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Cosco Set to Boost Asia-South America Rates
will hike rates for all shipments, including refrigerated cargo, in its trade from the Far East to South America's east coast, starting June 14.The increase will be $500 per 20-foot container and $1,000 per 40-foot and 40-foot high-cube container, the carrier ...
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Alberta announces major expansion of trade offices in U.S. India Brazil
Premier Alison Redford announced new foreign trade offices in California, Chicago, Brazil, Singapore and India at the University of Calgary Friday. To the left is university President Elizabeth ...
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New Brazil WTO Director Says Protectionism Waning...Slowly
Brazilian Roberto Azevedo, new World Trade Organization director, says organization is still relevant. (Image credit: AFP/Getty Images via @daylife) Most Americans don't care about the World Trade Organization, let alone know what it does. But what it does can effect their daily lives, like it or not. When the WTO said that Brazil was in the ...
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No more drug war in Latin America Report explores new ways to fight drugs
A new OAS report looks at alternatives to prohibiting the drug trade, including legal market regulation, reform of the UN drug convention, and smarter ...
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Two Homeless Die in Paraguay
Asuncion, May 17 (Prensa Latina) Two homeless people died due to cold in the capital and the nearby city of Fernando de Mora, it was reported today. The arrival of a cold wave causing temperatures of seven degrees Celsius, but with a much lower thermal sensation, was identified as the cause of these deaths. Victims of cold temperatures were found dead this morning, said the television station ...
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Brazil - In Brazil less than half of public bodies respect information requests
One year after access to information law 12.527/2011 was adopted, a new study conducted by ARTICLE 19 reveals that only 44% of public bodies respond satisfactorily to information requests from individuals and non-governmental organisations."In the first year of the law's operation, only 44% of public bodies provided satisfactory information upon request. Among those replies considered ...
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Paraguay ups stakes in electricity row with Brazil Argentina
It began as a Mercosur wrist-rapping of little landlocked Paraguay but an Argentine-Brazilian-Uruguayan diplomatic effort to isolate Asuncion is backfiring with more backlash against the trio from Paraguay's newly legitimized government. Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay mounted international diplomatic sanctions against Paraguay after its Congress jettisoned ...
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Oil majors flock to offshore Brazil
French supermajor Total said it secured awards for 10 new exploration licenses during the latest auction for Brazilian reserves. Total said it will serve as the operator with a 40 percent stake in five blocks in the Foz do Amazonas basin, take on a 25 percent stake in three blocks in the Espirito Santo basin, a 45 percent stake in the Ceara basin and a 50 percent stake in the Barreirinhas ...
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Brazil approves law to modernize ports
SAO PAULO -; Brazil's Congress has approved legislation aimed at modernizing and expanding the country's overcrowded ports and attracting private investments in the ...
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Brazil fighting the good fight?
Brazil’s recent victory in a trade dispute with the US, which was resolved through the WTO is a victory, not just for the biggest economy in South America, but also for developing nations around the world, showing that the mechanisms of the WTO can be used to further their interests – although it will take years of fighting and unrelenting effort…
Brazil’s ongoing dispute with the United States over the subsidizing of cotton for producers in the US, looks like it may soon be resolved, as Brazil recently indicated it would hold off on slapping a range of 102 US goods with sanctions, if the US agreed to certain measures put forth by the South American country. Read more
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