alejandro Werner, director of the western hemisphere for the International Monetary Fund, speaks during an interview in New York on Thursday, February 28, 2019.

BLOOMBERG

IMF warns surging virus threatens to curb Latin America rebound

08-02-2021 22:16 Latin America’s economic recovery faces risks from failure to stop the spread of the coronavirus and the need for new lockdown measures, says the IMF.

Supporters of the Ecuadorian Presidential candidate Yaku Perez are seen outside the Swissotel Hotel, where Perez is giving a press conference, in Quito, Ecuador, on February 8, 2021.

Ecuador Election

Ecuador: leftist candidates Arauz and Pérez head to run-off

08-02-2021 18:59 With just under 90 per cent of the total ballots counted, two leaders from the left are set to compete for the presidential role in a run-off vote: economist Andrés Arauz and indigenous activist Yaku Pérez.

Lava Jato

Brazil's watershed 'Lava Jato' graft probe ends with a whimper

08-02-2021 15:20 One of the biggest corruption investigations in history wraps up after falling into scandal itself.

FOOTBALL

Crespo quits Defensa y Justicia after Copa Sudamericana title

08-02-2021 15:12 Former Argentina striker Hernán Crespo has left his role as coach of Defensa y Justicia after leading the club to the Copa Sudamericana title last month.

Germán Blanco's daughter July, 30, checks on her father as he lies on a couch in the living room connected to an oxygen tank at his home in Callao, Peru on February 4, 2021.

Global pandemic

Covid patients asphyxiate as Latin America battles oxygen shortage

08-02-2021 14:55 According to the World Health Organisation, about one in five people with Covid-19 requires oxygen therapy to relieve respiratory distress.

Firefighters receive equipment to open a vehicle found in the mud as they search for victims of Friday's dam collapse at an iron-ore mine belonging to Brazil's giant mining company Vale near the town of Brumadinho.

Brazil

Brazil's Vale to pay $7bn in damages for deadly 2019 dam collapse

05-02-2021 13:28 The Brazilian company responsible for the 2019 collapse of a mining waste dam killed 270 people has agreed to compensate victims and their families and fund socio-economic programs and repair projects in the local area, but victims say the amount should have been higher.

by Jordi Miro, AFP

EU-MERCOSUR DEAL

France says won't ratify Mercosur trade deal in 'current form'

04-02-2021 17:01 France says it will not ratify trade deal between the European Union and the Mercosur bloc "in its current form."

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

Biden team sees no contact 'anytime soon' with Venezuela's Maduro

03-02-2021 23:32 United States says it had no plans to open direct contacts with Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro, who has called for improved relations after Donald Trump's exit from the White House.

The unfinished Trump Tower Punta del Este in Uruguay.

BLOOMBERG

Trump tower in Uruguay tests tarnished brand's foreign appeal

03-02-2021 17:38 The gilded Trump name may no longer sell New York real estate. But, 5,000 miles away in Punta del Este, investors are raising millions in a bet that the former US president’s brand retains its international cachet.

In this aerial photo, the Municipal Pantheon is seen in Valle de Chalco, Mexico state, Mexico, amid the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic.

Global pandemic

Latin America and Caribbean top 600,000 Covid-19 deaths

03-02-2021 08:49 More than 600,000 lives have been lost to Covid-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean since the pandemic began.

Brazilian Deputy Arthur Lira (centre) is lifted as he celebrates after being elected as president of Brazil's Lower House in Brasilia on February 1, 2021. Brazil's Congress on Monday elected Rodrigo Pacheco and Arthur Lira as Senate and Lower House's speakers respectively, both allies of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro.

BRAZILIAN POLITICS

Brazil Congress elects Bolsonaro allies as new leaders

02-02-2021 08:56 Brazil's Congress on Monday elected two allies of President Jair Bolsonaro to head the Senate and lower house, an important victory for the far-right leader as he seeks to re-galvanise his re-election efforts for 2022.

From left to right: Chilean First Lady Cecilia Morel, Chilean President Sebastián Piñera, President Alberto Fernández (2-R) and First Lady Fabiola Yáñez at the La Moneda Presidential Palace in Santiago.

PRESIDENT VISITS CHILE

Fernández calls for closer ties during visit to Chile

30-01-2021 08:51 President flies to Santiago for two-day visit, taking in meetings with Chilean President Sebastián Piñera, a host of opposition politicians and businessmen.

COLOMBIA

Tribunal charges former FARC members with war crimes

29-01-2021 17:53 Eight high-ranking members of Colombia's now-defunct FARC guerilla movement, including serving politicians, are being charged with war crimes, a court said Thursday.

