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Argentina
“Esperamos precisiones”: sorpresa y dudas en las agencias de viaje por las nuevas restricciones de la Unión Europea
Hoy se conoció que el bloque removió a la Argentina de su lista de “países seguros” por su situación epidemiológica; ahora cada nación puede volver a exigir un certificado de inoculación con fórmulas aprobadas por la EMA y la OMS, entre las que no aparece la Sputnik V
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Regno Unito
A North Sea Auction Produces Big Plans for Scottish Wind Farms
Oil giants like BP and Shell propose to spend billions on renewable energy, bolstering Scotland’s efforts to move away from an economy based on fossil fuel.
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Brasile Colombia USA
Colombia is importing more: foreign purchases grew by 56.3% in November 2021
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Imports totaled US$6.5 billion in November last year; this represented an annual growth of 56.3% compared to the same month in 2020, one of the highest in recent years. This performance was mainly due to the 50.8% increase in the manufacturing group. The other sectors ...
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Brasile Ecuador
Ecuador increased annual oil sales by 51% in 2021
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Ecuador in 2021 increased up to 51% annual oil exports and considerably improved those of shrimp, in addition to increasing income from coffee, tuna, fish, and flowers, which are among its main sales products, informed the Central Bank (BCE). The South American country, whose dollarized ...
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Brasile
Chile reforms its arms control law
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The President of the Republic of Chile, Sebastián Piñera, enacted the reforms to Law No. 17,798 on Arms Control, which strengthened the institutional framework and oversight and increased the requirements for the acquisition and possession of firearms. After 14 years of processing, the National Congress ...
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Brasile Austria
Austria’s government backs down; weakens vaccination mandate
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The never-ending, massive resistance in Austria has managed to put the country’s government and its planned vaccination mandate on the spot: Will the mandatory vaccination law be overturned in the coming days? Or will it be watered down to a “mandatory vaccination light”? Either way, ...
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Brasile Russia
Covid-19/Omicron: Russia considers QR-code vaccine passports policy change
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Russian lawmakers have postponed considering a bill that would introduce a nationwide system of QR-code vaccine passes, saying that the law needs to be adapted to deal with the new Omicron variant of Covid-19. Tatyana Golikova, the deputy prime minister for social policy, labor, health, ...
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Brasile
Economic activity in Brazil grows 0.69% in November, says Central Bank
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Economic Activity Index (IBC-Br) rose 0.69% in November, compared to October, a percentage already seasonally adjusted to compensate for possible differences between the periods, such as a higher number of holidays or weekends. The data, a kind of preview of the Gross Domestic Product ...
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Nigeria
Petro Union Loses Application To Enforce $15bn Judgement
An application by Petro Union Oil and Gas Company to enforce a £2.550 billion judgement jointly delivered against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Union Bank, the Federal Ministry of Finance, and the attorney general of the federation and minister of justice has been dismissed by a federal high court. ...
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Portogallo
PRR: Portugal prestes a assinar acordo e solicitar primeiro desembolso
João Leão garantiu que tal poderá suceder ainda esta semana, abrindo caminho ao pedido formal de primeiro pagamento em função da implementação bem sucedida do plano.