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Petrobras announces additional payment of shareholder remuneration

Former MME Petroleum Secretary is appointed to command Petrobras

The former secretary of Petroleum of the Ministry of Mines and Energy, José Mauro Ferreira Coelho, was nominated to occupy the presidency of Petrobras, the ministry informed this evening (6th). The choice

April 6, 2022

Brasil

TC rejects an appeal filed by General (r) Martínez to avoid testifying before Minister Rutherford

During this Wednesday the First Chamber of the Constitutional Court (TC) rejected the request sent by the general (r), Ricardo Martinez, to avoid testifying before the visiting minister of the Martial Court,

April 6, 2022

Chile

Manini Ríos spoke in the Senate about the declaration of the internal state of war of April 1972

Guido Manini Rios. This Wednesday, April 6, the senator and leader of Cabildo Abierto, Guido Manini Ríos, made a presentation in Parliament referring to the 50th anniversary of the declaration of internal

April 6, 2022

Uruguay

Colombia, with the third cheapest gasoline in Latin America

The high volatility in the price of a barrel of oil benchmark Brent, which has been above US$100 in the last month (derived from the Russia-Ukraine war), should have triggered prices of

April 6, 2022

Colombia

Velázquez proposes to “abolish” bank secrecy: they warn of risks

Vice President Velázquez stated that the Executive Branch is working on a bill that allows Congress to maintain the original proposal on the elimination of banking secrecy. “The BCP has the impossibility

April 6, 2022

Paraguay

Aníbal Torres gave a press conference with his cabinet

The President of the Council of Ministers, Aníbal Torresgave a press conference this Wednesday, April 6, together with his cabinet, after conclude a meeting he held with the head of state, Pedro

April 6, 2022

Peru

The whispers betray a Mexican ‘coyote’ who was hiding 55 Cubans in a well

To avoid being detained, this Tuesday 70 migrants, including 55 Cubans, were hidden by three coyotes in a water well and the engine room of the María Teresa hotel, located in the

April 6, 2022

Ecuador

Edelap fined $64 million for lack of information on user complaints

Edelap SA fined for not reporting the status and evolution of claims filed by its users (File photo) The Energy Control Agency of the province of Buenos Aires (Oceba) sanctioned the electricity

April 6, 2022

Argentina

Venezuelan Parliament delays election of Supreme Court magistrates, criticizes NGO

The Venezuelan NGO Access to Justice He denounced this Wednesday that the Venezuelan National Assembly (AN, Parliament), with a Chavista majority, has “unjustifiably” delayed the process of election of the new magistrates

April 6, 2022

Venezuela

TST asks government to ratify convention on harassment at work

The president of the Superior Labor Court (TST), Emmanoel Pereira, delivered today (6) to President Jair Bolsonaro, at Palácio do Planalto, the proposal for Brazil to ratify Convention 190 of the International

April 6, 2022

Brasil

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