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Brazil to approve Chinese COVID-19 vaccine despite political row
Agence France-Presse . Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Updated at 12:20pm on October 21, 2020
Brazil’s health minister said Tuesday the country would add the Chinese-made CoronaVac vaccine against COVID-19 to its national immunisation program, despite a political and diplomatic...
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Attacks on medical teams surge in Colombia
Agence France-Presse . Bogota | Updated at 10:39pm on October 20, 2020
Attacks on Colombian medical teams have surged to the worst rate in two decades, most of whom work on the COVID-19 pandemic, the government said...
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Brazilian senator caught hiding money ‘between buttocks’
Agence France-Presse . Rio de Janeiro | Updated at 10:31pm on October 16, 2020
A Brazilian senator allied to far-right president Jair Bolsonaro was caught hiding money in his underwear during a police investigation into the diversion of public...
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Argentina first country to approve genetically modified wheat
Agence France-Presse .Buenos Aires | Updated at 10:47am on October 09, 2020
Argentina has become the first country to approve the growth and consumption of genetically modified wheat, the country’s agriculture ministry announced on Thursday. The ministry’s...
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EU keeps up pressure on Venezuela to delay election
Agence France-Presse . Brussels | Updated at 11:20pm on October 01, 2020
The European Union on Wednesday again urged Venezuela to delay a December 6 parliamentary poll, saying that conditions now in place ‘do not allow for...
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Over 2,000 killed this year in Venezuela security ops: UN
Agence France-Presse . Geneva | Updated at 10:46pm on September 25, 2020
More than 2,000 people have been killed this year in security operations in Venezuela’s poorer neighbourhoods, UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Friday. The...
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Rio carnival postponed first time in 108yrs
Agence France-Presse. Rio de Janeiro | Updated at 12:51pm on September 25, 2020
Rio de Janeiro's world-famous carnival parades became the latest casualty of the coronavirus pandemic Thursday as officials announced they were indefinitely postponing the February 2021...
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Brazil environment funding flip-flop triggers alarm
Agence France-Presse . Brasília | Updated at 11:43pm on August 29, 2020
Brazil’s environment ministry triggered an outcry Friday by announcing it was halting all operations against wildfires and Amazon deforestation because of budget cuts, before reversing...
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Bolsonaro threatens to punch reporter in mouth
Agence France-Presse . Sao Paulo | Updated at 12:00am on August 25, 2020
Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday threatened to punch a reporter repeatedly in the mouth after being asked about his wife’s links to an alleged...
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Scientists discover 30 new species in Galapagos depths
Agence France-Presse . Quito, Ecuador | Updated at 10:50pm on August 18, 2020
An international team of marine scientists have discovered 30 new species of invertebrates in deep water surrounding the Galapagos, the Ecuadoran archipelago’s national park authorities...