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Brasile
Economy Minister: New Measures Against Coronavirus Will Be Announced Soon
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The government will announce new measures over the next few days to tackle the coronavirus, Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said, without ruling out the release of the FGTS (Severance Premium Reserve Fund) withdrawals and the deferral in the collection of payroll taxes to provide companies ...
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Brasile USA
SIPRI Report: Governments in Latin America Continue to Import Firearms
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - According to the of the Stockholm Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Brazil is the country with the highest importation rate of military weapons in the region. Brazil's arms imports between 2015 and 2019 were the highest in South America and accounted for 31 per cent of ...
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Brasile
IBOVESPA Up Over 11 Percent, Recovering to 80,000 Point Level
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - IBOVESPA, the main Brazilian stock index, rose on Friday, March 13th, by more than 11 percent and returned to the 80,000 points level, on a rebound following the heavy losses the day before, in line with foreign stock markets. In the morning, the rise was ...
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Nigeria
CODE, Christian Aid Launch Nationwide Youth Devt Fund
A Non- Governmental Organization (NGO), Connected Development (CODE) in partnership with YouthHub Africa with support from Christain Aid has launched a nationwide Youth Challenge Fund to provide young people with deliver innovative solutions to identified challenges within their communities. Speaking during the launch in Abuja, the Christian Aid Nigeria’s Country ...
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Nigeria
FCMB, French Dev. Agency Provide N4bn Loan for Nigeran MSMEs
… Partnership to Support 245 MSMEs, 440 Jobs First City Monument Bank (FCMB) in collaboration with the French Development Agency (AFD) has signed a deal that supports FCMB provision of N4bn worth of loan to Nigeria’s Medium and Small Scale Enterprises (MSMEs). The agreement was made possible by both parties ...
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Nigeria
$2m Fraud: You Have A Case to Answer, Court Tells Ex-NHIS Boss
Justice Ayokunle Faji of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos yesterday dismissed the no-case submission application filed by a former Executive Secretary, National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS, Dr. Olufemi Martins Thomas, seeking to stop his fraud trial. Thomas is standing trial alongside Kabiru Sidi, a Bureau De Change operator, ...
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Argentina
Covid-19 golpea más economía de Argentina
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Nigeria
Coronavírus altera procedimentos no mercado de capitais
Em razão dos impactos do coronavírus no mercado de capitais, em particular no brasileiro, a Comissão de Valores Mobiliários (CVM), autarquia vinculada ao Ministério da Economia, informou hoje (13) que vai atender automaticamente, por meio da Superintendência de Registro de Valores Mobiliários (SRE), a pedidos de modificações de ofertas públicas ...
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Nicaragua
Miskitos advierten de “etnocidio” ante avance violento de 'colonos'
Representantes de los pueblos indígenas del Caribe norte de Nicaragua alertaron este viernes ante la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos[...]
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Regno Unito
Brussels places fish at heart of draft UK trade treaty
EU text demands access to British coastal waters even if annual talks break down