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USA Guatemala
IFC anuncia US$ 55 milhões ao Mercon Group, grande fornecedor global de café verde
Recursos apoiarão operações da empresa e produtores de Nicarágua, Honduras e Guatemala A International Finance Corporation (IFC), braço do Banco Mundial, anunciou acerto de tratativas para aportar até US$ 55 milhões ao Mercon Group, um dos dez maiores fornecedores de café verde do mundo, no âmbito do Programa Global de ...
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Brasile
GDP will drop 17% by 2048 unless Brazil reduces global warming, says Al Gore
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Environmentalist and ex-U.S. Vice-President Al Gore said that Brazil may experience a 17% drop in its Gross Domestic Product by 2048 unless it adopts measures to mitigate global warming, namely contain forest fires and eliminate carbon emissions from its production structure. Gore's projection is contained ...
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Brasile
Brazil’s most widely used pesticide is linked to 503 infant deaths per year, study shows
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Glyphosate used in soy farming contaminates rivers and affects births, show researchers from Princeton, FGV, and Insper. Glyphosate is the most widely used pesticide in Brazil. It represents 62% of all herbicides used in the country and, in 2016, sales of this chemical in thousands ...
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Brasile Ecuador
Lasso sends his freedom of expression bill to Ecuador’s Assembly to end ‘gag law’
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Ecuador’s new president, Guillermo Lasso, sent this Tuesday to the National Assembly his promised project to repeal the 2013 “Communication Law” passed by the then ruling Correism and which was considered a “gag law” Sent to the head of the legislative branch, Guadalupe Llori, the ...
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Brasile
Brazil economy minister eyes 5% GDP growth this year, budget surplus in 2023
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (REUTERS) Brazil's economy may grow by as much 5% this year, Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said on Tuesday, adding that the government could eliminate its budget deficit and swing to surplus as early as 2023. In an event hosted by bank BTG Pactual, Guedes struck ...
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Brasile USA El Salvador
Salvadoran Assembly approves US$1.29 billion for food sovereignity and agriculture
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador approved this Tuesday two trusts for US$1.2 billion for the “rescue” of the agricultural and coffee sector with loans. The Legislative body, with a large majority of the ruling party, approved with the votes of 73 legislators -out of ...
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Brasile USA Panama
Mining as a bone of contention between environmentalists and economic promoters in Panama
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – “Bread for today and hunger for tomorrow”, as defined by environmentalists who demonstrated this Tuesday in Panama City against mining, at a time when the Government is promoting the sector as an engine for the recovery of the economy after the hard blow of the ...
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Bulgaria Bielorussia
Bielorussia, domani riunione urgente del Consiglio Onu. Arrestata la compagna del blogger
Il Consiglio di sicurezza si riunirà il 26 maggio per discutere del dirottamento del volo Ryanair e dell’arresto di Roman Prosatevich. In manette la partner Sofia Sapega
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Brasile Nigeria
Dólar tem pequena alta e sobe para R$ 5,33 com piora externa
Em um dia de tensões no mercado internacional e doméstico, o dólar fechou com pequena alta, depois de iniciar o dia em queda. A bolsa de valores não conseguiu manter a alta de ontem (24) e caiu, sem conseguir alcançar o recorde histórico registrado em janeiro. O dólar comercial encerrou esta ...
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Brasile
Novo portal unifica dados estratégicos da agropecuária brasileira
A partir de hoje (25), qualquer cidadão pode ter acesso a mais de 200 bases de dados da agropecuária brasileira num ambiente único. O Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento lançou o Observatório da Agropecuária, que unifica estatísticas e mapas georreferenciados (com coordenadas geográficas) de safra, de previsão climática, de ...