Single mother Jessica Sanz (26) plays with her baby while taking care of him at her home in the Union neighbourhood at the populous community of Petare in Caracas on August 30, 2020

Venezuela

In crisis-hit Venezuela, maternity wards have become death traps

29-01-2021 17:31 With seven years of back-to-back recession and the highest inflation in the world, Venezuela's hospitals are creaking skeletons of their former selves, and the effects on maternity wards can be devastating.

Medical personnel tend patients at a makeshift ward constructed for Covid-19 patients at a school in the central city of Huanuco, 370 kilometres northeast of Lima on January 25, 2021.

Global Pandemic

Half of Peru enters lockdown as Covid-19 cases soar

28-01-2021 16:51 Peruvian government imposes strict quarantine on half the country’s population, after a spike in Covid-19 deaths and saturation of the healthcare system.

The tomb of a Covid-19 victim with the Brazilian flag at the Nossa Senhora Aparecida cemetery in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil.

Global Pandemic

In Brazil's Manaus, young people step up as Covid bites

28-01-2021 15:14 As the northern Brazilian city of Manaus battles soaring Covid-19 cases and a new variant of the virus, young volunteers offer a helping hand. One group distributes essential items, while a young woman connects patients with family members.

Aerolineas Argentinas aeroplane at an airport apron.

Coronavirus Pandemic

Argentina to reduce flights to and from Brazil, Mexico, Europe, US

27-01-2021 14:57 National aviation officials instruct airlines to reduce number of flights to Brazil, Mexico, the US and a handful European countries by between 30% and 50%.

Economic forecasts

IMF boosts world growth outlook as vaccines outweigh risks

26-01-2021 12:32 IMF improves forecast for global growth this year to 5.5%, betting the rollout of coronavirus vaccines and more fiscal stimulus will offset the immediate challenge posed by the resurgent pandemic.

Newspaper layout designers work in the newsroom of the El Universal newspaper in Mexico City, on January 11, 2021.

MEDIA

Latin American newspapers bet on digital subscriptions

26-01-2021 08:52 Latin America's newspapers, affected financially by the migration of readers to the Internet, are betting on subscription modes to secure their future.

Late former Chile president Eduardo Frei.

LATIN AMERICA

Chile court overturns murder verdict in ex-president Eduardo Frei's death

25-01-2021 23:05 Judges in Chile says ex-president Eduardo Frei's death four decades ago was not murder, overruling a 15-year investigation which concluded he was poisoned in hospital by agents of dictator Augusto Pinochet.

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador speaks during his daily morning press conference in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua State, Mexico.

Global pandemic

Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador says he has Covid-19

25-01-2021 08:31 Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced Sunday that he was infected with the coronavirus, but said his symptoms were mild.

Brazilian Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello (second right), Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo (second left), Communications Minister Fabio Faria (right) and the Ambassador of India in Brazil Suresh Reddy (left), pose for photos next to a container carrying doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine that arrived from India at the Guarulhos International Airport, near Sao Paulo, Brazil, on January 22, 2021. Brazil received Friday a first lot with two million doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine developed by the Serum Institute of India.

Valeria Pacheco, AFP

Brazil's late and rocky start on vaccinations fuels public ire

25-01-2021 08:26 Brazil's newly launched vaccination campaign against Covid-19 has gotten off to a late and rocky start – as the country is hammered by a second wave of the disease, it is already close to running out of vaccine, syringes and other vital equipment.

Joe Biden is sworn in as US president as his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, looks on during his inauguration on the West Front of the US Capitol on January 20, 2021 in Washington DC.

UNITED STATES

Biden’s three priorities for South America

23-01-2021 08:39 Newly inaugurated US president’s foreign policy will have three main fronts in South America: environmental protection, the crisis in Venezuela and countering the growing influence of China. Negotiations with the International Monetary Fund will be the first bilateral test for Alberto Fernández.

by Leandro Dario

Porteños queue outside a bank in Buenos Aires, backdropped by state advertising about the coronavirus pandemic.

Global Pandemic

UN: Covid shrinks Latin American trade for 2020

22-01-2021 15:49 The coronavirus pandemic has triggered the steepest drop in Latin American foreign trade in 2020 since the global financial crisis more than a decade ago, a UN body said Friday.

Brazil

Bolsonaro’s son ordered by courts to pay damages to journalist

22-01-2021 14:53 A court of justice ordered the son of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to pay damages to a journalist after claiming she had "tried to seduce" a source to obtain compromising information about his Father.

UNITED STATES

Venezuela's Maduro hopes for 'better relations' with US under Biden

21-01-2021 15:22 Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro says he hopes for better relations with Washington under US President Joe Biden.

BIDEN INAUGURATION

Bolsonaro extends olive branch to Biden on inauguration

21-01-2021 11:48 Bolsonaro was one of last world leaders to recognse Biden’s victory, and amplified Donald Trump's allegations that last year's US election had been rigged.

Relatives of patients infected with Covid-19 queue for long hours to refill their oxygen tanks at the Carboxi company in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, on January 19, 2021. 21.

Global pandemic

Desperate search for oxygen in Brazil's crisis-hit Manaus

20-01-2021 08:20 Under an overwhelming heat, dozens of people have been waiting for 12 hours to fill oxygen tanks and try to save the lives of their loved ones in Manaus, a Brazilian city plunged into chaos by the explosion of Covid-19 cases.

View of the an Argentine flag by the reception desk of the mAbxience biosimilar monoclonal antibody laboratory plant where an experimental coronavirus vaccine will be produced for Latin America in Garin, Buenos Aires Province.

Covid-19 vaccine

Argentina sends Mexico supplies to produce Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine

19-01-2021 17:59 Argentina has sent Mexico the first active ingredient necessary for the development of around one million doses of the British Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.

A paramedic waits to assist a patient with symptoms of Covid-19 in Medellín, Colombia, on January 12, 2021.

Global pandemic

Colombia will expel foreigners caught partying as Covid-19 spreads

19-01-2021 08:50 Colombian immigration officials announced Monday that foreign nationals caught taking part in underground parties in violation of a ban on social gatherings during the pandemic will be expelled from the country.

DIPLOMACY

Alberto Fernández to visit Chile's Piñera in Santiago this month

16-01-2021 06:56 President Alberto Fernández will travel to Santiago on January 26 to meet with Chilean President Sebastián Piñera.

Brazil's Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo.

BLOOMBERG

Bolsonaro government’s message to Biden: Trumpism lives on in Brazil

16-01-2021 04:04 Brazil's Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo wants Joe Biden to know that it’s not about to reverse course in response to the change of US leadership.

Ángel Cabrera

Brazil arrests Ángel Cabrera, fugitive golfer accused of abuse

15-01-2021 14:19 Ángel Cabrera, wanted by Interpol on domestic violence charges, was arrested in Rio de Janeiro Thursday, and will be extradited to Argentina to stand trial.

President Alberto Fernandez (C), speaks next to Cabinet Chief Santiago Cafiero (L) and the Minister of Women, Genders and Diversity, Elizabeth Gomez Alcorta, during the promulgation ceremony of the abortion law known as Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy Law (IVE in Spanish) in Buenos Aires, on January 14, 2021. Fernandez sign the law that allows voluntary terminations up to 14 weeks of pregnancy, which was passed by the senate on December 30, 2020.

Abortion rights

Abortion becomes legal in Argentina as Chile starts a debate

15-01-2021 13:12 President Alberto Fernández signs bill allowing abortion until 14th week of pregnancy into law.

Global pandemic

Evo Morales: Fernández offered Covid-19 treatment in Argentina

14-01-2021 23:50 Former Bolivia president Evo Morales, who has tested positive for the coronavirus, said on Thursday he has received treatment offers from allies Argentina, Venezuela and Cuba.

A passenger walks through Heathrow terminal in London, England.

Global pandemic

UK to ban South American, Portugal arrivals over Brazil virus strain

14-01-2021 15:47 Britain bans all arrivals from South America, Panama, Cape Verde and Portugal over fears of importing a new coronavirus variant from Brazil.

President Donald Trump and visiting Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speak during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, March 19, 2019, in Washington.

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Brazil's Bolsonaro increasingly isolated as Trump departs

13-01-2021 23:32 When Jair Bolsonaro took office in January 2019 he nurtured relationships with other like-minded, far-right governments, but as the political tide turns he now finds himself and his country increasingly isolated.

COPA LIBERTADORES

Palmeiras into Libertadores final after VAR thwarts River

13-01-2021 10:19 River dominate semi-final second leg at a empty Allianz Parque stadium in São Paulo, but are twice denied a legendary comeback by controversial VAR decisions.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Telefónica sells mobile masts in Europe, Latin America for 7.7 billion euros

13-01-2021 10:13 Spain’s Telefónica to sell its telephone masts in Europe and Latin America to US-based telecom infrastructure firm American Towers Corp for US$9.4 billion in cash.